Without any warning.
They remotely locked access to my laptop, and my badge stopped working before anyone even spoke to me. In the end, I was the one who had to tell my manager.
My wife is about to give birth.
This is my life .
To me, it's one of the clearest signs that they're genuinely interested in the role and want to succeed in it.
I once interviewed a woman who was really stumbling over a few answers that she had clearly practiced, because she was so nervous. It looked like she was about to cry, and honestly, I felt bad for her. But as soon as we got into the technical questions, it was clear that she understood the work well and could explain her thought process. At that point, I was more sure about hiring her than most candidates, because it was clear that she knew what she was doing and genuinely wanted the job.
So my advice to anyone going into an interview: prepare as much as you can, but don't beat yourself up afterward just because your nervousness showed.
The interview panel will notice.
No one goes from being confused by a basic question to giving a polished, study-guide-looking answer in 45 seconds. And don't say: "I don't know how this word is pronounced out loud."
Hi everyone. I found out two days ago that my job is being eliminated, and honestly, it really sucks. I work with students in campus ministry at a small Christian university, so I'm really upset that I'll have to leave them. My supervisor told me: "You're not fired, and technically this isn't a layoff, we just don't have funding for this role anymore." So... Yeah. My job is gone.
He also asked me not to tell the students or my coworkers that the position was eliminated, or that I'm leaving because of funding. Do I have the right to tell the students that I'm not choosing to leave, but that the school ended my role? A lot of the students I work with already struggle with the idea of adults coming in and out of their lives. Several of them have literally asked me: "You're not going to leave too, right?" And I always answered with something like: "Not unless they force me to!" So I feel like it's wrong to let them think I decided to move on somewhere else by choice, when that's not what happened.
I don't want to make a scene or turn it into a problem, but at the same time I don't want to lie by omission to students who trusted me.
Thanks for reading.
I was preparing for an interview for an operations coordinator position and spent maybe 90 minutes scrolling through the company's reviews on Glassdoor. Not the average score or the shiny "great culture" stuff, no, the reviews from people who had left the company. The ones with the dirt. The "I wish I had listened to my gut from the beginning" kind. Then on the intro call, the recruiter basically repeated the same warning signs that were in the bad reviews, but wrapped them up as positives. Things like "you'll have a lot of ownership and things change quickly" were in the job post and also in a few angry 1-star reviews lol.
Since then, I've started treating bad Glassdoor reviews like interview prep notes. They give me better questions to ask, help me pick up on the things people are trying to polish or gloss over, and sometimes convince me not to bother applying at all. A few weeks ago, I passed on a role that looked perfect on paper because almost every former employee mentioned the same VP by name, and it didn't read like just a bunch of upset employees making noise. At first I felt like I might be overthinking it a bit, but mostly I was relieved I stayed away.
Honestly, it's weird how much useful information is hidden inside negative stuff. If one person is complaining, maybe it's personal. If eight people are describing the same chaos in different words, then it starts to look like a pattern.
Does anyone else read reviews almost like exit interviews this way before going into an interview? Or are there other "bad" sources you look at before deciding whether a company is worth your time or not? I feel like people talk about fixing up resumes and practicing answers, but not about this part of the prep.
Hi everyone! I don't have a big circle I can talk to about things like this, so I'm writing here because I need to tell someone. I work in software, and right now I make $78k a year. Quick background: I left college before finishing, and I was making around $48k a year for a while before the pandemic. After that, things got complicated. I was out of work for about 7 months, and I was applying for jobs paying $20 an hour, until I finally got an opportunity in software sales. That role started with a $52k base. I got promoted once, then moved into operations at the same company, and that got me to $78k, which is where I am now.
I've been at my current company for 4 years, and for a while I've known I'm underpaid compared to what roles similar to mine are paying. So I started looking quietly at the beginning of this year. I applied for a manager-level role, which would be a step up from what I do now. I had the final interview a few weeks ago, and I left it feeling like it went better than I expected.
At the beginning of this week, the hiring manager put time on my calendar. We talked a bit, and then she offered me the job. $128k a year. I tried to stay very calm on the call, mostly thanked her and told her I was excited. I think I was trying not to show everything I was feeling inside. I told her I'd send a follow-up on Tuesday after taking a little time to think, since I was also in the middle of a few other interviews.
For the first 90 minutes after we got off Zoom, it still didn't feel real. Then the offer letter arrived in my inbox. When I saw $128,000 written in front of me, that's when it really hit me. Around $10,666 a month. I sat there and started crying. That is so much more than any amount I've ever made before, there's not even a comparison. I really wanted to call my dad and tell him, because I know he would have been proud of me. He passed away in 2021, so everything hit all at once: joy, relief, sadness, all of it. Money has been a constant source of stress in my life over the past few years, and this feels like a real turning point. I want to handle it carefully, build savings, and not immediately start acting like I've become a different person.
Anyway, that was my vent. Thank you for reading. I'm happy today and waiting to accept on Tuesday. But I still wish I could call my dad and tell him. I know he would have been happy
Edit: Thank you all so much! I really appreciate it.
I also have to give InterviewVIP some credit. I started using it while preparing for interviews, and it helped me stay a lot calmer and express my thoughts much more clearly. It definitely made a difference for me.