There's something she mentions about group interviews in here.
There's something she mentions about group interviews in here. I hate group interviews, regardless of which side of them I'm on. I have yet to see what the benefit of such is and the mere fact of one makes me seriously consider just saying forget it, it's not my kind of culture. I mean, if I was trying out for a football team, I guess you could call that a group interview but there's a kind of obvious reason for it, then.
http://www.askamanager.org/2015/10/what-to-say-if-you-want-to-walk-out-of-a-horrible-intervew.html
http://www.askamanager.org/2015/10/what-to-say-if-you-want-to-walk-out-of-a-horrible-intervew.html
http://www.askamanager.org/2015/10/what-to-say-if-you-want-to-walk-out-of-a-horrible-intervew.html
http://www.askamanager.org/2015/10/what-to-say-if-you-want-to-walk-out-of-a-horrible-intervew.html
WTF is a group interview?
ReplyDeleteI mean, I understand each individual word and they form a syntactically and semantically correct phrase, but... why? Why would you do that?
ReplyDeleteOkay, why would anyone put up with that?
So, yeah. Put three or more candidates in a room and then ... right. No possible way this could go wrong.
ReplyDeleteThat is ripe for an SNL sketch:
ReplyDelete1) Assemble interviewees
2) Interview has to leave for a phone call or something
3) LORD OF THE FLIES
They try to get you to do this while they are in the room to observe. It is a sick, twisted exercise in voyeurism.
ReplyDeleteSo they lie about the call and you cut to seeing them watch you through the two-way mirror.
ReplyDeleteJohn Novak why would anyone put up with that?
ReplyDelete...desperation.
I went to a group interview for a (seasonal) retail position many years ago and don't remember it being particularly horrible, although I didn't get the job, either. I've heard stories, though.
ReplyDeleteI think I remember having gone to one of these once. I think the job posting was for a marketing position, or a marketing firm, or something. They called I think 5 of us in at a time and all I can remember is how much the actual job sounded like a cross between Amway and Telemarketing. I think at the end the guy even said, "so who's interested?" I did not raise my hand.
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