Tips on Passing a Call Center Initial Interview

How to Pass a Call Center Initial Interview

Outsourcing is the trend among large companies nowadays that's why more and more call centers have been emerging like mushrooms in Asia particularly in the Philippines. If you are a fresh graduate you might be thinking of applying at one of these BPO companies. As a call center employee for about 8 years now, I humbly share a few tips on passing the Call Center Application Screening process.

Here are my tips on to how to successfully pass the Initial Interview.

An initial interview can be done over the phone or in person. Usually, you will be asked by the interviewer some 3-5 questions about you.

The dreaded and most common question during the initial interview:

Blank Space Model Sean O'Pry Arrives in Manila

According to a photo posted by a clothing brand Penshoppe on Facebook, Sean O'Pry arrived in Manila Tuesday, April 7, 2015.

Yes, the one you drooled over in the Taylor Swift “Blank Space” music video – is here in the Philippines, thanks to retail brand Penshoppe.

Wanna know how to meet and greet Sean O'Pry in person?

Some of The Best Jokes During Justin Bieber Roast

Justin Bieber Roast on Comedy Central - Some of The Best Jokes Made. 

Celebrities such as Kevin Hart, Snoop Dogg and Shaquille O’Neal didn’t hold back as they roasted Justin Bieber for a Comedy Central TV special set to air later this month.

Mark Zuckerberg Launches Internet.org: Free Internet for Filipinos!

Are you a Smart or Sun user?

Great news! 

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the number one social networking site Facebook, launched Internet.org on March 18, 2015 in the Philippines.

Funniest Call Center Bloopers

It is said that "Laughter is the best medicine." We've heard that saying or expression since first grade. I believe it is true in a sense that laughter can help relieve stress and can cheer you up from being in despair. For that reason, I'd like to share this collection of telephone conversation or commonly called call center bloopers that I got from the call center industry. I hope you'd enjoy reading the following phone conversations below.

We Are Like a Box of Crayons

"Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises." -- Pedro Calderon de la Barca

The New Versions of the classic line "If you love someone"

Original version:
If you love someone,
Set her free...
If she comes back, she's yours,
If she doesn't, it was never meant to be...

Fable of the Porcupine

Got this very beautiful story that teaches a lesson about relationship from a friend via e-mail.



It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions even though they gave off heat to each other.

After a while, they decided to distance themselves one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen. So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. This way they learned to live with the little wounds that were caused by the close relationship with their companion, but the most important part of it was the heat that came from the others.

This way they were able to survive.

The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but the best is when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person's good qualities.

Life is Like Coffee

The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make best of everything.

Online Dating Tips in a Virtual World Where There's Plenty Of Fish

Another dating site that is becoming very popular especially to all music lovers out there is www.PlentyOfFish.com. It is fiery hot right now as a matter of fact when I checked back the site just a moment ago they were down or may be on maintenance mode.


The best feature about the site lies in the fact that it is absolutely free of cost. The connection with music is making the site more famous than the other sites that fall under the same category.

PlentyofFish.com is based in Canada and has an average of 20,000 people joining the site everyday.

However, if you were to ask me of my personal opinion about Online dating, I'd say, we must be very cautious because we cannot discount the fact that we don't see the person who is typing the messages. People can lie on the Internet. It’s easy to put on a front. Take note that when it comes to courtship, there is no substitute for meeting face-to-face.

You see, our profile pages can be used by scammers, identity theft and other kinds of bad people. So just a sort of caution, please take note of the following Online dating Tips:

1. Trust Your Gut Instinct
Your instinct is a powerful medium for knowing when something doesn't feel right. It is also a great way to measure when to move forward with someone and when to turn and run.


2. Don't Provide Personal Information Too Soon. Your home phone number and full name provide easy ways to track who you are and where you live. Armed with just your home phone number, a person can easily gain access to your income information, home address, and even learn the value of your home. So in the initial stages of communication, guard your personal information. As far as phone communication, see the next tip. Again, Never post your mobile number or e-mail addresses on your profile. Perhaps, you can give it out to someone maybe after exchanging several messages on that site.

