Timeline for How common is it that hiring managers waste peoples' time in job interviews?
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| Feb 15, 2019 at 2:50 | comment | added | ChrisLively | @TechnicalTim: Recruiters often don't have the background to actually understand the words coming out of your mouth when they conduct these pre-interviews. All they care about is that you don't sound like an idiot. You need to find a few people in your field to role play an interview with you (preferably ones that are managers). Hopefully they can give you a bit of honest feedback in where you are failing. | |
| Feb 15, 2019 at 2:40 | comment | added | PhilosopherKing | Solarflare, going to interviews with proper technique definitely seems easier said than done when we're not able to determine and discuss specific tactical solutions. | |
| Feb 14, 2019 at 23:08 | comment | added | solarflare | "You're wasting your own time by going to interviews unprepared without proper technique" - if I had a dollar for every time I did this I'd be rich | |
| Feb 14, 2019 at 13:33 | comment | added | PhilosopherKing | Teego1967, thanks for your input. I'm going to use the services of an interview coach in the next couple of weeks--after trying another interview coach three weeks ago who didn't specialize enough in mock interviews. Maybe that's a viable solution to this problem I don't know how to resolve using other means. | |
| Feb 14, 2019 at 12:22 | comment | added | teego1967 | I mostly agree, but I would add that the OP can't expect to get truthful feedback about his interview performance. He needs to be evaluated by someone that can give him direct feedback. A hiring manager will almost never do that after an interview. | |
| Feb 14, 2019 at 11:48 | comment | added | Twyxz | I'm not a recruiter nor an interviewer, but if the feedback you have received is that above I would recommended accepting the advice rather than seeing the interview as a waste of time. You would have to talk with other recruiters potentially even email the people who gave you feedback and get them to elaborate on what they meant. On top of this without an example of your interviews it's almost impossible to judge what you're doing wrong hence emailing previous interviewers. | |
| Feb 14, 2019 at 11:43 | comment | added | PhilosopherKing | Could you elaborate on what you mean by proper technique? I've practiced answers to questions multiple times with recruiters before interviews and they don't point out major problems that I don't correct. I've read many books on interviewing techniques as well. I implement the STAR technique as much as possible. When describing achievements, I elaborate on the negatives of problems before I solved them, and the positives of the outcomes after solving those problems. What proper techniques are you referring to that I can start immediately using? | |
| Feb 14, 2019 at 11:23 | history | answered | Twyxz | CC BY-SA 4.0 |