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I interviewed once for a managers job and was told that I, the external applicant, was a finalist against two internal applicants who worked in the department I was going to work in. I told them it would make me uncomfortable because if I got the job, and the inernal applicants did not, I would have a hard time working with them and they would try to discredit me and prove senior management made a bad decision and they should have been hired instead of me.
The man who interviewed me thought my answer was crazy. So I got up and left the interview. Am I wrong?
The internal candidate is not always hired. You may have to work through some hurt feelings, but that's the way it is. A decent manager will know if a butt hurt employee is trying to sabotage you or not. It's not something I would worry about so, yes, I think you were wrong.
The internal candidate is not always hired. You may have to work through some hurt feelings, but that's the way it is. A decent manager will know if a butt hurt employee is trying to sabotage you or not. It's not something I would worry about so, yes, I think you were wrong.
Very few managers in my experience are good, so it is a concern.
I interviewed once for a managers job and was told that I, the external applicant, was a finalist against two internal applicants who worked in the department I was going to work in. I told them it would make me uncomfortable because if I got the job, and the inernal applicants did not, I would have a hard time working with them and they would try to discredit me and prove senior management made a bad decision and they should have been hired instead of me.
The man who interviewed me thought my answer was crazy. So I got up and left the interview. Am I wrong?
Yes I would. You can't control who does and does not apply to jobs at a company. You want the job, you go for it.
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As a manager, I have a situation coming up soon where an employee will be leaving, and I expect several internal candidates. I actually prefer an outside person, because I have little confidence in any of the internal people being able to handle the job.
As a manager, I have a situation coming up soon where an employee will be leaving, and I expect several internal candidates. I actually prefer an outside person, because I have little confidence in any of the internal people being able to handle the job.
I once got a job over some internal applicants. Fortunately, the guy doing the hiring didn't like the internal applicants. If looks could kill, I'd be dead right now, but they got over it. In the end, it all worked out.
More often than not, internal applicants have the inside track, regardless of how qualified they are. That makes it difficult for better qualified applicants from the outside. It's all part of life, I guess.
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