I see alot of posts about how quickly or slowly a company moves after an interview, so just curious what are the extremes you've experienced? And how did it work out? Could give some insight and hope for many in the process rn!
I had two interviews last Friday and earlier this week for two roles; Director and a VP role. Both companies are planning to deploy Workday both are rather late to the party. After summarizing my experience, the recruiters both expressed awe at my credentials and my ability to drive the conversation. They also both commented that my FOUR page CV stood out amongst the hundreds received. In fact, the recruiter for the VP role motioned that she breathed a sigh of relief, and cozied up to digest my experience. She commented that she was fatigued by all the AI CVs with the same format and talk-speak. The first recruiter who I met last friday - extended our 30 minute interview to an 1.15 hours and then immediately put me in front of the hiring manager Monday afternoon. She expressed exhaustion that she cannot find the right candidate. The recruiter I met with this week is sorting my interview with the hiring manager for next week. She too extended our 25 min. interview to 45 mins. After praising my resume and blah, blah, blah, I explained that my CV is AI free.
I'm not here to promote my CV, more to the point - a one page, cookie cutter AI resume may not be the ticket. I always feel that no human, or BOT can represent me and what I bring to the table better than I can.
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I thought perhaps I should share and example. Note that this is intentionally NOT scrubbed!
Introductory Page of my CV (1 of 4)
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A few weeks ago, I had interview with VP and director of a major privately held company.
Everything was going great. We were getting along and were connecting. The director mentioned it will be easy for me to learn applications, and that my runway is short based on my experience.
Fast forward two weeks and I haven’t heard anything from them. I emailed HR but there is radio silence.
The thing that struck out was the VP mentioned “ thank you for your interest” couple of times during the end of the interview.
Maybe, perhaps, possible that the VP made his mind to not hire me for whatever reason.
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So. I went to this company for an interview, I walk in, I sit..my foot slipped on the chairs' leg because the chair legs didn't have wheels so I kind of slipped trying to sit.
Then after I left I go to my car, check myself in the mirror and I see food stuck between my teeth 🤣 which means this whole time I had food stuck in my teeth and I was smiling alot
That never happened before.
Please share with me your funny interview stories so I feel better about mine 🤭
I applied for a job that I honestly never wanted to apply for, but I felt pressured to submit the application anyway. I recently got called for an interview, and the second I found out, my entire mood dropped. I ended up crying because I suddenly felt so overwhelmed and upset about having to interview for this job. YES - I have to go to the interview bc it's literally tomorrow morning and I can't say no now.
It’s weird because I was having a genuinely good day before I got the call. Nothing bad had happened. But as soon as I knew I had to deal with this job, I felt this huge emotional reaction.
I do need money, especially with the holidays coming up, so it's not like I don't understand why I should consider it. I know with this job market I shouldn't be picky but I really don't want this particular job.
Has anyone else experienced something like this? Can your body/emotions react this strongly when you're doing something you genuinely don't want to do, or am I overthinking it?
Could you please tell me how do i get better? I just quit my job of 8 yrs due to burnout (worked in warehouse operations, distribution and receiving) and now looking tirelessly for a new one. I had recently got an interview and OMG it was so embarrassing. I was sweating profusely, stuttering, shaking both my body and voice and then blank out. i think this is what my previous job caused me, I lost my confidence and self esteem. That even when I talk on the phone with a customer agent my voice shakes like im about to cry. I feel like i would pass out. I have a really good work experience but my anxiety prevents me from selling myself, also an introvert. Not to discriminate or anything, I am considering low/minimum wage jobs as i think the questions would be simple.
Kind of panicking right now so thought I would get some outside thoughts and opinions while I wait to hopefully hear back. I applied for a retail job in a field I have extensive knowledge and experience in. I’ve been working in this field for about six to seven years now and it shows on my resume. When I applied, I was contacted relatively quickly and we set up a date to meet on Oct 2 at 11. This is where everything went sideways. For some reason, I accidentally put it on my calendar for Oct 3 at 11. Not for some reason actually, I had a hundred different things going on that week and most likely mixed up the date while putting it on my calendar with everything. I didn’t even realize until I showed up on Oct 3 with a copy of my resume in hand and apologizing as I was now five minutes late for trying to look for parking. Unfortunately, Oct 3 was a Saturday and this is a retail job so it was relatively busy and she didn’t even let me get a proper apology out or introduction out before telling me I was supposed to be there yesterday and saying she’ll reach out Monday before sending me away. Up until this point, I genuinely had not realized I had entered the wrong date in my calendar and immediately felt so guilty and upset about the situation for everyone involved. She had previously said that she doesn’t look at or answer emails over the weekend so I didn’t reach out immediately but Monday afternoon, I sent a thorough yet professional follow up apology expressing my sincerest apologies, because I genuinely did feel guilty for any time wasted, and my interest in the job and hope to reschedule if she would be willing while admitting that I had overlooked the date as I was putting the interview in my calendar. This email was sent Monday around 3:30 after I figured I wouldn’t hear from her and maybe she got busy but now it’s Tuesday and I still haven’t heard anything and I’m wondering if I completely blew an opportunity I genuinely was looking forward to with my own stupidity or if there might be a small chance for me? This is a retail job to keep me busy and give me an income while I look for a career relevant to what I went to school for or any civil service tests I have taken so it wasn’t a formal suit and tie interview but it was an agreement that I messed up so I’m wondering if the one email was enough or if I should give it another couple days before reaching out again with a follow up email again or phone call. I’ve never done something like this so I’m really out of my depth and upset and panicking about the whole situation. Sorry for the rambling and thank you for any input or feedback you may have. And thank you for reading this far as well.
