Going through an extremely annoying and strange job interview

69FACUPfinal said:
I went through that on various occasions. Good old competency based interviewing. I was successful, however I am now happily retired.
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A colleague of mine failed to get an interview for a job one grade up based on the competencies he submitted - he then submitted the exact same a few months later for a post two grades up and ended up getting the job!

What made it worse (even worse than the fact that he was fucking lazy and useless), was that the same panel judged them both!
 
homerdog said:
A colleague of mine failed to get an interview for a job one grade up based on the competencies he submitted - he then submitted the exact same a few months later for a post two grades up and ended up getting the job!

What made it worse (even worse than the fact that he was fucking lazy and useless), was that the same panel judged them both!
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Mate, I can absolutely believe that!!
 
What I kind of suspect is that they had a preferred candidate, or that at the very least, they were playing you off against each other, but that some piece of information came up belatedly in the background check on the other candidate that put the wind up them.
I can only concur: if you're motivated, don't stand on your pride. Do the third interview. Then, when you get it, go and and get pissed.
 
homerdog said:
I'm now also happily retired, thank goodness!
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It's a good thing, really is. But when we are watching PMQs or Parliament TV ( occasionally) we know what sort of shenanigans and tricks go on in the background. Not that we were directly involved when we worked, but we knew it happened....

And those SPAds. They are about 12 and making/ directing policy that affects everyone.

As regards the OP, I do hope it works out, what a pain!
 
I managed to get most of the jobs after interviews, but on one occasion, the first question was by someone much younger than me, and he asked “why did you apply for this job?” I replied that I had experience and was able to adapt to a slight change of skill. He said “i don’t think you meet our requirements”. i got up and walked out, and applied for expenses for my travel and time wasted. They never responded.
 
69FACUPfinal said:
It's a good thing, really is. But when we are watching PMQs or Parliament TV ( occasionally) we know what sort of shenanigans and tricks go on in the background. Not that we were directly involved when we worked, but we knew it happened....

And those SPAds. They are about 12 and making/ directing policy that affects everyone.

As regards the OP, I do hope it works out, what a pain!
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Absolutely! I know of more than one Secretary of State who just shouted and swore at their underlings when they didn't get the answer they wanted!

Apologies to roy-or-r for not being much help with your dilemma!
 
calumdown said:
i jacked it all in, followed my heart and became an artist
(i'd always been drawing and painting my whole childhood)

in essence, it's pretty much the same thing as being a theoretical physicist.
you sit around all day wanking and having ideas,
but instead of having to write a lengthy paper you just paint a picture.

plus, the women prefer artists to scientists.
"may i draw you?" rarely fails as a chat-up line.
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Eh? You're an ugly fuck at best.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Think you are reading this wrong. In any senior recruitment process you have multiple stakeholders to convince. The hiring manager, maybe their boss, HR (crucial), other stakeholders (maybe customers of the hiring manager. Each will have an opinion. In some cases those opinions will be unanimous, in others not. It sounds like there is at least two favoured candidates. They may well have offered the senior job and its been turned down. Maybe they were flying a kite offering you the more junior role. Whatever, if ultimately you want the job, go for the third interview.
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This is a city job and the person who called me asking for a third interview was also present in my 2nd interview as the boss of the hiring manager. I am just a bit skeptical because if I get the job, I would have to move all the way from Minnesota to California and if the job itself turns out to be highly political, that’s a lot of time and money wasted. On the other hand, I have always wanted to live in Los Angeles. So fuck knows what I want to do.
 
roy.or.r said:
the person who called me asking for a third interview was also present in my 2nd interview along as the boss of the hiring manager.
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I think if the most senior of the hiring panel has asked you for a third interview that is positive. Every large organisation is political. Ask the questions in the third interview that would give you greater confidence in accepting the role. Only you will know if its right or wrong for you.
 
BimboBob said:
A0...and then we can talk.
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we can always order some double elephant to be safe

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I once did an interview where I had a triangle shape on a piece of paper I had to match by cutting out of a piece of sheet metal with a hacksaw. I then had a second more normal table interview but I had to do it while assembling a 3D puzzle.
 
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