3. Use a Free Email Account
If you decide to move your communication from the anonymous email feature provided by the majority of online dating services then provide an email address that isn't your regular one. Sign up for a free Yahoo!, Hotmail, or Gmail account that you use just for online dating. Don't put your full name in the From field - only your first name or something else. This protects you from a person being able to search your normal email address to find out more information about you.

For more Online Dating Safety Tips, Click here.

13 Worst Marriage Proposals Ever Recorded on Youtube

Someone posted on my Facebook wall about 13 worst marriage proposals ever recorded on Youtube! It sounded funny so I clicked on it and turns out that it's just one of those viral scripts that are circulating on Facebook. These scripts will compel you to become a fan and automatically post a message on your wall without your consent so that you will also infect your friends who will then infect their friends... and so on!

So, to save everyone from being a victim of these "viral scripts" on Facebook, I decided to gather all of these funny worst marriage proposals ever recorded on Youtube!



1. Check out this video of a guy who tied the ring onto the balloon to surprise his girlfriend. Watch the video below to find out what happens next:



2. A certain audience named Mike of a Live TV show asked his girlfriend to marry him. Yes, he was very confident to do it a on a Live TV show with the whole world as the audience. Find out how his girlfriend reacted.



3. Marriage Proposal at a Baseball game


4. On the special edition episode of the NRL Footy Show in Brisbane, the host and Australian Miss Universe introduced a man who proposed to his girlfirend of 3 years in front of a crowd of thousands and milions of TV viewers. She was panicking and saying "you cannot do this now", she ran of the stage and left the man on stage with Fatty and Australias Miss Universe.


5. On a night before Valentine's Day, someone made a marriage proposal on an NBA basketball court in front of the million viewers. Watch the clip to find out how it went!


6.During half-time of the Washington wizard's game, a fan came out onto the court trying to win some money by joining a certain "blind" game. She was on for a huge surprise but didn't expect the next turn of events.


7. Another failed marriage proposal done on stage after a band's performance.

Okay, I know I said 13 but I only found 7. Check us out next time for more videos!

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Thanks for watching!

Random Facts About Daniel Craig as James Bond

Daniel Craig is the present James Bond after he signed a five-film contract with EON Productions on October 23, 2005.

Random facts about Daniel Craig as James Bond:

1. Craig is the first actor to portray James Bond to be born after the Bond series already started, and Ian Fleming, the novels' writer, had died. The first film was shown in 1962 while Daniel Craig was born in 1968.


2. The first film, Casino Royale, premièred on 14 November 2006, and grossed a total of US$594,239,066 worldwide, which makes the film the highest grossing Bond film.
After the film was released, Craig's performance was highly acclaimed.

3. On 12 June 2008, Craig sliced the top of one of his fingers off while filming Quantum of Solace. The accident was the latest in a string of incidents surrounding the shoot.

4. Craig's favorite previous Bond actor was Sean Connery, but says, "I'd never copy somebody else. I would never do an impression of anybody else or try and improve on what they did. That would be a pointless exercise for me". His favorite Bond film is From Russia with Love.

5. Craig and the producers are in the process of making his third Bond film (the 23rd overall in the series) but on April 19, 2010, it was announced to have been suspended indefinitely due to the crippling debt and uncertain future of MGM.

Listen to Taylor Swift's New Single "Mine"

So, this has been so spicy hot on Google and Twitter - Taylor Swift's New Single entitled "Mine"!

If there's anyone who knows how to sing a song with a spark of teenage love and a happy ending, it's Taylor Swift. On Wednesday (August 4), the pop star's "Mine," the lead single from her forthcoming album, Speak Now, hit iTunes. On the new song, Swift sings about what it feels like to find a guy who's an exception to the rest.

"Mine" is all about the wonders of being in a happy relationship after surviving a rocky past. Without straying too far from typical Swift subject matter, the song features an uplifting country/pop melody and a big chorus. Source: MTV.com


Lyrics and the Audio below:
Taylor Swift Mine lyrics
Oh oh ooo o
Oh oh ooo o


You were in college working part time waiting tables
Left to small time never looked back.
I was the flight risk with the fear of fallin
Wondered why we bothered with love if it never lasts

I say 'Can you believe it?"
As we're lying on a couch
(?) And I can see it
Yes yes I can see it now

Do you remember we were sitting there about the water
You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine


Flash forward and we'd been taking on the world together
And there is a drawer of my things and your place
You learned my secrets and you figured out why I'm (?)
You said we'd never made my parents' mistakes.

