Interview #1.
Total call centre geek. I bet he prayed to Yoda as his lord and saviour. He sat there and stonewalled all my questions and danced around them. Easy questions like. "Can you give me an example of a time that you..." or "Can you give me an example of a time when you dealt with a customer who did..." Even when I spoon-fed the answer to him, he looked at me like I had antlers.
Interview #2.
Same as interview one... Almost to the t... Except when he got up to leave and I was standing by the front entrance and filling out the last of the paperwork, he walks over to chairs... And starts talking to a kid sitting down there... Turns out he BROUGHT HIS KID TO THE INTERVIEW! Okay so not only are you the owner of a brain made of sponge - but you brought your kid to a job interview. *head desk*
Interview #3.
She wasn't a booked appointment for interview - but I'd run into her in the walmart as she was handing out resumes. Turned out she was a photo journalism student at the local college. Then it turned out she was from my hometown. She interviewed great!! I wanted to hire her on the spot, but she didn't have her sin number handy or all of her reference numbers.
So I told her to phone them in. She phoned in the references and I called them the next morning.
Reference A: Hardworker, covers shifts easily, reasonably punctual, independent, and we'd hire her back in a heart-beat! Anything to add? Well she got written up for uniform infractions a couple times. Ohh.. And she has a problem with authority. And was caught drinking on the job , final written warning for that, oh and I told her that the only reason I hadn't fired her was because we were short staffed and needed the warm body.
Okay... After that I was a little confused and curious so I phoned the other reference listed.
Reference B: Hard worker, pleasant to work with. Why are you phoning me? She hasn't worked here in 7 years. I fired her because she rarely showed up to work.
My head hurts... and I have 2 more interviews on Saturday and one on Sunday. I had one applicant call me back about setting up an interview. I told her I was interviewing Saturday and Sunday.
"Oh well I can't do that... Got anything else?"
Then I told her - clenched teeth, that I had Monday open as well.
"Well I don't get my schedule for next week yet. Aren't you here any other time this week? (this was Tuesday)"
"Well, I'm the hiring manager here and I'm only doing interviews this weekend."
"Oh..."
"Tell ya what! You figure out your schedule. I'm doing interviews this weekend. The latest I can do them is Monday. When you figure it out, get back to me. Thanks."
I think I was more than polite...
I am so not looking forward to Saturday...
Total call centre geek. I bet he prayed to Yoda as his lord and saviour. He sat there and stonewalled all my questions and danced around them. Easy questions like. "Can you give me an example of a time that you..." or "Can you give me an example of a time when you dealt with a customer who did..." Even when I spoon-fed the answer to him, he looked at me like I had antlers.
Interview #2.
Same as interview one... Almost to the t... Except when he got up to leave and I was standing by the front entrance and filling out the last of the paperwork, he walks over to chairs... And starts talking to a kid sitting down there... Turns out he BROUGHT HIS KID TO THE INTERVIEW! Okay so not only are you the owner of a brain made of sponge - but you brought your kid to a job interview. *head desk*
Interview #3.
She wasn't a booked appointment for interview - but I'd run into her in the walmart as she was handing out resumes. Turned out she was a photo journalism student at the local college. Then it turned out she was from my hometown. She interviewed great!! I wanted to hire her on the spot, but she didn't have her sin number handy or all of her reference numbers.
So I told her to phone them in. She phoned in the references and I called them the next morning.
Reference A: Hardworker, covers shifts easily, reasonably punctual, independent, and we'd hire her back in a heart-beat! Anything to add? Well she got written up for uniform infractions a couple times. Ohh.. And she has a problem with authority. And was caught drinking on the job , final written warning for that, oh and I told her that the only reason I hadn't fired her was because we were short staffed and needed the warm body.
Okay... After that I was a little confused and curious so I phoned the other reference listed.
Reference B: Hard worker, pleasant to work with. Why are you phoning me? She hasn't worked here in 7 years. I fired her because she rarely showed up to work.
My head hurts... and I have 2 more interviews on Saturday and one on Sunday. I had one applicant call me back about setting up an interview. I told her I was interviewing Saturday and Sunday.
"Oh well I can't do that... Got anything else?"
Then I told her - clenched teeth, that I had Monday open as well.
"Well I don't get my schedule for next week yet. Aren't you here any other time this week? (this was Tuesday)"
"Well, I'm the hiring manager here and I'm only doing interviews this weekend."
"Oh..."
"Tell ya what! You figure out your schedule. I'm doing interviews this weekend. The latest I can do them is Monday. When you figure it out, get back to me. Thanks."
I think I was more than polite...
I am so not looking forward to Saturday...
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