Job Interviews That Waste Your Time

Have you ever had a job interview that wasted your time? You know those interviews where the phone screening didn’t quite go so well, but they bring you in anyway? I just had one, and I am super annoyed by it.

I am currently living in South Dakota. I have been looking to make it back to Chicago for quite some time now. So I get the phone screening, and I just got a vibe that the dude wasn’t into me. So I wrote it off. To my surprise I got a call back and we discussed me coming into the office. So I drove to Chicago to have the interview. The dude again, just totally wasn’t into me. From the start of it all, he never was into me, and never will be. What a colossal waste of my time! This wasn’t a case where I was a bad interview either. I think I did just fine. The douchebag had his mind made up before he even made the first phone call to me. He probably had a guy who had a dumbed down resume that he felt was a better fit.  All of my talking wasn’t going to do anything to sway him.

I’ve had many of these interviews. Once I had 2 interviews with the same guy and he asked me the same questions and didn’t remember the first time I had been there. In another situation, I was shown around the office while the guy just talked, he wasn’t interested in what services I could provide at all, just wanted somebody to talk to.

So after $160 in gas, $30 for parking and about 6 hours of my time preparing and interviewing and 2 vacation days off work, I am left empty handed. How fun! Here’s an idea. How about not being a jackass and just letting a guy know you’re not interested instead of just bringing people in for a show? It will save everyone a whole lot of time and trouble.

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