You guys are getting job offers?
Because the offer was for a real position that was really vacant and you talked to a real person who was the man who would be your real boss and he liked you because you both qualify for the position and are very enthusiastic and can you start on Monday, please? handshake
I remember having recruiters/companies bidding against each other to give me a job (software industry). Now I’m dodging layoffs.
Wasn’t ever in the software part but i still remember being shocked when a company asked me what I wanted for a salary, I said x, and they said they’d get back to me later on that day to confirm if they could do it. Got a call back 20 minutes later offering me 35% more than I asked for.
They knew I was probably scared to ask for more, and they needed people who weren’t going to want to leave soon as they got a better offer. Turnover in some positions makes it near impossible to ever get a really good staff. Pay them right and you end up with a really good group fairly quickly. It isn’t a constant “oh that guy who set that system up left 3 years ago and left no notes for any of how that was set up.”. If you give them time as well, they create the documentation because they know if they don’t have to touch if for 4 years, when they come back to it it’ll kick cobwebs off.
I still get that, funny watchin them cut each others throat, but I’m in different field of work
I’m old, I never did more than one interview, and all but one place hired me on the spot when I got an interview. I didn’t always make it to an interview, though. I’m not bragging, I’m nothing special, it’s more about how things were much different 30+ years ago.
Does that not even happen at fast food, or Walmart anymore? Multiple interviews for them, too?
It happens occasionally for retail, especially if they’re hiring you for anything above grunt work. Manager? Even shift lead? You’re likely looking for at least two rounds of interviewing. I had sales positions that wanted me to interview two or three times as well.
I always schedule them the same day if I can. Waiting between interviews does no one any good. I do a 45 minute with them for a one-on-one interview. I have a few the people they’d be working with ready to do more of a technical interview for an hour or so. If things don’t go well after either, I let them know, and we part ways. If they do well, I put them in the yes pile. After one week from the first yes person, I choose the one I think best. Sometimes there is just one. When there’s more, I choose the best fit and let the others know.
One time, when hiring a qa, I had two people who where both great. I really hated having to tell one of them no. A month later, a qa position opened on a different team and I passed on her resume. After she was hired, I sort of poached her from the hiring manager. She still reports to them, but she works entirely on my projects. But that’s an aside.
My point is, a single interview is more than sufficient to hire anyone. The multiple interview crap, that’s become so common, is done solely to stress someone out so they’ll take a lower salary just to stop the stress.
Edit: Grammer
Multiple interviews are also done because there’s far too many people in the hiring chain who don’t really need to be there. I’ve had interviews for lower-level managerial positions where literally the vice president or some other person who clearly has better things to do than to be there, is there just to “be involved”, or (in one case) all hiring decisions had to be run through the VP. I’ve done panel interviews with 6 different HR people at once who clearly just need something to justify their existence.
I once hired a college student for a summer job off his cover letter. Just called him up and said the job is yours if you want it.
I posted a short description of the job on the university job page. I got inundated with long lengthy creative writing letters talking about everything but the job I was posting from hundreds of students.
He went through the requirements on the short job posting and answered each one with a short sentence and paragraph in between.
I can work weekends.
I can lift 50lbs.
I can work outdoors.
I can start at 7am and work till 4pm.
I can drive a manual transmission.
My supervisor started talking to him on his first day and stole him for 75% of the summer. I had to hire another student… Still a bit sore over that one.
I got a new job after two short phone interviews in May.
I was pretty shocked, TBH.
Hey, this is a great meme, and I want to make sure that I tell you that we do truly appreciate you coming to Lemmy today. We have some more interviews lined up, and while I don’t think many of them will stand a chance against you, we see ourselves as a fair social aggregator, and we want to give everyone their shot. So, just to reiterate: today was great and you did a great job. One of our team is going to reach out to you within the week to set up a second interview, what we call a Stage 2 interview, and we’ll cover just a bit more of the meme needs and where we see your potential role in our family. Now, again, to be fair, there is a small chance that we find someone who fits our ethos just a bit better than you, and that’s OK, but if that’s the case, you won’t hear back from us. Don’t take it personally, you did a great job today, and you can relax on your way home. Also, be sure to swing by the lobby and help yourself to one of the snacks we have set out. Just one, though. We want to make sure everyone can have one. Great work, today.
I always got my jobs by talking to someone in person.
I’ve always had to go through a phone screen, personally.
Other than being a paper boy, I’ve only had two jobs that required 1 interview. Both had no required training, skill, or education.
