Since when does Marketing = Sales?
Maybe I am mistaken but my idea of Marketing is not sales. To me, it is more product awareness. Granted an increase in product awareness leads to an increase in sales but lets be serious... they are completely different things. SO then how can someone advertise for a Marekting Manger when the job is really an outside Sales rep? DIFFERENT JOB TITLES! I go into this interview thinking I am applying for a marketing manager position. I get a second interview. I am thinking ok.. this might be a cool opportunity. They are talking about being the marketing Manager for companies like Monster.com, UPS, and Qwest. WHAT A CROCK! It is outside sales reps promoting those companies. But to top it off... it is all cold calling! What is the point in that. When I think marketing I am thinking Campaigns and Advertisements and Product recognition... on a large scale. This is so grassroots... presentations... SALES. I suppose it is somewhat related but a gross exaggeration of what the position truely is!
Interviews like this make me not want to go on any mroe interviews. I get into job and it is nothing of what I expected. Wouldn't it be good if it worked the other direction and it was way better than you expected??? Not very often does that happen. Well... I await another interview... hopefully next time I will know what I am getting myself into!!!

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Woah! I caught this from google. I Just went in for an interview with that guy Faress. He was so slick, his view was too nice. I searched his web page and could not find a company history. He never gave me a description of the position. I felt that something was wrong. My Boyfriend googled Catalyst corp and found what you wrote last year. Thanks for the tip not to waste my time.
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