Originally posted by dang65
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I helped interview for my replacement before I went off to have baby, and was completely gobsmacked by how awful the candidates were.
It was brilliant.
One lady arrived 10 mins early, so the Prog Director went out to greet her. She was puffing and panting quite badly, having walked the 100 yards or so from another building. Seriously, the building was a two minute stroll.
We led her upstairs to an interview room (with her still puffing away), and I asked would she like a drink. She requested a tea and a water, cold please - with ice if possible(!)
She carried on puffing and panting like a bad porn star, clutching her chest as if close to a coronary. I bought the drinks back and exchanged bemused glances with Prog Director.
He asked, would she like a couple of minutes to compose herself? She said - oh yes, please - could you come back to me in 20 minutes?
I may have snorted aloud at this point, and explained that were fairly busy, had other candidates to interview, and were in a secure building so couldn't leave her alone.
She sweated and puffed her way through the excruciating interview, which we reduced to around 10 mins.
At the end, she was asked did she have any questions for us.
She appeared incredibly flustered and then proceeded to parrot two of my own interview questions back at me, before ending with "can you provide me with some feedback on how I did, and whether I will be offered the role?".
I've added this last question to my personal interview repertoire.
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