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"he basically tried to trivialize my financial situation and tried to make inferences based off my hardships that he didn't think I could handle tough or stressful days. That was the jist of what he said."
Ok. But is he really someone that makes decisions or just a middle manager? Does his title say CEO/President or not?
I've had bad interviews and been called in for seconds before even when I thought I totally lost it. Remember if the applicant pool is low and someone doesn't do well you can get called back.
As rough as a interview can be you generally have to have some comeback or answer to everything. If you have a gap on your resume try volunteering somewhere relevant to an employer. This is all selling.
Like it or not it's really about proving that you can get things done. If it means working odd hours, working on weekends, working with the general public, traveling cross country or another country, using different languages, learning other languages etc.
You have to remember that hiring someone is an investment of time and money. In many cases what someone can say might not exactly be truthful or might be a half truth. For example long ago I worked at a job where a number were hired with me that were asked if they had office experience. The company meant MS Office. They simply meant working in an office. They knew how to type but that was it. So I had to take time to train them on the basics. I didn't at the time realize that cut, copy and paste somehow required months of training but then again they never used a computer before. Out of the three one had to be let go. Had they pressed further in the hiring process to explain what parts of ms office maybe they wouldn't have hired them and we would have been more productive.
I went on an interview and had two guys interview me. The one guy barely spoke and the other guy made some really rude and unprofessional comments throughout the interview.
Should I even bother writing him an email or is there anything else I can do? They didnt say no to me yet but I still think I should write the email because if this is how he treats interviews , I can only imagine how he treats the employees.
You dodged a bullet. Forget them and move on.
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Originally Posted by dlions2255
So at 22 and a job not in my industry , your opinion is that i have developed a reputation...maybe the dumbest thing Ive ever read.
Thin skinned much? I suspect they meant you would develop such a reputation if you send that email. No one remembers or cares about an applicant they spent 20 minutes with. Yeah they might have joked about you afterwards. Were your ears burning? Do you want to get them in trouble for being a-holes? Chill out and get past it. This is the real world and not everyone's nice to you here.
Never burn a bridge. You don't know the circumstances. In two weeks BOTH of those people could be fired and the NEW HR person might be interested in you, UNTIL he sees the email. Nope, never a good idea. Nothing you say or do will make any difference anyway. Don't potentially hurt YOURSELF over the bad behavior of a couple of morons.
20yrsinBranson
I would have scorched that bridge, but not with a letter. I would have burned it to his face.
Thin skinned much? I suspect they meant you would develop such a reputation if you send that email. No one remembers or cares about an applicant they spent 20 minutes with. Yeah they might have joked about you afterwards. Were your ears burning? Do you want to get them in trouble for being a-holes? Chill out and get past it. This is the real world and not everyone's nice to you here.
Thats great , I can comment on whoever and whenever I want. Thanks though dad.
you guys are completely ridiculous..so someone insults me and I cant fire back?..and if I do it's why I didn't get a job.Think about your thought logic...did you graduate from college?
As a poster suggested on another thread post your experience on Glassdoor to warn other potential interviewees. Unfortuantely poor, rude, and even abussive treatment of job applicants is becoming a pervassive problem. This will likely not be the last time you experience this at an interview.
Why has it become a persistent problem? Is it because the people interviewing you are out of touch, or haven't had to endure job searching in years?
I don't understand how there is so much emphasis on being respectable and having proper etiquette by potential employees, but for the potential employer there seems to be an exemption to those standards. It's frustrating dealing with people who have no interest in you as a candidate, but for some reason they think you are a good fit for the position.
Why has it become a persistent problem? Is it because the people interviewing you are out of touch, or haven't had to endure job searching in years?
I don't understand how there is so much emphasis on being respectable and having proper etiquette by potential employees, but for the potential employer there seems to be an exemption to those standards. It's frustrating dealing with people who have no interest in you as a candidate, but for some reason they think you are a good fit for the position.
I think you hit it on the spot..they can practically do whatever they want to you because what can you do about it. How many people would actually contact human resources and complain , because if they did , they would never get hired. Not only that but most of them are arrogant rich people who are out of touch with what the real world is.
you guys are completely ridiculous..so someone insults me and I cant fire back?..and if I do it's why I didn't get a job.Think about your thought logic...did you graduate from college?
I think the problem isn't firing back, but the way you do it. I've pulled out of job interviews by saying I don't think it's a good fit for me to the way they handle things. Now I only do that if I really don't want to continue down that path, but if I'm indifferent then I have a tendency to do nothing and see where it goes. If I think an interview went well and I want to work for them, then I send a thank you email.
It all comes down to your wording. When I quit my old job due I didn't personally insult anybody, but stated I didn't feel comfortable in this role and I don't like the direction where leadership is going. It was professional criticism which sadly some people and business culture nowadays can't handle. It's all right as a manager to ridicule your subordinates, but if you question leadership or have a different idea from the boss, then somehow you aren't a team player and don't fit with the company's vision. That isn't every place, but I've seen it and it's ludicrous at times.
One time I was kept waiting in the lobby for 90 minutes and every time I asked the Receptionist about how much longer I would wait, she just got angry and told me to be patient. Finally I told her I had another appointment and left.
I found out the address of the President of the Company and wrote him a nice professional letter and told him that his Manager and Receptionist should have treated me better and I was hoping for some type of reply. A few days later I got a call from the President to discuss my experience and he was very nice and promised me when I came in again I would be treated with respect. So I came in again and talked to the man who had kept me waiting. He was very cold and distant and just put me through the motions and a week later I got a rejection letter.
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