job interviews

anyone ever withdrawn from an application when they've been offered an interview? just not sure I cba doing all the prep (company research, working up answers to the competency qs etc) and my current job is... fine I guess

Loads of times

did it. kinda regret doing it now. inevitable

said it was bad timing (financial year end) and hadn't had time to properly prepare and didn't want to waste everyone's time. can I say to something along the lines 'if you're still interviewing in dec/jan, let me know. it's the ideal role but was just very unfortunate with the timing'

have heard from several people that the application is about the past, the interview is about the future

but i live in the now

the application is about the misery your past employment bestowed upon you, the interview is about the horrors which lie ahead

Tend to agree with bizarro.

Application is partially about the future tho - a cover page can make clear how your values align with the company and how you can see yourself fitting in there. Hopefully that's not too literal

make sure your cover letter stands out by using an eye-catching font, like comic sans, in a colour which reflects your personality, like lavender

you can also add visual interest by breaking up the text with clip art of businesspeople doing business things, eg

https://openclipart.org/download/236805/Businessman-Pointing-To-Graph-On-Monitor.svg

All of my application is in the past for sure

the interview should also be about the past, the idea is that you provide specific examples of how you've demonstrated the competencies required for the position

so I 99% completed an application for a post but did not submit it....... & I have been invited for an interview....
-\..o../-

I made it to the third and final stage of a job interview, which is a “chemistry meet” where I’ll meet the five people I’m going to manage and my co-managers.

I’ve done one of these before, as a team member not a candidate, and it was excruciating. I consider myself quite sociable and chatty but I can turn into an overpleasing dingbat when conversation gets awkward.

Any hints/experience? Definitely more nervous about this than the two other interviews...

Breathe
Relax
Less is more

think of some cool orders to give them, to show them how fun it will be to do your bidding

I have been jobhunting.

Note: I don't, strictly speaking, need to, because I already have a job. I just want a different one, and there are a bunch out there (for my particular niche type of work). I know this is a ridiculously privileged situation to be in.

That said, it IS a bit surreal - not just because everything is phones and zooms and teams and stuff, but because basically no one knows what tf is happening, so a lot of things are tentative. Thoughts in no particular order:

1. Almost every company has an online application; some are better than others.
- Sometimes you upload your resume and that's pretty much it. A+.
- Sometimes you upload your resume and the tool parses it successfully. B+.
- Sometimes you upload your resume and the tool parses it middlingly well - you still have to go in and correct/edit to correspond with reality. C.
- Sometimes you upload your resume and then you STILL have to manually enter every fricking thing. D-.

2. I have told a LOT of companies about my gender, race/ethnicity, disability status, and veteran-ness. This is fine and I understand why they collect the data but it's pretty repetitive and I find myself wishing for a way to do it all with one button.

3. I have talked to a LOT of initial screener interviewers (generally, recruiters or other HR types). These conversations generally go well. But the second phase (of talking to a person who actually understands the work) is usually slow to materialize. Because people are busy having, y'know, jobs.

4. Every potential calculation of whether/when to say yes is fraught. If I accept the first offer I will forever wonder whether I should have held out longer. If I reject an offer I will forever wonder if I should have taken it.

Friend just got a new gig, depends on the industry I guess