The only positive part of the the very long and tedious three part interview was the interaction with the HR team. The people who conduct the in person, never ending, 3-4 hour interview should be interviewed themselves to make sure they’re qualified to conduct hiring interviews. Things that should not happen during an interview:
- being asked the same exact question verbatim by 4 different people who couldn’t care less about your answer.
- the interviewer talking about their own accomplishments instead of listening to the interviewee.
- telling the interviewee that there is already a favorite among the candidates ( then why the hell am I wasting 4 hours of my day?? Have some professional respect and regard).
- hiring manager showing up in what I would call a weekend athleisure outfit and then proceeding to inform you they remember nothing from your previous phone interview and need reminders.
- being told by the interviewer that maybe you shouldn’t look to take a step back in your career just to be with this company.