Who's interview is it anyway?
Have you ever been to a job interview where they did all the talking?
Well I have plenty of times, and it always ends badly. Whenever I've had a job interview where it seemed like they were selling the position to me, rather than trying to learn more about me it's ended badly.
First of all, why would you talk non-stop when you are supposed to be interviewing me? This last one I felt like I was interrupting every time I said anything. Then at the end he says 'do you have any questions for me? And I didn't, hell he'd been on a filibuster since I got there I knew everything you could hope to learn from one visit...sheeesh.
Well in these cases I always come away from the interview feeling good about it, how could you not? They just spent an hour telling you how great it is here, and how you would fit.
But something is wrong in this equation, because I never seem to get called back. Somehow I don't come across well enough in these settings, and I'm not really sure how to fix it. It seems rude to interrupt, and I am interested in learning about the company. But at some point somehow I need to shoehorn my qualifications into the conversation, and apparently I haven't done this well enough.
Who knows that group from last week may still call, but I doubt it.
Well I have plenty of times, and it always ends badly. Whenever I've had a job interview where it seemed like they were selling the position to me, rather than trying to learn more about me it's ended badly.
First of all, why would you talk non-stop when you are supposed to be interviewing me? This last one I felt like I was interrupting every time I said anything. Then at the end he says 'do you have any questions for me? And I didn't, hell he'd been on a filibuster since I got there I knew everything you could hope to learn from one visit...sheeesh.
Well in these cases I always come away from the interview feeling good about it, how could you not? They just spent an hour telling you how great it is here, and how you would fit.
But something is wrong in this equation, because I never seem to get called back. Somehow I don't come across well enough in these settings, and I'm not really sure how to fix it. It seems rude to interrupt, and I am interested in learning about the company. But at some point somehow I need to shoehorn my qualifications into the conversation, and apparently I haven't done this well enough.
Who knows that group from last week may still call, but I doubt it.
posted by Robert_M at 10:54 AM
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I hate it when that happens- when they talk on and on and never let me talk and then ask if I have questions- I ask - "so what questions do you have about me?" that gives them an opportunity to turn it around if they want. Is this the same company from last week? if so maybe they had all the information they needed about you from the people from last week?
Well this is from that same interview, I came away from it feeling great, but the more I think about it..it was one of THOSE interviews.
Oh well, I wasn't sure how I felt about it anyhoo.
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