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5th interview, thank but no thanks.

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    #11
    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Any more than 2 interviews walk away. Chances are it is either:

    1. Really a permie job.
    2. Smoke and mirrors.
    Wise words The old man had three interviews once and he couldn't walk or tulip straight for a fortnight.

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      #12
      Originally posted by BR14 View Post
      i feel sorry for your cat.
      it's bollox just get bigger and bigger.

      I have a new stalker Was a time when Spuddy stalked my every post, now it's Captain Loser . I must be doing something right that they feel they have to respond to my every utterance
      I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter man

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        #13
        Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
        Anyone who needs 15 interviews to reject you isn't worth working for.
        Indeed they detect you are a dead weight after one!


        3 interview tops if they haven't put out I am wasting my time. Fortune 500 & FTSE 100 may have 4. Though most of those hire me on one.
        Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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          #14
          Originally posted by alreadypacked View Post

          5th interview, thank but no thanks.
          No point taking any unnecessary risks....

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            #15
            Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
            Wise words The old man had three interviews once and he couldn't walk or tulip straight for a fortnight.
            they weren't interviews he was giving it away for free.
            Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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              #16
              Originally posted by Whorty View Post
              I have a new stalker Was a time when Spuddy stalked my every post, now it's Captain Loser . I must be doing something right that they feel they have to respond to my every utterance
              BR14 is Spuddy's off-brand sockie.

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                #17
                Originally posted by vetran View Post
                Indeed they detect you are a dead weight after one!
                Maybe so.

                I don't do interviews anymore. When a contract is coming to an end, I just do a ring round my contacts and see what contract work is available.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
                  BR14 is Spuddy's off-brand sockie.
                  Talking of PuppetMasters, where is sassy?

                  Still recovering from that operation to remove your tongue from his bottom?

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                    #19
                    Best gigs always have the shortest interview process...
                    My best gigs inc this one have been 10 min chats in the canteen.

                    Worse ones are when you've got a panel of 5-6 offshore people on a phone interview trying to impress each other with the most obscure tech question.

                    Also worse ones are phone interviews where the interview doesn't phone you on time. Had a few of these. Last one was arranged for 1230pm or something (last few weeks at client site) so I could not be at my desk. Didnt call but called at 3pm. Then got arsey with agent that I hadn't bothered to answer the phone to conduct the interview. Jeez....
                    Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!

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                      #20
                      There are other extremes.

                      For my current gig they didn't want to interview me at all. Fine with my CV.

                      I was quite worried and wanted to meet the client myself but it all worked out fine.

                      Funny old world, contracting.

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