Timeline for Is it appropriate to have an "informal" lunch/dinner meeting with a candidate, as part of the interview?
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| Sep 30, 2015 at 8:37 | answer | added | Joseph Rogers | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 25, 2015 at 9:00 | comment | added | Ian Newson | It's actually not difficult at all to fire people in the UK within their first year of employment. You don't even have to give a reason. | |
| S Sep 25, 2015 at 3:03 | history | suggested | smci | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
clarify it's not separate to the interview
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| Sep 24, 2015 at 21:31 | answer | added | user56reinstatemonica8 | timeline score: 18 | |
| Sep 24, 2015 at 19:10 | comment | added | JamesRyan | I would say don't do this, it makes an awkward and stressful process more awkward and stressful for the candidate because now they don't just have to worry about interviewing well but about spilling food, etc. There's nothing informal about it for them. Especially if it is a day interview they need a break where they are not being judged. | |
| Sep 24, 2015 at 17:33 | comment | added | cdkMoose | @n00b, actually, they won't always be on their most professional behavior, but isn't that part of the whole interview process anyway? I've had and given breakfast and lunch interviews as part of a larger interview schedule, and you'd be surprised what comes out in those scenarios sometimes. | |
| Sep 24, 2015 at 15:46 | comment | added | n00b | An interview is never 'informal'. The interviewee will always be on their most professional behavior. You will only be able to see them to the extent that they let their personality come through despite their professionalism. | |
| Sep 24, 2015 at 15:34 | answer | added | user49819 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 24, 2015 at 9:54 | comment | added | Lilienthal♦ | A very interesting first question @user42345, I'm surprised this hasn't been asked before. | |
| Sep 24, 2015 at 9:39 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | Btw, if I was offered an interview dinner, then my first impression would be that this is not a company where you can expect to leave work before 9pm. That might be an incorrect impression, but quite aside from any worries about perceived sleaziness you should also consider worries about perceived schedules. Similarly, someone suggested a lunch interview in the middle of an all-day interview. From the candidate's POV this is a lot like not getting a break all day. Of course you're always being somewhat assessed while on the premises, but lunch with the CEO ups the ante. | |
| Sep 24, 2015 at 8:25 | answer | added | Ian | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 24, 2015 at 5:51 | answer | added | Pixio | timeline score: -2 | |
| Sep 24, 2015 at 4:40 | comment | added | User56756 | I had an interview with a guy who asked me to meet at a cafe. I had just graduated so I found it awkward. My friends told me not to go and that it might be fake. Now after working professionally, i find it ok to have an interview over coffee or lunch. But I am not too sure about dinner unless someone known has referred me to that interviewer.But do mention it in interview email with your company's name and your signature or something. So that person knows that its professional interview. | |
| Sep 24, 2015 at 3:51 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackWorkplace/status/646894712318771200 | ||
| Sep 24, 2015 at 0:20 | comment | added | alephzero | This is entirely reasonable in the UK. If you are setting up an "all day" interview, the interviewee will need a lunch break anyway. If you don't provide anything, make a good impression and advise them in the interview invitation, of some local eating places. Another option is to organize a buffet lunch, e.g. in a meeting room. Whatever you decide, ask before the interview day if they have any special needs or preferences - you don't wan't to discover they are lactose-intolerant, nuts-allergic vegans after the food is already on the table! | |
| Sep 23, 2015 at 21:17 | answer | added | Kilisi | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 23, 2015 at 19:21 | answer | added | Dan | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 23, 2015 at 19:18 | answer | added | LampPost | timeline score: 2 | |
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| Sep 23, 2015 at 19:08 | answer | added | enderland | timeline score: 59 | |
| Sep 23, 2015 at 19:06 | history | asked | user42345 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |