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If the interviewers were already satisfied about your credentials, they may have wanted to know how well your personality would fit in with the rest of the folks at work. Having someone fit in and get along with everyone else is just as important -almost more important - than their competence. You can train competence, attitude is much harder to change. A casual interview would be a better way to find out someone's personality than a more formal one, don't you think?
I agree - lots of people may have the right experience and skills but a smart manager knows that someone who fits in with the company/department matters too.
If your concern is: maybe the interview didn't go that well? Then don't worry. In that scenario, it usually means that they've already mentally given you the position and they're just feeling out your personality.
If your concern is: maybe the company doesn't quite know how to do things? Then maybe it's a valid concern. But you'd have to take other cues into account to decide if this is the case or not.
Just had an interview with two managers. They were both very casual with me (both were females). I've had a casual interview before and I got the job at the bank. We would go on tangents discussing random things. I was surprised at how informal the interview felt. Are casual interviews okay?
Every time I have had an interview similar to the description it was followed up with a job offer. When the interviewer sticks to the script and doesn't follow up on any of my answers with their own thoughts, I know I blew it. Generally when they don't like you they'd want to get the interview over with as soon as possible. Making some poor interviewee sit there and listen to your random chit chat when you've already written them off would be kind of cruel, but I guess some people are like that.
Just had an interview with two managers. They were both very casual with me (both were females). I've had a casual interview before and I got the job at the bank. We would go on tangents discussing random things. I was surprised at how informal the interview felt. Are casual interviews okay?
They are OK if the people hiring you get what they need from a casual interview.
If the interviewers were already satisfied about your credentials, they may have wanted to know how well your personality would fit in with the rest of the folks at work. Having someone fit in and get along with everyone else is just as important -almost more important - than their competence. You can train competence, attitude is much harder to change. A casual interview would be a better way to find out someone's personality than a more formal one, don't you think?
agree! I've done this a few times in my career when I had soft references, knew someone who knew their work, and I really wanted to see if they were a cultural fit.
You sometimes have to be careful about casual interviews, they may want you to let your guard down. I have been taken on lunch, happy hour (with alcohol) and dinner interviews. I always had one drink (when offered alcohol) and always stayed professional.
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