But we've got bills to pay
We've got nothing figured out
When it was hard to take yes yes
This is was I thought about

Do you remember we were sitting there about the water
You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Do you remember all the city lights on the water
You saw me start to believe for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Woah oh oo

Taylor Swift Mine lyrics found on http://www.directlyrics.com.com/taylo...
And I remember that fight to bury it out
Cause everything was slipping right out of my hands
And I ran out crying and you followed me out into the street

Raised myself for a goodbye
Cause that's all I've ever known
And you took me butterflies
You said 'I'll never leave you' oh oh

You said
"I remember how we felt sitting about the water
And every time I look at you is like the first time
I fell in love with careless man's careful daughter
She is the best thing that's ever been mine"

Oh oh

Make it last

Oh oh

Never turn back


You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Woah oh

Yeah yeah...Do you believe it ?

Woah oh

We're gonna make it now.

Woah oh

And I can see it yeah yeah

And I can see it now, See it now, See it now

Whataburger VS. Taco Cabana

Too bad I am not in Texas! Why?

Well, there's some sort of battle of the fastfoods that has been going on in the second largest US state right now. It's Whataburger VS. Taco Cabana. It's like a battle of free fast food now! How's that sound?

As Whataburger celebrates their 60th anniversary, they were giving away free burgers yesterday starting from 5:00 in the afternoon to 8:00 in the evening. To claim the free burger you just have to wear any orange outfit and go to Whataburger.

The celebration does not stop there because today, August 4, a promotion will be launch in search for the biggest Whataburger fan in the world. This will be an online contest where every Whataburger fan can join. Interested individuals simply need to submit pictures and essays or videos that display their love for the 60-year old burger chain.

Cool prizes await contestants including a trip to the Whataburger convention that will be held in Dallas, Texas.

For more info, check out: http://www.whataburger.com/


On the other hand, Taco Cabana was giving away free chicken fajita tacos yesterday from 4 to 9 p.m. (Take that, Whataburger!) There is no purchase or costume required, and the coupon doesn't require you to dine-in.

Yellow Lobster Caught in Rhode Island

Ever heard of a yellow lobster?

It may not be made out of anything that has gold content, but this yellow lobster that was fished out of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island is a very rare creature.

Lobsterman Denny Ingram was the one who brought ashore a yellow lobster last week on the East Passage of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. It was something that he had never seen before: a lobster that has a golden top part and bright yellow sides.

A yellow lobster may sound weird to many but this is something that is not that out of the norms. Many experts said that the different color of the yellow lobster was due to the gene from both of the parents of the yellow lobster. A yellow lobster also made too much noise when it was hauled in Maine in 2006 and another one in Massachusetts in 2009.

Experts say that the shell of a lobster has different colors: blue, red, and yellow pigments. This goes to show that variation on the genetic structure of the lobster can be anticipated. There are red lobsters, blue lobsters, so there are yellow lobsters as well.

Denny Ingram plans to have the yellow lobster kept as a display at the fishermen's co-op right at the State Pier in Newport.

Kara DioGuardi Fired From American Idol?

Just some days after the announcement of Ellen DeGeneres about her leaving American Idol, reports have it that Kara DioGuardi is also out of the reality-based singing contest due to being "fired". This is in line with sources that are connected with the negotiations being done for the tenth season of the hit show.

The reports that are being released over the cyberspace tell that the number of judges will be back to three. With the anticipation that everything will be ironed out, the panel of judges will consist of the remaining original judge Randy Jackson, multi-awarded singer Jennifer Lopez, and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler.

Kara DioGuardi was said to have the chance of staying on American Idol Season 10 only if the J-Lo deal would not be realized. However, the thing about Jennifer Lopez appears to be a done deal already.

It can be recalled that Kara DioGuardi just joined American Idol during its eighth season making her become part of FOX's reality competition for two years. Her entrance paved way for the shakeup of the three-judge format. Meanwhile, the exit of Ellen DeGeneres makes her stay for just one year.

Whatever next with happen to Kara DioGuardi, the entrance of new judges is one of the many things that Idol viewers must watch out for.


