walking out during an interview.?

x in the city

has anyone ever walked out during a crap interview?

I had an interview last week with three of the worst gobheens ever over a cramped kitchen table, after 5 minutes I knew this was a waste, it dragged on another 20 minutes, wish I just left and walked out.

[Jackass]

I had an interview recently and I could tell from almost the second I walked in the door this place wasn't right for me. I didn't even like the guys interviewing me, one of them just seemed like a sleazy feckin slimeball or something...most bizzare thing. I stayed for the whole interview, but it would appear that my lack of enthusiasim came accross as I wasn't offered the job anyway!

But yeah, I think if you know you're wasting your time, you might as well leave. The only thing to take into consideration is that if someone in an agency has worked hard to get you this interview (in current market conditions, it is a lot of work just to get and interview) I would consider that it could reflect poorly on the recruitment consultant / company that they would send somebody who wasn't interested and walked out.

Eoin

Luckily it's not happened so far to me.

If it was an interview which could potentially go on for much longer, e.g. a tech test / aptitude test, another person to talk to and so on, I might make my apologies and politely say that the job is not for me. It would not be something I would do lightly though.

If it's for the sake of saving 20 minutes or so, then I would sit it out.

[Jackass] wrote:

I would consider that it could reflect poorly on the recruitment consultant / company that they would send somebody who wasn't interested and walked out.

And of course it reflects badly on you, and the recruitment agency may not be as keen to put you forward for another role. I know there are lots of agencies out there, but it's a small country and word gets around.

Fighting Irish

[Jackass] wrote: »

I had an interview recently and I could tell from almost the second I walked in the door this place wasn't right for me. I didn't even like the guys interviewing me, one of them just seemed like a sleazy feckin slimeball or something...most bizzare thing. I stayed for the whole interview, but it would appear that my lack of enthusiasim came accross as I wasn't offered the job anyway!

But yeah, I think if you know you're wasting your time, you might as well leave. The only thing to take into consideration is that if someone in an agency has worked hard to get you this interview (in current market conditions, it is a lot of work just to get and interview) I would consider that it could reflect poorly on the recruitment consultant / company that they would send somebody who wasn't interested and walked out.

suuure :pac:

Heisenberg.

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Jackz

The Scientist wrote: »

I was asked to leave half way through an interview.. if that counts.

Fall asleep? Drink from the night before?

Boom_Bap

[Jackass] wrote: »

The only thing to take into consideration is that if someone in an agency has worked hard to get you this interview (in current market conditions, it is a lot of work just to get and interview) I would consider that it could reflect poorly on the recruitment consultant / company that they would send somebody who wasn't interested and walked out.

Could it not be the recruiter has done a bad job and not matched you up to a company that suits all parties?

Davidth88

Only once....

The interview panel ( 3 of them ) asked me to describe a technical detail on the white board. I was doing this , as I was describing this they started to talk about earlier candidates, I thought this was so rude.

I basically asked them if they were interested in what I was saying , got some wierd looks, so I terminated the interview.

Heisenberg.

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NinjaTruncs

Yeah i went for an interview thinking it was and Engineering position (was told so by the recruiter) after seeing the spec i knew it wasn't the kind of job i was looking for but the recruiter swore blind it was an engineering role.

Anyway went for the interview, the guy starts telling me about the company and asked me what interested me of the role, I said i wanted to stay in a technical role for a few more years and he said it was a PM role.

I told him that the recruiter ensured me the role was for an engineer, but i felt we would be wasting each others time if i was carry on. In fairness to the interviewer he took it pretty well. Even rang me later to apologise about the incident.

Micky Dolenz

Davidth88 wrote: »

Only once....

The interview panel ( 3 of them ) asked me to describe a technical detail on the white board. I was doing this , as I was describing this they started to talk about earlier candidates, I thought this was so rude.

I basically asked them if they were interested in what I was saying , got some wierd looks, so I terminated the interview.

Nice one, I like your style

DublinWriter

x in the city wrote: »

has anyone ever walked out during a crap interview?

Many, many years ago during an interview with a leading German provider of ERP software who shall remain nameless!!! Such a pointless waste of time.

To quote Woody Allen, it was a travesty of a sham. They didn't really know what they wanted and the first hour and a half of the interview consisted of three German bods coming in revolving door style giving me the potted history of the company. I wasn't even asked any questions or invited to. I think the mixed up the interview and induction processes. During most of the interview I kept getting this crazy notion in my head to just give them my name, rank and serial number.

x in the city wrote: »

I had an interview last week with three of the worst gobheens ever over a cramped kitchen table...

Say no more. I've had that 'kitchen table' interview once in my career and it was the only client contract I've ever broken. They were an Irish provider of phone directory services trying to shill some of their totally dysfunctional in-house software to the wider market. They spent more time obsessing about the 10 foot in-wall fish tank and the Gaggia machine they just bought for the IT department than actually documenting any business processes or doing any work (this was at the hight of the dot-com boom, so success was excess).

They had a sister organisation in the states and anytime any of the American employees came over they spent more time trying to convert us to Scientology than trying to get any productive work done.

I lasted three days.

towel401

lol @ scientology. its like the new jehova's witness

Firetrap

No, I never have but I did think very strongly about it. Few years ago I went for an interview for a county council job that as I suspected, was finally filled by the incumbent. More than anything, I only really did the interview for the experience as I was changing careers. Anyway, the interview panel was very very hostile and was clearly out to hammer anyone who wasn't the person doing the job. I knew a couple of other people who also went for the interview and they hammered them as well so at least it wasn't personal.

dazberry

I did an interview for a software company many years ago and although I didn't walk out - I sure felt like it. All the guy did was critise my CV and my experience - which begs the questions as to why did they then call me to the interview???? I actually got thick with him after a while of this and gave him some pretty cutting replies to some of his questions/comments/critisms. Delighted to get out of that one, and then they called me back for a second interview????? - I declined

Reversing the situation - as part of our interview process we had a small test which was pretty good at weeding out the good from the bad. One guy flunked the test and normally that would have been that - but the recruitment agency got back on to us and practically begged for him to resit it. So he came back in and we gave him a second test (i.e. not the same one) and left him to it. He left after 5 minutes without writing one answer.

D.

AARRRGH

I left during one interview. Like others, I knew immediately the job wasn't for me when I walked into the office (I could feel the bad atmosphere.)

The guys interviewing me wanted to do an immediate tech test, and held a stop watch to my face and said, "Ready?" and then pressed the button.

I could not work for a tech company with that kind of weirdness, so I told them I think I've made a mistake and left!

Eoin

AARRRGH wrote: »

I could not work for a tech company with that kind of weirdness, so I told them I think I've made a mistake and left!

Must have been one weird place, given that our place isn't too weird for you.