Funnily enough, no.
The recruitment agency got a call though, to tell them to stop wasting everyone's time!
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[Help] Job interview - advice needed
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The recruitment agency got a call though, to tell them to stop wasting everyone's time!
Btw, good luck and let us know how you got on.
I don't blame you at all - that really is a bit crap.
That said, we do often screen applicants we are less confident of, via brief skype interviews - then invite in the ones who come across well in that for a proper interview.
It is a little impersonal but it saves wasting a lot of time and expense (on their part, more than ours, tbh) in travelling, and taking time out from their existing job - for what might be an almost immediate no.
(And it highlights the people who are comfortable / uncomfortable communicating via such media - which ultimately is quite important in the role)
100% this.
The only thing I’d add is that supreme honesty is always the best policy, so if you offer up the information that your contract is coming to an end it will be seen as a positive.
Remember, they may ask anyway.
I always appreciate interviewees who are refreshingly honest with me.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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I've never had a proper job interview in 24 years of work, so I can't really offer any advice – especially not anything different to what has been said above.
I just wanted to wish you luck for the interview
I just wanted to wish you luck for the interview
I thought from your bellcheese thread posts that was a pre-requisite for your place ?
- Oct 17, 2008
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This was expected to take 35-40mins of recording to a blank screen - it sounded like an old fashioned lonely hearts dating agency video…
TWOCHOICEStom
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Some tips from me.
- Make them like you FIRST and convince them you're the easy choice to pick.
- Ask about the role/company/prospects/culture/team structure so they see you quizzing them (they usually like this)
- ALWAYS ask about the next steps in the process. What happens next? Ask for timescales. Act like you're planning on them calling you back. Then you could bring up/answer the question about your current situation. It won't change their decision if they like you. But it could have a negative effect if it's brought up earlier in the interview.
Good luck
- Make them like you FIRST and convince them you're the easy choice to pick.
- Ask about the role/company/prospects/culture/team structure so they see you quizzing them (they usually like this)
- ALWAYS ask about the next steps in the process. What happens next? Ask for timescales. Act like you're planning on them calling you back. Then you could bring up/answer the question about your current situation. It won't change their decision if they like you. But it could have a negative effect if it's brought up earlier in the interview.
Good luck
If they ask, just tell them it's none of their business and try to steer the conversation onto what sort of cash bonus you can expect for good time keeping , achieving most of your objectives etc.
METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
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My handy interview tip from personal experience. Always check out if any of the people on the panel have a disability!
A few years back I had an interview and to the forefront of my plan was the old advice to always be polite with good eye contact and give a firm handshake. All was going well until the handshake at the end of what I thought had been quite a good interview. What I hadn't noticed was that one of chaps on the panel had a badly withered hand ( apologies not sure the correct term ) . All of a sudden his hand was thrust across to me at a bizarre angle and I was left performing gymnastics to try and grip it.
A few years back I had an interview and to the forefront of my plan was the old advice to always be polite with good eye contact and give a firm handshake. All was going well until the handshake at the end of what I thought had been quite a good interview. What I hadn't noticed was that one of chaps on the panel had a badly withered hand ( apologies not sure the correct term ) . All of a sudden his hand was thrust across to me at a bizarre angle and I was left performing gymnastics to try and grip it.
Justice
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I don’t get this firm hand shake business and tbh some prick crushing my hand fecking annoys me.My handy interview tip from personal experience. Always check out if any of the people on the panel have a disability!
A few years back I had an interview and to the forefront of my plan was the old advice to always be polite with good eye contact and give a firm handshake. All was going well until the handshake at the end of what I thought had been quite a good interview. What I hadn't noticed was that one of chaps on the panel had a badly withered hand ( apologies not sure the correct term ) . All of a sudden his hand was thrust across to me at a bizarre angle and I was left performing gymnastics to try and grip it.
LamieRobertson
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I’m with you ….had to interview myself for my current job…nitemare ….having said that It’s 32 years later and I’m still employed, must be doing something right ….boss is great
To the OP …seems like you’ve had some great advice already, so hope all goes well!
portslade seagull
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You should've offered her a deck chair post
goldstoneseagull
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You are still employed, if you were planning to leave then put forward the rationale behind why you were planning to leave and focus on your motivations looking forward not looking back.
I would frame it as ‘I’ve been looking for a new opportunity for reasons xyz and I am excited by the prospect of working with you for reasons abc’ versus ‘I am leaving because my employer is in financial decline and I have been let go’.
Re disclosure - your current employer is only legally allowed to disclose the dates at which you worked there - this would come out in the referencing process.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
What do you do out of interest?I've never had a proper job interview in 24 years of work, so I can't really offer any advice – especially not anything different to what has been said above.
I just wanted to wish you luck for the interview
The difference there is that she lied. If instead she was still working for the company, as the OP is, there's not really a problem.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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