Interview

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Ok, so I go to my Interview for Werner's Meat and Jerky right?  This is how it went this morning:

I get there, wait a couple minutes for the guy to get out of the processing area.  Takes me to his office and we start the interview.  Sounds good and normal right?

Well, first off, he apparently has lost my application.  Makes me fill out another one.  I don't say anything, but already this has me concerned and a bit annoyed.  So it takes me about 5-10 minutes to fill another one out. 

After I fill it out, he goes through it, asks unnecessary questions such as "You graduated from High School?, you aren't working," etc.  Then tells me that he needs to interview a bunch more people and basically shoves me out the door.  The only thing he told me about the job is that I would be slicing meat or some such thing.  He leaves it very closed to any questions about the job and makes me feel like this really isn't the place I would want to work. 

I plan on saying No when he calls me back as I'm already set-up to work at FredMeyer and I was using this interview as a possible alternative.  However, I will not work for Werner due to this bad interview.  Am I the perfect one?  No, it would not be my best interview.  However, this guy seems to be a lousy interviewer.  He didn't even make me feel as if I would want to work for the company.  I can't be choosy all the time, but in this instance, I am being choosy because it was a choice between FredMeyer and Werner. 

FredMeyer won out because I could have benefits, I get employee discounts and vacation time and was very good at describing the job.  Heck, the woman gave me a stack of papers describing the job fully, including pay and what I would get as a Check Stand Clerk.  What did Werners do?  A very vague description of the job and left me confused. 

So to conclude, FredMeyer won.  Case closed. 

This to me though was one of the most poor interviews I've had, but is this a usual instances?

King

[billybob476]

At my first developer job the company liked doing 'stress' interviews. Basically they were pretty sarcastic about my answers to their questions and made me feel kinda dumb.

They offered me the job and despite my better judgement I took it (having very little experience in the field I was taking what I could get). Based on this experience I can tell you that the interview tends to set the tone for what the workplace will be like. That job ended up being long hours, little recognition and very bad money. I leanred all I could and after 10 months I couldn;t take it anymore and quit. I'm now in my current position where we are treated quite well, have a lot of vacation time and amazing benefits.

I think you chose right King.

[Rico]

Did you get a job offer from both places already?  You have to keep in mind most people that interview people for jobs are not trained in it.  They just get kind of stuck with it.  Some are good at it - most not so good.

[billybob476]

Did you get a job offer from both places already?  You have to keep in mind most people that interview people for jobs are not trained in it.  They just get kind of stuck with it.  Some are good at it - most not so good.

Agreed there Rico, my wife works in Human Resources. She started off as a recruiter just interviewing all day. It takes time to get down a good style, now it's easy for her but at the start it was tough fr her to figure out how to approach different people to get the information you need out of them.

[X]

I did a lot of interviewing for several companies that I worked for. What I hated more than anything were the people that would say things that they thought I wanted to hear or that they thought was original.

[Meds]

You know what this guy who interviewed you quite clearly is lazy at his job. You know what happens when you are lazy you get walked over. I reckon you'd have his job within a year. I've seen it happen. Still you have to choose the job you feel you are going to be happy doing and comfortable with the people you are going to work with.
I once had a interview at land Rover. Three of these blokes sitting behind a desk attempting to make me feel small. Well it didn't work. I was 18 years old, unemployed and young but i knew know that i didn't want to work for them. They asked me what i felt about doing permanent nights, i said no, wouldn't do that. They seemed shocked and asked why. My answer back was "Well i'm young, i'm single how the hell am i going to meet anyone and spend my money if i'm sleeping in the day and working on the night". Only one of the three smiled and looked happy about my answer. Best answer to an interview i ever gave.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Did you get a job offer from both places already?  You have to keep in mind most people that interview people for jobs are not trained in it.  They just get kind of stuck with it.  Some are good at it - most not so good.

I had already been interviewed by FredMeyer a couple days previous.  They called before I took the interview though.  So I figured, why not?  Turns out to be just a mistake and I shrug. 

You know what this guy who interviewed you quite clearly is lazy at his job. You know what happens when you are lazy you get walked over. I reckon you'd have his job within a year. I've seen it happen. Still you have to choose the job you feel you are going to be happy doing and comfortable with the people you are going to work with.
I once had a interview at land Rover. Three of these blokes sitting behind a desk attempting to make me feel small. Well it didn't work. I was 18 years old, unemployed and young but i knew know that i didn't want to work for them. They asked me what i felt about doing permanent nights, i said no, wouldn't do that. They seemed shocked and asked why. My answer back was "Well i'm young, i'm single how the hell am i going to meet anyone and spend my money if i'm sleeping in the day and working on the night". Only one of the three smiled and looked happy about my answer. Best answer to an interview i ever gave.

Nice.  That pwns anything I've said to interviewers. 

King

[Jen]

Just a tip for future interviews... you should research the company via the web if possible. Most interviewers want you to tell them about their place of business, what you know about it, what makes you the best man for the job and why you want to work there. Often, you'll be competing with a lot of individuals, so to separate yourself from them, you should go above and beyond to show your potential employer that you're interested enough to do a little homework before you come in. A lot of times an employer won't educate applicants on all the details of the position in the first interview. A person could be called back for several more interviews at the same place, for the same position. This is when applicants often learn more detailed information about the job. They like to quickly weed out the people who don't fit the in bill the first meeting...and getting bogged down in the particulars slows the process, especially when they have a bunch of potential employees to interview. The first meeting is usually just to gage the person's personality and glean information on their skill sets.   Just a little info for you to file away for the future.  :)

[Meds]

Jen, you are a wise Jedi.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

I accept your wisdom Jen. 

Just two things:
1.  Already knew the company and what it did. Still, its hard to know what job your doing if the guy fails to tell you what your job title is.  I mean cmon, "your cutting meat".  GREAT!  Only 75% of the entire company's employees do that.......
2.  The guy didn't leave it open for me to observe "my personality"

But whatever.  Thanks again!

King

[Jen]

Titles are over rated. ;)

[billybob476]

Titles are over rated. ;)

I find they're overrated when you're in a job, but for an interview it's nice to know rouglhy what your responsibilities will be. A title is usually a quick idea.

[Chrystabel]

Today was the last day for my seniors in Sci-Fi, so we heard a final novel project (they had to read a Hugo or Nebula award winning author/novel), I presented a slide show celebrating our trip to the Sci-Fi Museum in Seattle, and then the kids played Guitar Hero...LOL!  My sophomores are finishing up their I-Search presentations, so I'm doing a lot of sitting and listening today.  Completely works for me!!!!  Now I'm off to lunch.  I hope everyone has a great day, and I'm really looking forward to getting back on the forum in early July.  I feel a little lost without my Treks in Sci-Fi!

[Meds]

Titles are over rated. ;)

You mean the fact that my title of Lord of the manor no longer has any kudo's, hawk is sad ;)

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Titles are over rated. ;)

You mean the fact that my title of Lord of the manor no longer has any kudo's, hawk is sad ;)

ROFL   :roflmao :roflmao :roflmao :roflmao :roflmao

King