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3 interviews is ridiculous, 4 is a no, and 5 is a H#ll No.
This is a company paralyzed by indecision. Also interviews are mostly nonsense to begin with 5X nonsense is a whole lot of nonsense.
Having worked at companies "paralyzed by indecision," I'd say this is a good point. Five interviews might also indicate disagreement among managers about the job requirements, or someone likes one person and another person likes you, and they're going to keep interviewing you both until someone makes a misstep or drops out.
To me, one of the most important things for the interviewee to get clear: what is the chain of command here? ... to whom will I report? ... who evaluates my work, just my immediate manager or other people?
Early on in my career I got a job assuming the non-HR person who was interviewing me would be my manager. Big mistake. When I got there on the first day, I was assigned to someone I had never met and who had never met me. And she was NOT happy that upper management had hired me without her input. I made it work because, in fact, I totally agreed with her. That's pretty extreme disrespect. But you don't want to spend the first month on your job apologizing for your existence. (In the end, the execs who did that to her lost their jobs, so we came out fine, were a good team, and were both ultimately promoted.)
Sure, it's overkill. How extreme depends on the position.
That doesn't in any way change what I said. Want the job? Go. Don't want the job? Don't go.
Pretty simple.
I agree. I would add that this should be the last go-around. If they again want you to perform any tricks/tests you might politely decline. Tell them you set aside an hour for this fifth interview and have another appointment to get to. If everything is still up in the air by the time the interview is over, ask them exactly when they plan to make a decision. Remind them politely that this is the fifth interview in four months, you're very interested in the position but need to know their timeline. Good luck!
I know of at least one great company that interviews many more times than three or four or five--think twelve to twenty, over really extended periods. Their retention is fabulous, nobody hardly ever leaves.
That's insane. Nobody ever leaves because they probably don't ever want to go through another interview.
Companies cannot afford to waste time on bad hires.
DO you want to work or not?
Well, obviously the OP wants to work! The real questions is, do these nitwits want to hire the OP, or keep wasting time with endless interviews?
Sadly, this is not uncommon nowadays. Companies know job seekers are utterly desperate and that they can be insanely picky. With so many people out of work for so long, they don't feel worried about losing someone to a competitor. So they make job seekers jump through endless hoops for no good reason. The OP is right to be frustrated.
Wow! I've personally never heard of anything beyond 3 interviews. You say the pay is $75K at most, which is pretty good, but still...5 interviews! At first, I figured it had to be some top, high security position.
How many minutes has each interview been? If each one was an hour & they actually talked about different things, then I guess it's understandable.
Yes, applicants should always ask at the end of the first interview what the rest of the hiring process will be like, so there are (hopefully) no surprises.
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Originally Posted by Hypersion
This is pretty standard now a days for decent paying jobs.
5 interviews is pretty standard?! Outrageous! That's all the more reason people should be trying to work at home &/or be their OWN boss.
Guys, check out my WORK AT HOME thread & keep that thread alive!
I was told by the hiring manager that, since so many people are involved in the process, it takes a lot of time, sometimes. I scheduled the follow up interview with them - it's not until a month and a half from now!
Do you think they intend to even hire for this position? WTF is going on?
(1) If you don't mind me asking, what job is this for?
(2) I'm thinking you should go ahead interview for it while looking for something else more promising.
(3) I've come to agree with some other people on here. Doesn't sound a company I want to work for.
My company I currently work for decided to hire me 2 days after interviewing me the first time. They scheduled me to go into their corporate office to interview for a 2nd time just for formality, but they assured me that it was me they wanted. It's turned out to be the best company I ever worked for. My RE has the most realistic expectations I have ever seen in any manager. He's even given me extra time at times to meet deadlines.
On the other hand, the companies in my past that made me go in for interview after interview after interview with seemingly no end in sight turned out to be terrible places to work at. They had managers that yell all the time, unrealistic deadlines, and crappy benefits.
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