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Last week, I received a phone interview request with HR. I had to schedule the interview online. I selected one of the times given for the afternoon and was given the name of the Person. She called me 20 minutes late saying she was tied up in a meeting and asked if we could reschedule. I agreed. She called me the next day at the agreed time. Interview went well and she recommended me to the hiring manager.
I received a call from HR asking when will be a good time to schedule a phone interview with him. We agreed on the time and HR said they will send a confirmation. No confirmation came and I had to call them and ask if The interview had been confirmed. She sent the confirmation 2 minutes later. I am thinking she forgot to email me.
Anyway, the hiring manger was supposed to call me this morning and instead HR called 2 minutes before the interview wanting to know if we could reschedule for tomorrow because he was pulled into a meeting. I agreed but what is going in here?
None of these are good signs. My current boss will wait 15-20 into a scheduled phone meetin to e-mail me that she is tied up in another call and we will reschedule for later in the day, which as you may have guessed never happens. To me it sounds like for them hiring the right person is low priority and if you are ever hired you will be low priority as well.
I ask why couldn't the hiring manager skip their othher meeting saying they are needed in the meeting they had with you?
None of these are good signs. My current boss will wait 15-20 into a scheduled phone meetin to e-mail me that she is tied up in another call and we will reschedule for later in the day, which as you may have guessed never happens. To me it sounds like for them hiring the right person is low priority and if you are ever hired you will be low priority as well.
I ask why couldn't the hiring manager skip their othher meeting saying they are needed in the meeting they had with you?
If the meeting is with anyone higher in the organization, this is unlikely to happen. When I ask for impromptu meetings with anyone on my team, I always make sure to ask if they have anything else going on, and they will tell me if they have a phone interview with a candidate. Not everyone thinks to ask, however, they just pull in people when it's convenient for them and nobody objects.
To the op - you cannot really analyze anything at this point, so just go with the flow. A "later" is better than "never".
None of these are good signs. My current boss will wait 15-20 into a scheduled phone meetin to e-mail me that she is tied up in another call and we will reschedule for later in the day, which as you may have guessed never happens. To me it sounds like for them hiring the right person is low priority and if you are ever hired you will be low priority as well.
I ask why couldn't the hiring manager skip their othher meeting saying they are needed in the meeting they had with you?
Exactly, it says a lot that not just once but twice now this has happened, two different individuals have done this to you.
Yes, issues do come up, but how about time management? I agree, the HM couldn't say "I have a phone interview scheduled, I will come into the meeting as soon as I am done".
I would be willing to be this is more due to a lack of planning on their part, than in both cases something out of the blue came up, this is their motus operandi.
And if this is how you're treated during the interview process what will be like to work there?
If the meeting is with anyone higher in the organization, this is unlikely to happen. When I ask for impromptu meetings with anyone on my team, I always make sure to ask if they have anything else going on, and they will tell me if they have a phone interview with a candidate. Not everyone thinks to ask, however, they just pull in people when it's convenient for them and nobody objects.
To the op - you cannot really analyze anything at this point, so just go with the flow. A "later" is better than "never".
Well it called having a tongue. Unless it is some emergency meeting, there is nothing wrong with speaking up and saying I have something scheduled if the higher up doesn't think to ask.
I never had any problem saying I had something scheduled if an impromptu meeting was called, it's called communicating, people aren't mind readers.
Now if the higher up tells you, cancel what you have planned you need to be in this meeting than you do that, if coming in to the meeting late after you done with what you have scheduled is not an option.
While I agree the OP shouldn't overanalyze and there is still a good chance this interview will occur with hopefully an onsite interview, it is somewhat off putting to have this happen now twice with two different individuals.
If I did the same thing to them, I doubt I would be a candidate any longer.
Yeah, so what? Are you just moaning and groaning about it? Are you upset that is seems like a double standard?
You aren't in a position of power here, you came to them, you're the one that wants the gig. If this post is about you needing to get out a little frustration and anxiety then OK, I get that.
I'm in IT. It is definitely within the realm of possibility that a critical issue might have come up that has sent everyone's schedules all to heck.
Accounting. I'm not going to cancel, especially if it's only on the phone and I don't have to go anywhere. It it is a double standard however.
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I agree, the HM couldn't say "I have a phone interview scheduled, I will come into the meeting as soon as I am done".
Unless it is some emergency meeting, there is nothing wrong with speaking up and saying I have something scheduled if the higher up doesn't think to ask.
