I am continually shocked and amazed that applicants don't tell us to go to hell. I occasionally do get the :::nervous laugh::: "I hope this isn't any indication of how the business works!". It is. Run.
We've got one very high up individual who will request phone interviews and blow them off on a regular basis. On Monday, I will be rescheduling one applicant for the third time. The first time, she just forgot to call. The second time, she decided after it was scheduled that she wanted that day off and didn't feel like talking to anyone.
99% of what passes for “business” is people figuring out ways to get paid for not being responsible for anything.
1% is the work that actually goes into making and selling something.
And those percentages are wildly optimistic, but hey, it’s Easter weekend.
The interview process is revealing not so much in what is said, but what is not said.
>>. On Monday, I will be rescheduling one applicant for the third time<<
Excuse me? If anyone short of a physics engineer with a direct application to the new 1 billion dollar project being started, no one in their right mind would even SCHEDULE a “3rd interview.”
Yeah, stuff happens and you might have to reschedule the 1st one to the 2nd. Absent a death in the family, there is nothing that should cause a 3rd.
But I see why we are starting to follow Greece and Italy in our work ethic.