Related Links from Amazon.com:
Songs Written by Kara Dioguardi: Rich Girl, Pieces of Me, With Love, Stranger, Ain't No Other Man, La La, Taking Chances, Sober

Jessi Slaughter and Cyber-bullying

Another case of cyberbullying has become a hot topic on most forums and has become very popular on Google. In fact, it has made it to the top 1 as the most searched keyword on Google for the last 10 hours.

This is about the case of Jessi Slaughter (just a screen name) an 11-year old girl who has been getting violent reactions from her video that she uploaded on Youtube. The reactions, especially on the forum site called 4chan, has gone so violent to the point that the girl has been receiving death threats already.

What is Cyber-bullying?

Cyber-bullying is any harassment that occurs via the Internet. Vicious forum posts, name calling in chat rooms, posting fake profiles on web sites, and mean or cruel email messages are all ways of cyberbullying.

Jessi's case is a case of violence creating violence. It all started when Jessi uploaded a video on Youtube, with a username Kerligirl13, as a response to the nasty comments that she got from her live video chat channel on Stickcam. Her video on Youtube contains language you would not expect to hear from an 11-year old.

What is disturbing on hervideo is her statement that she would "pop a Glock in your mouth and make your brain a slushie" - which means she would use a gun against someone and fire it to their brain. She even formed her hand into a gun like trying to show that she's "shooting."

This news has gone so big that Jessi is invited to appear on Good Morning America. Watch the video below:

Again, the proper way to deal with cyber-bullying follow these rules:

Stop - Block - Tell

1. Stop responding to haters. Stop replying violent reactions with violent words. Don't answer back to violent people.

2. Block them from your e-mail or if the bullying is on Youtube, block them from your channel or from your facebook account.

3. Tell. Report the harassment to authorities. While ignoring the bully be sure to save the evidence so that school officials, Internet providers and even the police can properly deal with the bully. Cyberbullying may give bullies anonymity but it always leaves evidence.

Let us support http://stopcyberbullying.org/


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Youtube as a Marketing Tool and Road to Stardom

According to Alexa.com, Youtube is ranked as the fourth most visited site on the web. For that reason, more and more companies are using Youtube to increase their business exposure and sales.

If you are a businessman and you are thinking of using Youtube as a tool to promote your product, you've got to come up with an interesting video that will attract viewers and get interested with your business or whatever product that you are selling. Aspiring artists or musicians are also using Youtube to get noticed and hoping to be given a break.

Now, uploading your videos on Youtube does not guarantee a boost of sales for businessmen or stardom for the singers. You have to find ways to get a lot of subscribers or viewers.

Increaseyoutubeviews.com is a website that guarantees to help you increase your Youtube viewers and subscribers. Increase Youtube Views is an internet video marketing company providing expert video advertising solutions. The team has huge experience which was built through searches and promotions over the past few years. They provide the most beneficial video promotion on the market at the cheapest costs. They don’t use bots or proxies to get views or services unlike their competition. They use 100% real people so you don’t have to worry about getting banned. Increaseyoutubeviews.com has 100% customer satisfaction so far. Not a single undelivered order and not a single unhappy review. We begin work on orders within 24 hours of payment.

Is Mel Gibson Dead?

It's been a trending topic on Twitter that the Braveheart star, Mel Gibson has recently died. Is this nasty news true or just another hoax on the Internet?

Well, I made a little research and I saw a post on USPostToday.com

Gibson is not dead, but he doesn’t seem to be doing too good either.

A lot of negative things have happened in his life in the last few weeks, culminating with the release of the tapes in which he is threatening his ex-girlfriend.

So there you have it. Mel Gibson is not dead. Maybe his career is. Kidding!

On the other side of the news, I saw this video trailer of a rumored upcoming movie. And the star is the cutest Dora the Explorer, except this time, she's in flesh not animated.

Watch the video below:

Charice's Glee Audition Piece?? (Beyonce Halo)

Is This Charice's Glee Audition Piece?? (Beyonce Halo)


Charice is the New Cast of Glee Season 2 (Airs September 21 2010)
EW reports the 18-year-old singing superstar will play a "foreign exchange student whose killer vocals get Rachel (Lea Michele) contemplating murder."

Charice posted on Twitter, "It's official. I'm on Glee (next season)"