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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 04:06 PM
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Terrible job interview
So my resume is out there on job websites and I get a call from a small consulting firm that I've never heard of. The manager asks me if I am looking for a job, and I say yes. He asks if I would like to come in and talk about an "opportunity" and I say ok. I look at the website and there are no jobs posted, so I have no idea what I am going to be considered for.

When I get there I am introduced by the manager to two other people and suddenly I am in a conference room being grilled with technical questions pertaining to their specialty field, in which I have little experience. They are pretty tough for me to answer, but I struggle through it and after about 10 minutes, I ask if they could please "back up" and tell me about the job. I get a brief description and then we go back to more technical questions, which aren't going real well. Finally the manager gets a phone call and leaves the room.

I say to the other two, "you know, if I had actually seen or heard a job description before I came over here- I would have decided that I was unqualified for it and saved us all some time"... Then I ended up giving them suggestions how to recruit for this position.

Talk about a lack of communication! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 04:09 PM
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1. You were there for them to pick your brain. No job. A scam.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 04:10 PM
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2. Yup.
Saves them a consultant's fee.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 04:11 PM
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3. well they didn't get much from my brain today!
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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 04:20 PM
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4. Jeez. They sound stupid. What the hell?
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 05:31 PM
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5. Ugh. I can't shake that "I'm such a moron" feeling.
:cry: :cry: :cry:
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 05:55 PM
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6. To the contrary. Your behavior was exemplary. They're the morons
or anyway incompetent. Give yourself a break and don't worry about it, or if you do, be mad at them. It was entirely their fault that your time and theirs was wasted.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 05:56 PM
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7. THANKS
I needed that. :)
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