Timeline for Conflict of interest in my internal interview process - manager who interviewed me got the job
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| Jun 7, 2023 at 9:53 | comment | added | ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere | @TheEvilMetal - Wasn't that the point of Gregory's comment and my edit two years ago? And wouldn't a suggestion of re-running the interviews help? We've included the idea of the pantomime villain now, but even if we accept that oh yes he is, what other practical advice could we give or have given the OP that wouldn't make their position worse? We could cry "conflict of interest", but to whom and what happens then? This questions's still accepting answers. Interested to read your solution. | |
| Jun 6, 2023 at 8:58 | comment | added | TheEvilMetal | -1. The conflict of interest is that the person in the hiring committee may have known that he would apply for the position and put himself in the hiring committee to thwart other peoples attempts at getting the job. And absorb all their answers to questions from other candidates and the reactions from other hiring committee members. Then once that was done he applied himself armed to defeat any competition with his newfound ill-acquired knowledge. Clear conflict. | |
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| Jun 23, 2021 at 10:13 | comment | added | user126951 | Great suggestion about adopting a policy in which the interview process restarts, I think that’s a valid point to consider - at least for the short-listed applicants. Also agree, I do not want to undermine the decision made by my CEO and trust (hope) he was able to discern any unfair advantages in this situation. My main concern here was with the integrity of the process and whether it was worth mentioning since they have requested my honest feedback. I didn’t want to complain with no solution so these responses have really helped. | |
| Jun 23, 2021 at 9:53 | history | edited | ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 23, 2021 at 9:48 | comment | added | ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere | @GregoryCurrie - I think (perhaps "hope") that the CEO would spot that kind of thing, and it wouldn't have worked to the credit of the senior manager, but it's a fair point worth an edit. | |
| Jun 23, 2021 at 9:39 | comment | added | Gregory Currie | The conflict of interest is, of course, being able to sit in and see the answers given by other candidates, and discuss and persuade the opinion of the CEO. In an extreme example, the manager/candidate could even sabotage the interviews of other candidates in some way, knowing the less competition the better. | |
| Jun 23, 2021 at 9:29 | history | answered | ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere | CC BY-SA 4.0 |