For the past two months I’ve been interviewing for a senior level sales-adjacent role. I have advanced to the fifth (!!!) and final round where I’ll be meeting with the Chief Revenue Officer. What should I expect? I’m looking for any advice on how I can prepare for this one.
I genuinely hate “shadowing interviews” and I think they are one of the weirdest hiring practices that have somehow become increasingly common.
If you want to explain the job to me, cool. If you want me to sit with an employee and watch ONE interaction so I can get a feel for the position, totally fine. But asking someone to come in and sit there for 4 to 6 HOURS shadowing an employee before you’ve even decided whether you’re hiring them? Absolutely not.
I actually had this happen to me about 4 years ago.
I was at the dentist and they told me I should apply to be a receptionist there after I finished school for the day. I thought, cool, sounds like a good opportunity.
I applied, got a call, and they scheduled me for a “shadowing interview.”
It was a 6-hour shift.
Not exaggerating. Six. Hours.
At the time, I was young and dumb, so I went along with it. I figured, “Okay, I guess this is just how interviews work.”
I sat there and shadowed this employee. By about hour 2, I had pretty much gotten the gist of the job.
At one point, the employee I was shadowing said she was going on break and asked me to take over.
I was literally like, “Uh… okay??”
So now I’m actually doing the job.
I stayed for the entire 6 hours. THEN, at the end of my SIX-HOUR “SHADOWING INTERVIEW,” I finally had an interview with the actual manager.
And what did she tell me?
They couldn’t work with my school schedule.🙂
Mind you, I had already told them I was in school. I wasn’t hiding it. I was completely upfront about my schedule.
Also, I had finished my credits early in high school and was getting out around 9:30 AM. I literally showed up to this interview at 10 AM that day.
So you had me spend SIX HOURS there doing the job just to tell me at the very end that my schedule didn’t work?
At that point I kind of lost it. I basically told them they needed to pay me because the entire process felt completely messed up.
And they actually ended up having me fill out paperwork and paid me $50 for the 6 hours.
So yeah… that experience permanently ruined “shadowing interviews” for me.
And yes, I switched dentists. 😂
Since then, I’ve noticed these types of interviews becoming more and more common around me. Jobs want you to come in for 4 to 5 hours, sometimes longer, “just to shadow” before they’ll make a decision.
And I’m sorry, but what exactly are we learning in hour 5 that we didn’t learn in hour 1?
If you want me to understand the workflow, explain it to me.
If you want to know whether I’m capable of doing the job, interview me.
But making someone sit there for half a workday or basically work alongside an employee before you’ve even decided whether you’re going to hire them feels ridiculous.
And now, years later, I STILL hate them.
I recently had an interview where I was told there would be a 45-minute shadowing portion. Cool, whatever.
That 45 minutes turned into 1.5 HOURS.
Then the following week, they wanted me to come back and “try” another position they were considering me for.
Another 45-minute shadow.
And honestly, it just reinforced how much I hate this whole system.
Maybe I’m being dramatic, but after my first experience, I have avoided jobs that do this like the plague because I genuinely don’t want to feel like I’m being used as free labor again.
And the funniest part?
I’m going into HR.
I genuinely do not want to work for a company that thinks making candidates spend hours “shadowing” before they’ve even been hired is a good hiring practice.
Explain the job. Let me ask questions. Let me observe something briefly if it’s actually necessary. Then interview me and make a decision.
I promise you don’t need 6 hours to figure out if I’m qualified. 😭
I had 4 interviews with a company, and they rejected me basically saying that it was a very difficult decision but they decided to go with candidates that had previous exposure to a marketing/agency environment.
This was an entry-level project coordinator role, and I’m somewhat shocked by this because I had a lot of experience in marketing through my previous position at a fast-paced consulting firm. Even recently, I just volunteered as a marketing assistant for a design show & helped a newcomer start her own business through marketing.
I gave several examples about this throughout my interviews, and at one point the manager said “You have a lot of experience in marketing, is this what you want to do instead?” This honestly made me think that I needed to speak less about experience in marketing and focus more on how other aspects of my experience aligns with being a project coordinator.
I know they’ve already made their decision & I’ll just keep focusing on my other interviews, but I’m wondering if I should correct what the recruiter said back to me?
I did an AI interview today. I've never done one before. I was not prepared. I tried the practice interview, and it was generic about customer service ("give an example of dealing with a difficult customer," "what draws you to customer service?"). I was not ready for all the technical questions about the actual job. I thought those questions would be reserved for a human interview, but I was wrong. I thought I could casually do the interview before bed, and now I wish I took it more seriously. Don't know if the whole thing went well or if I just tanked my chance of getting this job.
Just wanted to share my experience.
