Interviewing for a new job is an exercise in humiliation, fear, and confusion. Whether you’re interviewing for a job at a new company or just changing roles at your present employer, the process is nauseating.
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You do everything you can to put your best foot forward. You get your suit pressed. You make your hair look nice. You remove spelling errors from your resume (you do do that, don’t you?), and you pop some Altoids before interviewing.
You meet with a dozen or so great people who act like they’d love to have you as their colleague. At the end of the process, you’re super-duper excited to get that offer for the new role.
Then the call comes.
Rejected.
Then they tell you the “reasons” you didn’t get the role, but you can’t help but question them:
“Oh, we thought you were great, but we’ve changed the role requirements.”
“You were a perfect fit, and we had a hard choice between two great candidates.”
“You’re overqualified for the role, and we didn’t want you to be bored.”
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Unscrupulous "Hiring" Practice
Under the category “There never really was a job”, there is a second subcategory that I would like to believe no longer exists, but I don't bet on losing propositions! What better way to get free consulting services than to place a help wanted advertisement for someone with the skills you are seeking to exploit. Once you have identified “candidates”, you can invite them in for an interview and, make them feel that there may be an offer in the wings. Then, either throw out a “hypothetical” problem or, more likely go on a facility tour (reinforcing the idea of an offer) and offhandedly make note that “this” has been a problem. At this point, the temptation to seal the deal by providing a potential solution can be quite alluring.
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