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He's Just Not That Into You - xpost
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Oct 8, 2008 9:46 AM
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Why do I feel like I'm dating when I'm going on job interviews????
Last month, I had (what I thought) was a good interview with a hiring manager. Clearly, I met all the qualifications and could do the job and the interview went well. The manager told me that they were waiting for funding from the government for the contract and once they received their funding, they would actually be able to start hiring. The problem was that they didn't know when they would receive the funding. It could be a few weeks or a few months. Err...umm....okay.
A month later, I haven't heard anything from the hiring manager and so I decided to call the recruiter from their HR who set the interview up. I left her a message 2 days ago and still no call back.
Is it me??? Or am I being given the subtle DUMP???
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Re: He's Just Not That Into You - xpost
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Oct 8, 2008 6:35 PM
in response to: DSTAngieB
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Typical. During the dot.com heyday the worst interviews I got were always at "lunch meetings" where the so called interviewer would pick up the tab because he had an "expense account". The company "owner" always had money coming in but didn't know when. I was supposed to work for him "right away" but then he didn't answer my calls; the recruiters were worse, the client "needed me right away", but after interviewing for the recruiter, the "client went on vacation".
People are going to think your question is naive to the point of sounding like a troll, but what the heck...
I have an extremely wealthy client (in fact he is a famous athlete who own a loft condo just across from my office) who is coming into to town this Monday because he has alot of money to spend on a new website... If you can get this website done for me by Monday morning I will show it to him and if he approves, you will be hired to be my web designer go to person. There will be alot more work coming in, if this works out, we might have to travel to New York to meet his people, they have an advertising account, they will want some sort of graphic genius, you know Photoshop?, I can tell you have the kind of fresh talent they want, one of the lofts is zoned commercial, huge hardwood floors, great to meet clients, need you to get me an equipment list together, you will have your own private office, leather couches in the waiting room, are all of your friends as physically attractive as you are? Do any them want to be web designers, too? Do you like Chinese food?
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Re: He's Just Not That Into You - xpost
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Oct 8, 2008 11:26 PM
in response to: AronSmith
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Okay...I'm glad it's not just me! (well...not really THAT glad)
At least during the dot.com hey day, I could get a call back and several job offers on my plate. These days, I can't even get a "second date". It's so frustrating! I would much rather they just come out and say, NOPE...you're not the one, than string you along.
At some point, it's just plain RUDE!
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Re: He's Just Not That Into You - xpost
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Oct 26, 2008 9:00 PM
in response to: DSTAngieB
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DSTAngieB,
It can be extremely frustrating to have a seemingly great interview and then not hear back from the hirer. As you can tell from some of the other posts on here, you’re not alone, and while it’s difficult to say if the funding fell through or if the company just passed, there is a silver lining here: You obtained the interview. This is a very difficult part of the job search, and it means that your marketing materials represented you well.
As frustrating as the interview might have gone, one thing that you can do to improve your search is to diversify it. Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket. Even if an interview falls through, you will ideally have a number of options. Target three openings per day, and apply for jobs both online and off, with recruiters and directly with hirers. Network, explore alternative avenues, and continue to aggressively apply for openings. The more options you have, the better. If you find a pattern at all in your search -- for example, if you’re obtaining interviews, but not offers -- you might need to further assess every avenue of your application. But if this is just an isolated circumstance, I’d chalk it up to experience and move on. Perseverance is one of the key variables a job applicant has, so stay aggressive, and good things will happen.
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Re: He's Just Not That Into You - xpost
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Nov 1, 2009 1:29 AM
in response to: DSTAngieB
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Nope. You're not alone. Trust me. Ditto situations with so many of us. In my 15 years of exp, I haven't been out of work for more than month. I have come across more than handful of situations like this within a short period. I have literally walked out of the interview feeling refreshed and thinking this fcking nightmare is finally over and even called my friends to tell them. But soon I realized that until you sign the contract , nothing is for real!!
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Re: He's Just Not That Into You - xpost
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Nov 3, 2009 9:16 PM
in response to: DSTAngieB
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I call it the subtle "tease". The interviewer pretends they are interested in you and pull you into talking more about you - then when you start asking questions the replies are something like:
You - "What challenges do you have in your current environment?"
Them - "We have issues with XYZ"
You - "I understand, in my previous environment we had similar issues, in my experience we resolved them by applying ABC"
Them - "Yes we use the same approach"
After about 10 questions like this and an affirmative answer on each one from them you start feeling good about the manager thinking this is a person I can really work for.
In the end you go as far to ask and be direct "I am definitely interested in the position, I appreciate you sharing candid information about it. Is there any concern you have based on our discussion that I can help address associated with progressing to the next steps of the process?"
Them - "No I think you would be a good fit based on our discussion, I'll get a hold of your recruiter so we can work on the next steps"
You say thank you for your time, nice talking to you, etc. The interview didn't seemed rushed, you built a good rapport, got sold on the position, sent a thank you letter.
And then crickets - no response from the hiring manager or the recruiter.
Happened to me last Wednesday and many times before.
"Hope is good when applied in a measured fashion" - BTW I just made up this quote, googled it and found no matches :=)
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Re: He's Just Not That Into You - xpost
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Nov 12, 2009 3:25 PM
in response to: DSTAngieB
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OP,
That's because dating is a lot like the job interview and vice versa. Ya know, your sitting there, asking each other questions...thinking "can this person do the job?" The only real difference is, there is not much a chance your going to end up naked at the end of the job interview.
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Re: He's Just Not That Into You - xpost
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Nov 12, 2009 5:48 PM
in response to: Rel82me
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"The only real difference is, there is not much a chance your going to end up naked at the end of the job interview."
See - now why did have to go kill my last - even though extremely remote - fantasy.
The copy machine fantasy was killed on my first job out of college - now I have nothing :=(
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