admin2geeks
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« on: August 13, 2001, 02:00:51 pm » |
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Yay! I have an interview. It is for an exec admin to the exec officers of a clothing wholesaler.
But...they want to interview me at 7AM, when no one else will be in the office because the hiring of this position is "confidentail".
This creeps me out should it?
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execsec
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« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2001, 02:28:20 pm » |
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You have a couple of choices here. (1) you can go at the appointed time but make sure you tell your family where, when, etc. so someone knows your whereabouts or better yet take someone with you to sit in the lobby, wait in the car. (2) call them and tell them you're uncomfortable with this time of day and suggest perhaps you could meet them somewhere (public place) for breakfast/coffee or lunch away from the office.
I once had to interview in a hotel room because the person interviewing was hiring for an office that wasn't set up yet. He was in town hiring everyone from the manager on down. Yes it was weird, but I told my husband all the details and I made sure that the proprietor of the hotel was comfortable with this arrangement too when I had him call up and "announce" me. It really was on the up and up, just a strange place to interview. I've also interviewed in an executive's home before BUT it happened to be a fraternity brother of my husband's in another town (we were moving there) and it seemed the logical place since it was 4th of July weekend.
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daisylee
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« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2001, 03:47:51 pm » |
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Just found a moment admist the wackiness here to drop in...just wanted to say this position you're interviewing for most likely is to replace someone that they plan on dismissing, and haven't done it just yet...hence the secrecy. But by all means, do be sure to let folks who should know where you'll be, and give them an approximate time when you should check in with them after your interview.
You should be just fine...but look for tell-tale signs of etchical discrepancies, because if they hire first and then fire, well you can never be too sure about any company/superior that would do that!
Good luck!
Daisylee
(slipping back into hibernation!)
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andrea843
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« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2001, 04:14:30 pm » |
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Daisylee, you said it better than I EVER could have. The issue as I see it here, is not really your safety, though of course you should take proper precautions, it's the fact that the employer is doing this in secret, thus the individual you'd be replacing hasn't a clue. Bad Form in my book. But hey make sure you let them know you're an extremely early riser, and will be getting to the office verrrry early in the AM, at least then the cheap, less than ethical bozos will have to spring for lunch for aspiring candidates if they decide down the road a bit that they'd like to replace you
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admin2geeks
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« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2001, 05:40:26 pm » |
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Agreed, my worry is the fact that they are likely booting somebody and they don't know it yet.
Or...What happened in my last company. At the begining of the process where another company bought us out, they encouraged us to hire an new CEO. He, and then his admin were hired in secret. 6 months later, layoffs.
Either way it is bad form.
But I need a job! And any interview is good practice.
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lioness70
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« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2001, 09:07:17 am » |
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I had this good job a few years back, then they fired my boss and transferred me to the guy that fired her.
The guy started doing "contingency interviews", i. e. women would come in and interview for my job long after everybody else in the building left, maybe 7 or 8 pm. He did this so word wouldn't get back to me. Sounds similar to what is going on with this interview.
One night our janitor, who I happened to be friendly with, stayed late and found out what was going on. I was already looking for another job-just knowing sped up my search.
They didn't hire anyone from those "contingency interviews" after I left, but I wonder if those women knew what they were getting into, or if they just didn't care because they needed a job.
It is bad form, and because somebody did it to me, I would be very leery of any employer requesting an inerview at such an off hour. And like someone else already noted, they don't have the decency to tell someone "it's not working out," so if they decided to get rid of you, would they do the same thing?
I'd stay away from a job offer, but if you just want to use it as a practice interview, go ahead.
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admin2geeks
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« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2001, 10:18:03 am » |
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It was pointless.
The 1st interview guy was the Accoutning manager. He had no questions for me. it was obvious he had not rad my resume until I got there, and that he had no idea what kinds of questions to ask an admin. I am the first candidate to be interviewed. Since I did not run the interview for him, I do not expect a call back.
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mlm668
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« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2001, 11:39:08 am » |
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When bossie decided he needed to replace our controller last year, he interviewed a few candidates on a Saturday. This worked out well for everyone because the candidate didn't have to take off work and the controller didn't have to see who was coming in.
I agree, its not always ethical, but in our case this controller had to go. He was a very rude know it all who treated me and the Asst. Controller like we were stupid. He also made a $300,000 mistake that we are still recovering from. He would have been fired out right when he kept messing up, but our bonding company wouldn't let us. Fortunately, he quit before he could be fired and believe me, no one misses him.
I guess the point I'm trying to make is don't assume that the company is trying to be sneaky per se.......there may be reasons they can't openly interview for the position.
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