nsr Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 As the senior programmer at a fairly small software company I was often asked to do the technical side of interviews while the boss' father-in-law ( a very senior former director of Greggs) did the HR side. I took an unreasonable amount of joy in "welcoming" bubbly and enthusiastic young graduates with a deadpan, emotionless demeanour that would make a serial killer look friendly. One of them to whom we actually gave a job was mildly astonished to find out I wasn't actually like that every day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Given that I currently have the death mark on me in my company due to the henious crime of having had some mental health issues, i am sure I will become a regular contributor to this thread in the coming months. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Lviv Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 21 hours ago, Futureboy said: Not so much the worst, but definitely the strangest I have experienced happened late last year. Turned up for the interview. The panel consisted of the person I would replace and a Director. The person I was to replace basically stated that I was much more qualified and experienced than they were, so wouldn't ask me anything technical. The Director asked a few generic interview questions, then took me on a two hour tour of the facility. This included introducing me to numerous members as the new man in post. HR came to see me as I left to say they would email me the paperwork and get my reference details and work out a start date. I never heard from them again. A chaser email I sent was just ignored. Bizarre. Kind of relevant, when I was on jobseekers, I had to go to an interview for a kids sports type of company. I was genuinely interested and it combined my two main skills so I was happy to have passed the interview and did a trial shift. It went well but as it was a government backed scheme, there was about 10 others who did the same. He never got back to me and it turned out he used all ten of us for a free shift - he had no intention of hiring anyone. The company owner went on Dragon’s Den and failed spectacularly. Pleasing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moniton Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I knew an engineer when I temped in IBM who went for an interview in Polaroid and referred to them as Kodak throughout the process; he then told the tale of arriving for an interview where the chair of the panel put out his hand out to welcome him and he handed over his raincoat and umbrella thinking he was a flunky- needless to say he was unsuccessful [emoji23] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, throbber said: Why would they automatically assume you would put that information on a cv? Strange thing for you to get angry about. Job was a taxi driver. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee_62 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, throbber said: Why would they automatically assume you would put that information on a cv? Strange thing for you to get angry about. Thought everyone put their driving status on a CV? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Just now, dee_62 said: Thought everyone put their driving status on a CV? Why would anyone do that unless it's a job which requires a driving license? -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I have never put my driving status on a CV nor my cycling proficiency. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee_62 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: Why would anyone do that unless it's a job which requires a driving license? 30+ years since i put a CV together - seemed like the thing to do. I suppose my thinking was, if you're sending it out to any number of local employers, you try and cover every base. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, dee_62 said: Thought everyone put their driving status on a CV? I never have done as it's not even slightly relevant to my job. I haven't driven to my current office in about a year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, dee_62 said: 30+ years since i put a CV together - seemed like the thing to do. I suppose my thinking was, if you're sending it out to any number of local employers, you try and cover every base. Nowadays you're better tailoring CV to the job spec or you won't get far for anything above entry level. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 There are jobs where it's a handy extra, like going to pick up supplies or whatever. And it's only 2 or 3 words. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, throbber said: What about your sex offender status? I’ll leave that as a surprise, like you when you dunk your testicles in your ‘new friends’ mouths whilst they’re asleep. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Just now, throbber said: Nobody at my work asked me if I was a sex offender but they still thought nothing of dumping a 14 year old on to me to entertain for a couple of days when he was on work experience. I could have ended up violating terms of my parole through no fault of my own. If the 14yo was within 50ft of you then I'm afraid you did violate the terms of your parole..... Go directly to jail, do not collect £200, Throbber. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I once had 2 job interviews on the same day and managed to get both jobs mixed up when I went for the first interview. Interviewer: "Tell me what you know about the role." Me: "Speaks about a job that i'm being interviewed later that day." Interviewer: "Nope that's not the job at all." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Very old P&Bers will remember the meltdown that an Airdrie fan had on a similar thread to this when he confidently suggested that putting MENSA membership on your CV would help you get jobs and would open doors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Ron Aldo said: I once had 2 job interviews on the same day and managed to get both jobs mixed up when I went for the first interview. Interviewer: "Tell me what you know about the role." Me: "Speaks about a job that i'm being interviewed later that day." Interviewer: "Nope that's not the job at all." Was it good practice for the second one? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 About 15 years ago I made the final interview stage for an apprenticeship at Hunterston B, after passing a skills test that whittled around 100 applicants down to about a dozen, and was doing brilliantly until I was asked the question: "What is electricity?" I'd love to hear my answer back to find out just what absolute shite I came up with. I spent about a minute cobbling together an answer before one of the interviewers said "good try. but it's actually..." while I kept repeating "well that's you fucked it" over and over again in my head. Got through a couple of other questions before the final one, said by the same guy with a helping smile, "so then, what is electricity?" It was at this point I wanted my mummy. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ron Aldo said: I once had 2 job interviews on the same day and managed to get both jobs mixed up when I went for the first interview. Interviewer: "Tell me what you know about the role." Me: "Speaks about a job that i'm being interviewed later that day." Interviewer: "Nope that's not the job at all." At least you got a bit pf practice for the second one. ETA: Up yours @nsr Edited January 13, 2020 by Jacksgranda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 22 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: I got a call from an agency once with a job in Stirling. "Can you drive?" Best answer to that is "Not for another seven months when I get my licence back." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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