Is it frowned upon to say you train MMA? (job interview)

[TheScapeGOAT]

I was in a zoom interview this week for a new job and the interviewer asked me to introduce myself and say where I am from and something interesting about myself. Standard ice breakers. I pondered my response for a moment and thought I may as well say MMA because you don't hear that everyday.

Well I say my name, where I am from, and that I train mixed martial arts. I saw some people in the conference roll their eyes and make a slight grimace on their face, as though I said something I should not have. Even the one that asked the question made a snide joke by saying "well lets hope you can control yourself if we hire you." Then everyone else laughed like dikholes.

I don't see anything wrong with saying it. I wasn't bragging or trying to sound hard, just answering the question I was asked to answer. It pissed me off even more that they laughed at me for it WTF.

[cjr169]

Have you been training for years?

Or are you just a ******* who does like kickboxing cardio classes with housewives?

You probably could have phrased it better.

Like I'm a purple belt in BJJ and spend my time rolling around after work

Or something geez you autist

[DDSF1]

I learned that lesson in the last couple years as well. I don't mention or talk about my combat sports past.

[2020visionz]

Bruh I’m sorry you haven’t figured it out yet. If people find out you do something that takes more effort than what they do they WILL AUTOMATICALLY HATE YOU.

Cheers

[aleeboy]

It depends on how many wolves are on your t-shirt

Cheers

[ramimotemem]

Depends on the crowd brah

[Howiester]

It’s preferable to tell them you train UFC. Consider adding it to your resume as a bullet point for maximum hiring gains:

• Trains UFC

[TheScapeGOAT]

Wtf someone NEGGED me for this. As if I didn’t get negged in real life. At least explain why it’s such an issue.

[ErnieMccracken]

How tall are you? srs this matters

[madBrahhh]

They hate us cuz they anus.

[Spartanize]

I eat KFC

[meanstringbean]

Nah, any high test hobby like lifting, martial arts, extreme sports will look well to interviewers. That’s the type of stuff of senior alpha leaders

[Sterilite]

should have finished it off with "and im willing to fight anyone in here for charity"

[MustardTiger17]

They were probably intimidated by you

[I3igAl]

I think it depends on the company.
On the one hand having a passionate hobby is always a good thing.

On the other hand some people are pretty prejudiced about MMA fighters. You might have been talking to some beta corporate snobs, who look down on anyone not being a golfcuck and think you are lower class.
Last but not least they also have legit reasons to to be concerned about anyone doing extreme sports. After all you might miss work time due to injuries.

[JuicedMayhem]

It’s a job interview. You made yourself look like an overcompensating ******* with terrible judgement of what to say during an interview.

[ilovetradies]

gotta be a troll no one can be this autistic

[TheScapeGOAT]

I think it depends on the company.
On the one hand having a passionate hobby is always a good thing.

On the other hand some people are pretty prejudiced about MMA fighters. You might have been talking to some beta corporate snobs, who look down on anyone not being a golfcuck and think you are lower class.
Last but not least they also have legit reasons to to be concerned about anyone doing extreme sports. After all you might miss work time due to injuries.

I understand the injury thing but I feel this was a prejudice. I don’t know what their personal reasoning was but I base it off laughing at me and rolling their eyes.

[ErnieMccracken]

I understand the injury thing but I feel this was a prejudice. I don’t know what their personal reasoning was but I base it off laughing at me and rolling their eyes.

Why didn't you counter with a little humor? Are you autism?

"I can't be the only one here who likes to put on a robe and roll around on the ground after work."
"Play your cards right and I'll show you how to choke someone out."
"When you're 5'8", all you really have is MMA, big trucks, and Joe Rogan."
"I also knit dog themed sweaters for my friends and coworkers."

[TheScapeGOAT]

Why didn't you counter with a little humor? Are you autism?

"I can't be the only one here who likes to put on a robe and roll around on the ground after work."
"Play your cards right and I'll show you how to choke someone out."
"When you're 5'8", all you really have is MMA, big trucks, and Joe Rogan."
"I also knit dog themed sweaters for my friends and coworkers."

“Who doesn’t like to get hot and sweaty with other men?”

[pandaboy89]

Just cuz you got a “black belt” in JJS doesn’t mean you won’t get ur ass handed to ya on the street just lmfao

[Mr Beer]

Obvious troll thread but IME most officecels are uninterested in combat sports and link an unhealthy obsession with MMA to street brawling, which is low class borderline criminal behaviour. Weekend mainstream team sports e.g. football/rugby/bb-ball etc. would be more normal.

That said, most officels also consider openly mocking an interviewee to be unprofessional. Whereas saying "I train MMA" might sound thuggish to a bunch of officels, it sounds cringe to gymcels, who are used to encountering clusters of preposterous MMA-tryhards polluting the workout environment. So we're back to why this is a troll thread.

[neondevil]

Have you had a fight yet? If not it's not that serious.

"I'm really into martial arts and fitness, it's a great community and we do a lot of fun events like bbqs etc"

Relate to them.

[CougarP01]

tapppppouttttt babyyyyyyyy

[sr7914]

Have you had a fight yet? If not it's not that serious.

"I'm really into martial arts and fitness, it's a great community and we do a lot of fun events like bbqs etc"

Relate to them.

Should've said something like this OP. "I train MMA" sounds like you're an FA doing karate at home by yourself in front of the mirror. If you say
"I train MMA" you may as well say something like "I train Tai Chi." Sounds equally dumb. Not saying it is because it's not, but that's the impression people have.

Only thing worse is saying you're "really into Crossfit." People won't make fun of you, they'll just instantly hate you.

[batmanman]

Should've kicked all their asses

This is what you train for

[sr7914]

Should've kicked all their asses

This is what you train for

He can't. Against UFC Code of Conduct and Combat Sports Law. OP took an oath to only use deadly force to protect the weak. He's basically a walking weapon of mass destruction.

[ErnieMccracken]

You should've finished the interview with some shadowboxing to let the interviewers know you ain't no bitch

You think anyone would make fun of Rousey? NOT A CHANCE.

[iBryan]

I was in a zoom interview this week for a new job and the interviewer asked me to introduce myself and say where I am from and something interesting about myself. Standard ice breakers. I pondered my response for a moment and thought I may as well say MMA because you don't hear that everyday.

Well I say my name, where I am from, and that I train mixed martial arts. I saw some people in the conference roll their eyes and make a slight grimace on their face, as though I said something I should not have. Even the one that asked the question made a snide joke by saying "well lets hope you can control yourself if we hire you." Then everyone else laughed like dikholes.

I don't see anything wrong with saying it. I wasn't bragging or trying to sound hard, just answering the question I was asked to answer. It pissed me off even more that they laughed at me for it WTF.

Sounds like a bunch of snobs who never had a real hard days work in their life. Pushing papers is EASY compared to manual labor. They don't understand the hard work and the effort it takes to train in MMA. Plus, they're intimidated by someone who could beat their asses. It's human nature for the weak to group up and try to knock down the strong. Wouldn't even sweat it, OP

[Imaneya]

You think anyone would make fun of Rousey? NOT A CHANCE.

OOooof everytime.

Can't believe her retarded Armenian trainer still has fighters in his camp.