Its a bad sign when (work interview question)......

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

If the person interviewing you says they will contact you by 4PM via phone or email and they don't this is almost a certain slam dunk

we don't want you for this job right?.

Its just that I'm wondering what to do tommorow , do I go ride to the place of interview and ask , (I don't have the direct extension number)
its pretty far away and I don't fancy wasting the gas.Or do I take it as a given I ain't got the job and just concentrate on preping for another couple of interviews I have lined up next week , I wouldn't mind riding but its pissing it down and will do tommorow (rain).
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Sephiroth · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Apr 2006 Karma :

Ride up there with a bunch of mates and smash the door in.

No, don't actually do that but that's what you'd like to do right? Or is that just me?

Ring them in the morning, shows you're persistant and want the job Thumbs Up

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carvell · Scuttler Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Karma :

Take it as you haven't got the job.

If you have got a job, you always hear a hell of a lot before the deadline they give you. I've had two job interviews, both said they'd let me know in 2 weeks, both called me in two days.

If you've not heard a day before the deadline, they you don't have it, sadly.

Being persistant at wanting a job won't make them change their mind, it will simply annoy them.
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..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

Phone the main reception and ask to be put through to the interviewer.

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

The thing is I was told I would be contacted sucessful or not, and haven't been contacted at all ,
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queen of string · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Karma :

ring and ask. If it really is a no, ask for feedback on why and learn from any mistakes. Good Luck
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Paivi · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Karma :

Try to put it out of your mind as there's nothing you can do about it now. Concentrate on the other job interviews lined up, do more preparation than you did for this one, tape yourself answering the usual questions and play back to see how you come across: are you confident or do you start every sentence with 'err' and finish with 'you know'. Try to avoid saying 'like'...

If you have a videocamera, record yourself as well, to see what your body language says about you.

Good luck with the next one! Don't worry too much about today's; I was expecting to hear by Thursday close of business but didn't get the good news until Tuesday morning. The person interviewing you might have had an emergency at work or at home, or a meeting that overran.

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

lozzypop1 · Certified MILF! Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Karma :

Whatever happened to the 'what's your bugbear thread'?

Because i completely forgot about this scenario!
Why oh Why can't they just say... "sorry but you're not right for the job"??? Evil or Very Mad

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ginguar · Traffic Copper Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Karma :

For my last 2 jobs I was called 2-3 days after they said they would to say I had the job.

It really does p me off when people don't call to say no. I also hate it when you get useless feedback. I got told this week that "you are not suitable for the company", what the feck does that mean. At least tell me something I can work with.

Smithy · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 18 Mar 2006 Karma :

I had an interview wednesday for an accountant job (boring) said they'd ring me sometime next week. Rang me back yesterday(thursday) asking me to come back in. Got to drag myself back up to bond street now.
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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

well I called up and they said:

"You are not a suitable candidate for this role"

which means nothing to me ,

and

"I don't have enough experience"

which I can do nothing about
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veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

Fook sake man, just get some agency work!

akaDAVE · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Karma :

You were right to call up. It is simply unprofessional and cowardly not to confirm to someone if they haven't got the job.

It seems some people in business take 'I'll call you back by the end of the day' to mean anytime within a week or not at all if it doesn't directly serve thier interests.
Then they'll pop up two weeks later hoping for an urgent favour. C-!uT$!! (having a bad day)
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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

actually they said oh we were just about to call you

my cynics sense (a power similar is not more so than Spidey's spider sense) said in my mind yeah right.

scatch the above comment , one of the 3 for next week withdrew their job .
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tribal_tiger · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Karma :

What sort of work are you after?
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msgander · Brolly Dolly Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Karma :

give them a call, they may have even lost your contact details, a true personnel professional is not always the most organised Wink

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djr · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Nov 2003 Karma :

I went for my job interview on a thursday, got told i'd be called tommorrow or maybe monday... by monday didn't hear anything, so called... he didn't answer... next day i got woken up and said you start tommorrow... at 11:00 Smile

... glad he didn't answer now cause i'm sure if he didn't i wouldn't have got that job.

ZRX61 · Victor Meldrew Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Karma :

oik: excuse me, is the boss about, I'm looking for some work
Me: He's a right bastard, you wouldn't like him
oik: Yeah, I've heard he can be a bit of a bastard to work for but I'm desperate, when will he be back?
Me: You're talking to him
oik: oh, I'll be going then
Me: ok, bye....

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carvell · Scuttler Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Karma :

Obviously it's out of the question to be in an agency job and not be applying to another at the same time...

Get an agency job and carrying on applying to others. At least then you have a safety net.

If you have even an ounce of disipline, you won't stay in an agency job forever.
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