Interview

[QB Eagles]

Logging on to CF during the lunch break of your marathon job interview... wow.

A marathon interview, and yet they don't take him out to lunch? Cheap bastiches.

[Diomedes]

Alright, well that's done.  Only it's not.  I interviewed with five people.  One of them (from HR) wants another interview tomorrow, and it is already scheduled.  I'll also have to sit with a final (sixth) interviewer sometime tomorrow. 

My initial take is that it went well.  As many of you can imagine..Dio can talk.  I handled all the questions well, if perhaps a tad to honest I suppose, and I don't think any of the people who talked to me were bored.

They say that once I've had the last interview, it will take a week to two weeks to return with news.

I'll let y'all know.  Thanks again for the support.  I was pretty nervous this morning.

[dpierce]

Alright, well that's done. Only it's not. I interviewed with five people. One of them (from HR) wants another interview tomorrow, and it is already scheduled. I'll also have to sit with a final (sixth) interviewer sometime tomorrow.

Good deal. You could've gotten the 'ol "Thanks, but no thanks" spiel.

[Father Demon]

Alright, well that's done.  Only it's not.  I interviewed with five people.  One of them (from HR) wants another interview tomorrow, and it is already scheduled.  I'll also have to sit with a final (sixth) interviewer sometime tomorrow. 

My initial take is that it went well.  As many of you can imagine..Dio can talk.  I handled all the questions well, if perhaps a tad to honest I suppose, and I don't think any of the people who talked to me were bored.

They say that once I've had the last interview, it will take a week to two weeks to return with news.

I'll let y'all know.  Thanks again for the support.  I was pretty nervous this morning.

Sounds like it went well.  Hope tomorrow goes well for you too.

Good luck, man.....

[MadMarchHare]

I went for an interview in Boston a few years back.  They flew me up for the day.  Had to give a talk, and then (supposedly) interviews with the staff.  I get there, and no one's in the suite.  A secretary finally shows up and lets me in.  We set up the PowerPoint projector, and I sit in a conference room, alone, for an hour, until the CEO shows up, alone, and says might as well start.  So I give my talk, and when I'm done, he says, well, thanks for coming, got up went in his office and closed and locked his door.

Flew home an hour later.  Glad your interview went better than that.

[Yeti]

I went for an interview in Boston a few years back.  They flew me up for the day.  Had to give a talk, and then (supposedly) interviews with the staff.  I get there, and no one's in the suite.  A secretary finally shows up and lets me in.  We set up the PowerPoint projector, and I sit in a conference room, alone, for an hour, until the CEO shows up, alone, and says might as well start.  So I give my talk, and when I'm done, he says, well, thanks for coming, got up went in his office and closed and locked his door.

[mikey418]

I went for an interview in Boston a few years back. They flew me up for the day. Had to give a talk, and then (supposedly) interviews with the staff. I get there, and no one's in the suite. A secretary finally shows up and lets me in. We set up the PowerPoint projector, and I sit in a conference room, alone, for an hour, until the CEO shows up, alone, and says might as well start. So I give my talk, and when I'm done, he says, well, thanks for coming, got up went in his office and closed and locked his door.

Flew home an hour later. Glad your interview went better than that.

So did you get the job?

[MadMarchHare]

No, but I did suggest to his secretary that he might want to do a phone interview before buying a $1000 plane ticket for someone he obviously didn't want.

[Diomedes]

For those who care:

After seven interviews with six people and then three weeks of waiting through various bullshtein delays, the verdict is in:  HR will be contacting me to make an offer.  I'll post again when the deal is done.

[rjs246]

Word. Congrats.

[Zanshin]

Cool.  Hope it turns out to be a better gig.

[mussa]

Damn what a process.  Id be pulling my hair out.  Good luck Dio

[Susquehanna Birder]

So when do you get to unseal your classified orders? I figured with all these people interviewing you, the job has to be in the NSA or something like that... 

[Butchers Bill]

For those who care:

HR will be contacting me to make an offer.  I'll post again when the deal is done.

We'll make a capitalist out of you yet!   

Seriously...congrats.

[Diomedes]

I posted too soon.  The hiring manager who originally told me that an offer would be made just called.  Some big wigs above him have put a hold on the position until at least May 24th while they sort out a sudden re-org.   I think the job I'm applying for will survive the cuts (reality verbiage for their euphemistic "re-org",) so I'm not worried..but I do have to wait more now.  For those of you who don't know, I'm in the Wine and Spirits industry.  As capitalist as you can get if you knew the margins we make.  Anyway, this kind of piss poor management is par for the course.  I expected it would take several weeks for them to decide to whom they would make an offer.  This is a bit longer than should happen even by the warped standards of this company, but I can deal.  I was laid off at the end of December and by early Feb. I had consulting work paying me bank.  In fact, I was collecting full salary severence from the old company and double that in pay on the consulting gig for four months.  Now I've only got the consulting.  Boo hoo for Dio. 
The company can take their time as far as I'm concerned, because my current gig runs through middle of June, and I'm saving.  I will use the delay as a bit of leverage however.  Given how unstable the company is, I expect to be hired fully vested in the retirement savings plan.  If they object, I'll remind them that the hiring manager had told me an offer would be made only to be surprised himself by news of a re-org.  If you reorg that rapidly, then no job is secure, and they'll have to pay for that.  I'm not taking a deal which offers vesting three years down the road if it's more likely than not that I'll be laid off before then...
Anyway, that's the skinny.