When it's this bad you have to name names. I know it's hard but the bridge is already burned.
Interview Humiliation
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#22This is such comic book villainy I just don't believe it happened as described. I wonder how the other side would describe it.
My take is the candidate has his head so far up his arse and lives in this bubble world of his making.
The people I have known who are truly that good are humble about it. Those who are not humble, IME are never as good as they think.
I would expect that, as the interviewers did not instantly bow down at this guys superior knowledge. This write write up is his personal interpretation of what the interviewers thought - why else would they not give him the job?
Interviewers perspective. "This cocky guy comes in, tells us everything we do is wrong, that he can improve everything we do, literally laughs and derides our working. In the end I walk out."
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#23I find this story highly suspect, unless the writer happened to find a company run primarily by sociopaths.
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#24This is such comic book villainy I just don't believe it happened as described. I wonder how the other side would describe it.
I've worked at enough places to see twerps like that, it doesn't seem very far fetched to me. It's just classic abuse of power. Granted, they're outliers, but they are out there. Really, though, in the grand scheme of abuses of power, this story is relatively pretty tame.
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#25it is obviously a dubious story.
Wouldn't the first thing you would say as soon as you enter the room is that you got an invitation to 9h30 and not 9h?
Then what did op reply to their questions such as 'can't you afford a real machine'? he just mubbled? I would reply very harshly to such comments and show them who is the weakling.
While they were total assholes, you were not in a desperate enough situation that would justify you to say amen to whatever bullshit they say.
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#26Almost everyone on this site seems to have gone through similar interview experiences one time or the other. Our profession can get rid of this malady only with collective effort, as the author suggests:
Lastly, this story fills me with an overwhelming desire
to never continue the cycle of abuse. I strive every
interview to try to respectfully work with the candidate,
and never humiliate them. I want every person I interview
to leave feeling loved as a human and respected, even if
they are completely incapable to perform the duties of the
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#27This is such comic book villainy I just don't believe it happened as described. I wonder how the other side would describe it.
Yeah, 25 minutes late set the tone for that interview. I don't really care what the reason is, I'm going to be pissed if someone is 25 minutes late for anything.
Being half an hour late is not really an excuse for their sociopathic behaviour.
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#28What do you think of the practice of ending an interview earlier than scheduled when you're quite sure that the candidate is not a good fit for the position? The rationale I've heard is that it saves both you and the candidate time. But in practice, during the times when I've seen it done, the candidate ends up feeling really hurt.
You should always end an interview earlier if you are 100% sure that the candidate is not a good fit. If it is under the 100% you should continue you never know what the candidate can reveal later on.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I found out later their recruiter had given me and many other candidates the wrong time.
Right, but as someone conducting an interview, checking your watch every minute waiting for someone to arrive, you don't know what their reasons are. And as the time passes, you start wondering what the hell is up with this person, wondering about all the other things you could be doing, etc. etc. and it leaves you in a bad mood for when they do arrive. No amount of explanation will change the bad mood, I'm not going…
I've definitely been there. Their receptionist told the CEO the wrong time. I showed up on time, and all the C-levels I was supposed to meet were gone. They gave me over to some other manager for a courtesy interview, but I already knew it was over. I immediately confirmed the time after with proof, and they admitted their error, but at that point, it didn't matter. I imagine they were too embarrassed to give an apology, and, after seeing how it was handled, I was no longer interested.
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#30Why not name the company? I'm going to be honest..I don't think this actually happened.