I had a job interview 2 weeks ago. I noly talked with people that were in the department I was interested in, Quality Assurance, no HR people. They talked to me from 8:30 to 12:30 and then took me to lunch. I’m optimistic.
Oh Og, tell me about it.
I’ve applied for all my F1/F2 placements (that would be internships and first year residencies for you yanks) in Northern Ireland. The jobs start on the 1st August.
The application form was all done by email, was horrendously complicated and I have no idea how it works. The basic idea is you rank the jobs in order of perference and they decide based on your “personal statement” which job you deserve, then if you pass your finals, you get the job.
Or something.
Anyway, we were all supposed to be told on Tuesday 31st Jan which jobs we would have for the next 2 years. So I sat eagerly by the PC, waiting to find out, all excited, browsing estate agnecy websites, thinking about all the different places where we’ll buy a house, that kind of thing.
Instead I got an email saying that due to “technical problems”- meaning beaurocratic meltdown- the results won’t be posted until the 8th of February.
I’m pissed off.
Applications for the Irish internships are opening at the end of the week, if I don’t know where I’m going next year, I don’t know whether to backup with an Irish application. I don’t like things being up in the air. It makes me ansty.
These people have no consideration, if they knew the results would be delayed, why the hell didn’t they send an email alerting us to that fact, oh, you know a few days ago?
I say put the application in at the other place just in case. If this one works out, you can always withdraw it. That way you’ve got all your bases covered for either situation.
Sorry to hear about that.
I do have some good news to add. My phone interview went extremely well. Better than I could have imagined, even. The whole time it seemed as though the interviewer was trying to sell the job to me, not the other way around. It felt like she was trying not to scare me off. She didn’t. I took it as a good sign at the end when she asked me how soon I’d be able to start. She then said she hoped to complete phone interviews by Friday and would call me Friday or Monday. Yay! I’d have to wait for the call, but still, yay!
No more than 25 minutes later, I got another call, this time from the recruiter. Turns out the person who had just interviewed me sent her an e-mail, saying the interview had gone well and she’d like to meet with me in person. Now that was fast! I admit to being a little thrown off guard, but I have an interview next Wednesday. Now I have to find something to wear.
Good luck!
My interview process is going TOO DAMN FAST!
I got an email Friday asking if we could do a phone interview over the weekend or Monday. We talked Monday, they had their committee meeting Wednesday, and they emailed me that evening asking when in the next two weeks I could come for an in-person interview! That’s not in two weeks as in two weeks from now, kiddies, that means possibly Monday!
And so I potentially have four days to prepare a 45 minute talk on my research and a 60 minute lecture on a topic I’ve never taught before.
Oh, and I tried on my old interview suit, and it doesn’t fit, so I need to go buy a new one.
I feel like puking on my shoes right now. 
Ouch. I feel for you. Ring them, but not more than once a day. It shows keenness.
Yay got a second interview- Im so nervous- I would really love this job-
I also spoke to the Temp agency manager and she confirmed the feedback on MR. NVME- they said he was nice and a quiet guy but that his personality was not a fit for their office. Poop.
He just got a temp job at Hooters though- he will look great in shorts!! 
After what I thought was a good 2nd interview Friday, I got the e-mail today saying I didn’t get it.
Back to the drawing board. I can’t afford too much more of this.
StG
Having been in a similar situation recently ourselves, my heart goes out to you. Hope something breaks for you soon.
It’s still not to late to follow up with them. You never know if the person they hired worked out.
Send them a nice letter along the lines of “thanks for the interview, remember to keep me in mind”
It doesn’t cost more than the postage and paper and you never know what might come of it.
About eighteen months ago, I heard through the grapevine that a locally-headquartered Fortune 500 company was looking for someone with my specific background and that the starting salary was close to 50% higher than what I was currently making. But, it was a rumor that I could not substantiate through any reasonable means so I didn’t follow up on it. :smack:
Later, I learned that the rumor had been true and the person they hired had an experience level that I knew to be FAR below mine. :smack: :smack:
Fast forward to three weeks ago. I again find out through the grapevine that the position is again open. Through a professional colleague, I learned that the poor guy they hired just couldn’t handle the responsibilities of the job.
This time, I take the bull by the horns and rush in. Talk to the head of the department. Talk to the director of recuiting. We all agree that my experience fill the requirements nicely. I’m instructed to forward a resume to them via email and complete their primary application process online. I’m told they’ll call me the following week.
I patiently wait that week…nothing.
During that week, I left two voicemails for the recruiting director…no call back.
The following Saturday, I decide to check my application page on their website (one inputs one’s email address and password); wanting to make sure that I’d not missed anything that they’d required. And, there, I saw what made my heart sink.
So, first thing Monday morning, I’m on the horn to the recruiting director. Not satisfied with leaving another voicemail, I call and call until she actually answers.
She verbally dances around and makes it sound oh-so-sweet, but the meaning came through loud and clear… they got so burned last time that now they’re searching for someone who’s experience level is WAY above what is required for this position. :rolleyes:
Great… so some upper-level management-type who’s found themself in a Peter-Principle situation somewhere else is going to settle in on this position.
Ah well, maybe this hire will screw up on the technical aspect of the position so much that they’ll be searching again soon.
Oh well, I got my offer. Not what I hoped for or wanted, pretty disappointed, devestated actually, mostly because I don’t know why I wasn’t placed higher and there is no feedback. Still life gives you lemons and all that…
Sorry to hear that. I am between jobs myself right now, so I know what you are going through. Also, I am 50 grand in debt with hospital bills. Oh well, the ebb and flow of life…
Podkayne,
I feel for you. After I posted in this thread originally, I got a call from someplace else wondering if I’d be in the neighborhood on Monday at 4 pm. (This was Thursday). If I wasn’t going to be, they could arrange a conference call–leaving me potentially having a job offer, but never having seen the building or even the town where the job was. I decided I could make it to the location of the job. So I spent Sunday driving 500 miles, Monday driving around town (and buying a new pair of shoes for next week’s interview) and Tuesday driving 500 miles back. Now I have a few days to prep for the day long interview.
Job hunting is not fun. I wish I’d find a job.
I’m sorry to ehar that. There’s no feedback at all? No one you can call and just ask,
“Hey, why was I placed so low?”
Although I’m not at any kind of interview process, I am in the process of looking for, and applying to, jobs as well. So I have the fun task of slughing through hundreds of job postings on Mosnter and Careerbuilder, looking in newspaper online classifieds, and sending out dizens upon dozens of resumes. If it’s anything like the LAST tiem I sent out a shit ton of resumes, I’ll get exacty two interviews, one I will not get the job to, and the other I’ll get only because of a family connection and then take the job knowing I won’t like it and hate my life for the next two years.
I had my second interview yesterday. I think it went well, but sometimes it’s just so hard to tell, you know? She said they hoped to make a decision by tomorrow (Friday). She said they had brought in three candidates for face-to-face interviews, and there are two of these positions open, so my chances are decent.
Good luck to everyone else who is still looking. My thoughts are with you.
I emailed my college’s intern placement advisor and the admissions people, like I said, if the system is fair and transparent and they can tell me why I got what I did, I have no problem, and I’m going to accept the job anyway. I just want some feedback. We’ll have to wait and see if I get it.
What an appropriate thread. I was reading it when my cell rang and now I’ve got a phone interview set up for tomorrow at noon! Eeeeeeeek!
Cool beans. Sending lucky thoughts your way. 