Interview no show

[GlenW]

But Suity's actually still sitting there waiting.

No, Suity is still sitting somewhere waiting, big difference.

 

[MarillionFan]

Indeedy, and it was a phone interview.

Interviewer phoned Suity. Suity didn't pick up and responded an hour later saying 'Im here now, please try again'

Who's hiring who?

 

[suityou01]

MF PM'd me. We had a call. I sent my CV to him.
MF asked me to completely rewrite my CV, in a completely different format. I went to do this, then felt that if I was not a fit, being me then maybe it wouldn't work and we had identified something early on.

I emailed MF and politely declined to completely rewrite my CV, explaining my reasons.

MF called me, his voice peeved and dripping with venom. Apparently he had told his hiring manager in the states what I had said, and put the poison in big time.

To MFs surprise, the guy in the states actually liked my response and thought there was mileage in at least having a chat. Maybe just to see what kind of character says no to MF.

So we exchanged emails and agreed on 3pm German time. I booked a meeting room at client co, and went in there 2:55. And waited.................

In the end, I had to go back to my desk. I did, and when I got there the phone rang. It was the guy. Very late. But the client was talking to me and I couldn't break away to answer the call in time. I got an email immediately from the guy. Friendly enough, said to drop him an email when I was ready. I emailed straight back, apologising for not being able to grab his call and said if he called back I would take it and we could resume.

The call never came. There were no further emails.

I got a snotty PM from MF saying I had pissed him off by not turning up for my interview that he had set up.

I replied to his PM politely explaining what happened.

MF has never let it go ever since.

I would not normally have aired this on the board, but MS rather forced my hand by starting this thread.

 

[suityou01]

Interviewer phoned Suity. Suity didn't pick up and responded an hour later saying 'Im here now, please try again'

Who's hiring who?

I rather suspect your man in the states was lying to cover his own ****up.

 

[Pondlife]

 

[tractor]

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So MF, what was wrong with his CV? Assuming Suity was being honest about his skills and exp in the original, why did you think you could fit a square peg into a round hole?

 

[mudskipper]

I would not normally have aired this on the board, but MS rather forced my hand by starting this thread.

I would have said dangled a bait rather than forced your hand. Silence is always an option.

Sounded like a possibility for some entertainment - didn't realise it was a sore point.

 

[MarillionFan]

So MF, what was wrong with his CV? Assuming Suity was being honest about his skills and exp in the original, why did you think you could fit a square peg into a round hole?

Very technical CV, doesn't call out what he actually does for the business. I asked him to make it more business friendly. From Suity's reply of 'Not going to do it because I'm right' and the subsequent rider he sent over screams hard to manage diva.

I believe the number of times he keeps getting canned on this board backs that up.

 

[Dactylion]

WPondyS
Really you couldn't make this up!!!

Either that or you could!

I reckon - It is all b0llocks with MF and Suity both pissing themselves over a great wind up.

 

[suityou01]

Very technical CV, doesn't call out what he actually does for the business. I asked him to make it more business friendly. From Suity's reply of 'Not going to do it because I'm right' and the subsequent rider he sent over screams hard to manage diva.

I believe the number of times he keeps getting canned on this board backs that up.

And there it should have ended. But it didn't. You'r guy still wanted to interview. But then the no show at 3pm, followed up with blatant lies indicates to me I had a very lucky escape.