employer left me a message — but wouldn’t respond when I tried to get back to them by Alison Green on June 20, 2010 A reader writes: Recently I faxed my resume and cover letter to a company that had a job posting on Career Builders. About a week later I received a call from a lady in HR asking that I return her call. I got home about an hour and half later and returned the call and […] Read the full article →
a tale of bad interviewer behavior, this time with reference abuse by Alison Green on April 21, 2010 A reader writes: After a 45-minute phone interview with a small non-profit in another state, I was invited to interview in-person. The interviewer contacted me two days prior to the interview to request that I provide the following to her, in less than 24 hours: – Phone numbers for four references, who were then subjected […] Read the full article →
bad interviewer behavior by Alison Green on March 8, 2010 I’ve created a new tag for posts: bad interviewer behavior. So if you’re in the mood to read about interviewers behaving badly, a bunch of shocking posts are compiled here. Read the full article →
HR missed our scheduled phone interview and didn’t respond to follow-up by Alison Green on March 7, 2010 A reader writes: About two weeks ago, I received an email to schedule a phone interview with a large firm on the West Coast (they also have a branch on the East Coast, where I am located). This interview was supposed to happen a week ago on Friday. When our scheduled time arrived, I waited […] Read the full article →
company made me a tentative offer, then hired someone else by Alison Green on March 5, 2010 A reader writes: I have a question about what I should do after, I feel, I have been lied to in my job search. I applied for and was interviewed at a local university. During the interview I was unable to meet with the head of the department because she was recovering from a surgery. […] Read the full article →
HR rejected me, but interviewer said I’m still in play by Alison Green on March 2, 2010 A reader writes: I interviewed with a company about a month ago, and I’m not sure what the deal is with these people. I had an in-house interview on February 5th, and they initially told me it’d be a week or two before they made a decision. Everything seemed to have gone well and I […] Read the full article →
and we’re going to strip-search you before the job interview by Alison Green on February 5, 2010 A reader writes: After filling out an online application, I received an email from the (large and well-known) employer asking that I return to their career website to provide my date of birth, social security number, and driver’s license number. They added that they will only use the information to begin a background check if […] Read the full article →
when a recruiter asks for your height, weight, age, and marital status by Alison Green on January 9, 2010 A reader writes: I sent a resume to a recruiter and he then sent me a survey to complete. The survey was laden with questions that are illegal to ask in the employment process. Yet several friends of mine said this is how employers are bypassing EEO requirements. They simply use an outside firm and […] Read the full article →
the weirdest interview question ever? by Alison Green on December 22, 2009 This amazing story comes from one of the commenters on my U.S. News & World report post earlier this week about how to handle inappropriate interview questions. Linda R. wrote: When I was just out of college (ahem…the early 80’s, a less enlightened age), a friend went on an interview for an administrative position. She […] Read the full article →
employer “appalled” by candidate’s questions to HR by Alison Green on December 15, 2009 A reader writes: I’ve been working in a freelance position that is project based for a few months with a medium sized company. They have been working towards hiring me on more permanent part-time basis. The position would include working on an event basis but also office hours, and include similar but not exactly the […] Read the full article →