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i been talking to a few managers and i was told that your interviewed is scheduled without anyone really looking at your resume? Now that makes sense and answers a lot of questions about why I received this question on so many interviews in the past
"So are you working now?
I was told by a manager last night that they should look at the experience on the resume and not really zoom in on whether you are still working. Learn something new everyday
Sometimes I go into an interview with my computer so I can review the CV while we're interviewing. That's not the best way to go about it. I'm typically paired in a team, so it's not too distracting. But, when the time for decision making comes the CV has to be reviewed and a detailed opinion given during the meeting, which is typically an hour in my department. We then score the candidates and the final decision is left to the lab head. HR or the recruiter does the first CV screen, then the department head. If they're worth considering the interviewing starts.
Why would anyone call you in for an interview if they hadn't read your resume to see if you were even remotely qualified? Using your logic, the Cleveland Clinic would be calling in the Wal-Mart greeter for Chief of Clinical Pathology if she applied.
Why would anyone call you in for an interview if they hadn't read your resume to see if you were even remotely qualified? Using your logic, the Cleveland Clinic would be calling in the Wal-Mart greeter for Chief of Clinical Pathology if she applied.
I don't know which is why I asked the question. Too Lazy maybe?
I see a question mark but not a question in your original post. And, after reading your comments in the other thread, I'm guessing that you dont really want any answers here; you're just stating what you believe to be a fact?
I see a question mark but not a question in your original post. And, after reading your comments in the other thread, I'm guessing that you dont really want any answers here; you're just stating what you believe to be a fact?
It has to be some truth to it if I went to a interview in March and was unemployed since January and was asked-"are you employed now?
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I read each and every resume and then meet with the assigned HR rep to decide who to interview. After scheduling it may be a few days or week or more before the actual interviews. If I'm really busy I may not get a chance to review them again, and if it's 6-8 in one day wouldn't remember details of all of them anyway. It would be great if we could take 5-10 minutes to read the resume again before each interview, but we often get late from someone taking more time than we have allocated. Keep in mind that we can get over 100 applicants for each job, and interview as many as 20 these days with so many qualified people looking for work.
I read each and every resume and then meet with the assigned HR rep to decide who to interview. After scheduling it may be a few days or week or more before the actual interviews. If I'm really busy I may not get a chance to review them again, and if it's 6-8 in one day wouldn't remember details of all of them anyway. It would be great if we could take 5-10 minutes to read the resume again before each interview, but we often get late from someone taking more time than we have allocated. Keep in mind that we can get over 100 applicants for each job, and interview as many as 20 these days with so many qualified people looking for work.
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Why would anyone call you in for an interview if they hadn't read your resume to see if you were even remotely qualified? Using your logic, the Cleveland Clinic would be calling in the Wal-Mart greeter for Chief of Clinical Pathology if she applied.
I think what happens is that HR screens the applications for the hiring committee/manager prior to the interviews. Personally, I think the hiring committee should be screening the applications as they are the decision makers. Unfortunately, too many large companies use HR as a screening tool and get lax about checking the apps prior to the interviews.
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I read each and every resume and then meet with the assigned HR rep to decide who to interview. After scheduling it may be a few days or week or more before the actual interviews. If I'm really busy I may not get a chance to review them again, and if it's 6-8 in one day wouldn't remember details of all of them anyway. It would be great if we could take 5-10 minutes to read the resume again before each interview, but we often get late from someone taking more time than we have allocated. Keep in mind that we can get over 100 applicants for each job, and interview as many as 20 these days with so many qualified people looking for work.
That makes a lot of sense ... Especially when the interviews are back to back with little time to review before each candidate is called in...
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