job interviews
As a manager for a big retailer I have conducted more than my fair share of interviews and some candidates, on reflection, were weird or down right crap.
However my interview for my current job was embarrassing.

I had written in, on the monday, to the head quarters of this retailer and was contacted on the wednesday for an interview on the friday.
Made some lame excuse about needing time off to my boss, and off I went in my best suit to the head quarters of this international company.

I feel the epitome of what a great manager should be, I feel like I am the dogs danglies. This company wanted me badly, I convince myself.
I get shown through to the regional managers office and he is sitting there with his group personel manager. I get a polite but bemused hello and the personel manager (the PM) kicks off with the usual questions. The Head dude is sitting there staring at me, which is begining to put me off.

After half an hour, at some pre arragned signal he butts in and starts being the "Bad Cop" - "when have you ever lost your temper with a member of staff" and the such like.
Anyway, he concludes the interview, and with a vague smile on his face bids me farewell. His PM cant look me in the face.

I go back to reception, sign out and walk to the car. This is where I discover that when I arrived and put on my jacket, the collar and lapels had got badly tucked inside and I must have resembled some sort of day-release subway killer. No wonder they looked at me as if I was some form of fuckwit!

I got the job, probably because I scared them.
( Fire & Forget it's the only way to be sure, Thu 20 Jan 2005, 22:31, Reply)