Timeline for How representative of a company is a bad interview process?
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| Jun 23, 2017 at 14:54 | comment | added | Sierra Mountain Tech | @PoloHoleSet: I do agree with you on the mutual respect and that both the interviewee and interviewer "should" be responsible enough to be on time and prepared. | |
| Jun 23, 2017 at 14:46 | comment | added | PoloHoleSet | @SierraMountainTech - I read your response, and thought "I doubt Sierra would be knee-jerk in how he deals with candidates." I don't disagree about the answer. The lack of "nuance" that I pointed out makes it too broad, too black and white. Just stating that I don't think you disagree with the overarching concept of respect and responsibility flowing both ways, which was the blunt point. Maybe I should have addressed it to the other person in the back and forth. | |
| Jun 23, 2017 at 14:42 | comment | added | Sierra Mountain Tech | @PoloHoleSet: The way it reads at least for me is along the lines of. If the interviewee is late then reject them and if the interviewer is late then reject the job. It just feels like there is not room on the choice and doesn't matter the circumstance. This is why I down voted the answer as it does not provide context and does not give room for special circumstances. If Justas would like to update his answer with more context I will gladly remove my down vote but as it stands now this is just a bad answer. | |
| Jun 23, 2017 at 14:36 | comment | added | PoloHoleSet | @SierraMountainTech - you're right, it isn't that cut and dry. I think bharal is more making the point more that it cuts both ways, or should, but people often are too deferential. I'd guess you don't disagree, but also, if a candidate called you and said "X Y and Z came up and I'm going to be 5 minutes late for the interview. Is that okay, or can we reschedule?" - you also wouldn't just reject the candidate. So, in a way, you two don't entirely disagree, he's just making a much less nuanced statement. | |
| Jun 23, 2017 at 0:56 | comment | added | employee-X | @SierraMountainTech You have to assume something. You can't work for each company you're interviewing with in advance of accepting the job. The entire process is based on (hopefully accurate) assumptions, on both sides. Don't even take the risk is reasonable advice, especially since you cannot verify anything until it's too late. | |
| Jun 22, 2017 at 20:55 | comment | added | Voo | @Sierra Depends a bit on the culture. Being late is always unacceptable in Germany and similar cultures, it can be acceptable in the US (although in my experience at least larger companies and particularly higher up management which has a tight schedule will gravely count this against you) and from what I've heard (but not enough experience myself in business context) it's perfectly acceptable in some of the southern countries like Spain or Mexico. Still there are simple ways to minimize these events and it generally shows good organisational skill - or lack thereof - of the person. | |
| Jun 22, 2017 at 20:08 | comment | added | Sierra Mountain Tech | @bharal: I find that it is never as cut and dry as that. I have been through a few poorly conducted interviews and still enjoyed working for the company. My point is that you should not assume anything. Sometimes in this situation you may be able to tell that the company has some internal workings that you know you will not mesh with. That being said there are often good reason for situations like this and have no impact on the working conditions. Sometimes sure but it should not be a rule of thumb. | |
| Jun 22, 2017 at 20:02 | comment | added | bharal | @SierraMountainTech i disagree - it really does cut both ways. A company might look at a candidate being late and say "unreliable" or what have you . A candidate can - and might well - look at a company acting this way and see it as emblematic of an internal culture they don't want to be a part of. | |
| Jun 22, 2017 at 19:42 | history | edited | Justas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 22, 2017 at 18:51 | comment | added | Sierra Mountain Tech | Completely Disagree. I run my own company. If I wanted to higher someone for a job and I was a few min late to an interview with a potential new employee it could be for a few reason. I was caught up in a staff meeting that went over the expected time, A high value client that called last minute and I need to take care of it first. HR related issues that cant wait. The list goes on. None of the reason I listed can be considered unprofessional. Also it is not always considered unprofessional for an interviewee to be late. Could be many acceptable reasons. | |
| Jun 22, 2017 at 16:57 | history | edited | Justas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 22, 2017 at 16:29 | history | answered | Justas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |