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Subject:RE: Recent unusual interview experiences From:Price Lisa - IL <PRICEL -at- tusc -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 9 May 2002 12:06:17 -0500
I think this is a very important point. Used to be that interviews were
pretty one-sided (at least when I was fresh out of college). You (the
applicant) were there to see if the company wanted to hire you. Now, I see
a marked change in the approach. It's a mutual decision - the company has
to want to hire you and you have to want them to. Granted, this can get
skewed depending on the desperation of the applicant and job market
conditions, but I think it's just as valid to terminate an interview that
cannot be put and kept on track as it is to sit through and "learn" from one
that is not off track, but not in your interests.
To me, it's all about comfort level. I can sit through a boring or tedious
interview, but will not tolerate for long one that has descended into a
crass or unprofessional mode and cannot be redeemed.
LisaP
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>It's a sign that, just as the interviewer is sizing you
up, you have sized the company up, and have decided that prolonging the
interview is a waste of time - no more, and no less.
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