Interview round 2 I think went well! Hoping for the best. They let me know I was in the top 3 which is nice. Their last one is Monday and I'll be hearing a few days later an outcome. Also, we have picked a wedding date! Photographer and reception venue have been chosen as well, only need to get ceremony location which opens 1 year out. After picking a date and confirming our reception location we flipped from anxious to excited lol
Any news on the interview, c_hawk? About a month ago I interviewed for a job that I would've thought I had a decent chance at getting. I was told a few days afterwards that I hadn't been successful. A shame, shrug, move on. About another week after that I learned the person they tapped for the job had rejected the offer and they were reaching out to other applicants to see if they were interested. I wasn't among those they reached out to.
I have so much sympathy for anyone who has to work at a medium-to-large organization. The inhumanity of the hiring process is just numbing to me. We're a tiny little firm so our process is pretty straightforward - we headhunt people with posted resumes that look like a good fit, we call them up, and we get a vibe-check out of everyone in the office when they come by to interview. there's no "second interview" crap, it's all about "can we work with you and do we click." I was f'n done with sarariman bullshit in 2007 and everything I see tells me that was the goddamn golden age by comparison.
Yeah, I feel like a vibe-check has been key to any half-decent job I've had, and I just wasn't able to bring the vibe to this interview. I was run down and exhausted from recent illness, moving house and a hectic work schedule, and they felt it. It was for Melbourne's other very large university and despite the size of the organisation, the kind of area I work in is sufficiently small that everybody knows, or knows of, everybody else, so the rejection cuts a bit.