Interviewer knows my boss

Dual wheels

I interviewed for a job and the interviewer said they know my boss and named them by name, I hate my boss and I’m now pretty sure the interviewer will contact my boss asking about me which will both scupper my chances of getting the job but also my boss will know I am interviewing… surely this is a breach of confidentiality/ Gdpr? But is there anything I can do about this?

Mrs OBumble

It is.

There isn't

But remember: you know that the interviewer knows your boss. You don't know if the interviewer likes or respects them.

Also, your boss might want rid of you, so may tell the interviewer what they want to hear, to help you get the job.

Raichų

I mean so what OP? Loads of people who interviewed me for chef jobs also knew the head chef (or chefs) I worked for/was currently working for.

It’s not uncommon for certain industries to be honest. You’ve sort of dived off the deep end and immediately are assuming that

1. Based on this you probably won’t get the job
2. The interviewer would put their own job at risk by contacting the employer to gossip about you with them

I can be fairly confident in suggesting that isn’t going to happen and if you don’t get the job it will be because someone else was more qualified.

L1011

Went for a job years back where the CEO was best mates as a kid with my boss's boss in the place I was leaving. Told me this during the second round process just in case I found it out later and found it weird.

Didn't stop them hiring me, they didn't mention a word about it.

Jim2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058402396/interviewer-knows-my-boss

Well at this stage do you have any evidence that this has happened? And even if it did what would you expect from complaint? Would you really want to work for either party if they were so casual with your situation???

In my 35+ years it's been my experience that the majority of people behave in a professional manner in their working lives so I don't see why you would automatically assume the worst of a perspective employer…. Wait and see..

Dual wheels

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123261705#Comment_123261705

because people are terrible gossips and if they can get an inside track they will

Trampas

Who’s going to give you a reference?

Jim2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123261902#Comment_123261902

Your bad attitude will probably cost you more than anything your boss is likely to say…. I spent seven years back in the 80s doing fraud and insolvency investigations in Ireland and a couple of more in mainland Europe doing money laundering investigations and I still find most people to be professional in their work life. But if you want to believe the worst in people that is on you.

JVince

Op, as an employer, you come across as the employee I would never want.

Most likely that has come across in the interview process as there are many questions asked where certain answers and behaviours will give far more information than you could ever know.

You are not being interviewed here, yet you have very much been able to show you are not the most attractive proposition to a company.

The day you can do an interview without caring how well anyone knows a current or previous employer is the day you became an attractive proposition to an employer.

Sono

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123262749#Comment_123262749

pretty damn harsh on the OP, how you have come to that opinion of them from one post is quite frankly bizarre.

JVince

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123262793#Comment_123262793

Two posts - and yes, quite easy to see that with the current attitude, not someone I'd employ. - I'm near retirement age and have employed people since my teens!!

And the advice I give that they need to get to a position where they don't care how well someone knows a previous or current employer is as good advice as they'll ever get.

Jim2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123262793#Comment_123262793

I don't believe in sugar coating stuff that people are possibly going to act on either in finance or careers. Because the chances of misunderstanding or hearing what you want to hear is very high. And this is a public forum, so you have to accept you'll get many different opinions.

Like @JVince I have been recruiting people on and off for decades, even did a lot of executive head hunting at one stage. And the chances of me employing the OP or putting him forward for a position would be very low.

because people are terrible gossips and if they can get an inside track they will

If you have that kind of attitude about people it will show, you many not think it, but it will, especially to people with a lot of recruiting experience. And the manager recruiting the position not only has to consider the potential candidate but how they will fit into the existing team. And most people will not want to have to deal with someone like that on a daily basis. Now managing people is hard enough, so why would you bring additional problems on yourself?

As for the two posts thing…. the reality is that decisions on recruiting are often made on very limited information!

Dual wheels

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123262749#Comment_123262749

sounds like you are like my boss, a complete pr1ck, remember, people don’t leave jobs, they leave bad bosses, keep that in mind…

Dual wheels

Thanks for the support, typical of a bad boss, they can’t accept that they are ever the problem

Pajo_Smith_84

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123262749#Comment_123262749

Wow thats quite a stretch that you have come to about the OP - drama much?? The concern they have is actually very valid - I have worked in many places where someone will reach out to someone they know in a place where a candidate has previously worked. Is it good practice - no, is it common - absolutely.

If anything, your post makes you come across as an employer that employee's would "never want"

Dual wheels

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123279580#Comment_123279580

thank you and very well said, sounds like “jvince” has a lot of bitterness in their life

magicbastarder

The job I'm in (have been in for a couple of decades) - the chap I originally started working for copped he knew someone who would know me while he was interviewing me. Someone who had babysat me a few times. He did a background check on me.

I only found this out six months or a year later.