No ******* way

[psychocandy]

IMHO the contracts where they want 2-3 interviews generally turn out bad. If they treat you like a permie at this point, then you can pretty much know its not going to be good.

Best contracts I've had have been ones done on the basis of a phone interview. Alarm bells always ring with me when you do a face-to-face and some techie starts expecting you to know obscure stuff their system used.

Current gig was ok. Turn up for recruitment afternoon. Basically just two hours sitting around with 5-6 other candidates finding out about the gig and being 'looked at'.

They did name badges for everyone with the 'role' you were lined up for. I did note I was the only one for my role. :-)

[Old Greg]

IMHO the contracts where they want 2-3 interviews generally turn out bad. If they treat you like a permie at this point, then you can pretty much know its not going to be good.

Best contracts I've had have been ones done on the basis of a phone interview. Alarm bells always ring with me when you do a face-to-face and some techie starts expecting you to know obscure stuff their system used.

Current gig was ok. Turn up for recruitment afternoon. Basically just two hours sitting around with 5-6 other candidates finding out about the gig and being 'looked at'.

They did name badges for everyone with the 'role' you were lined up for. I did note I was the only one for my role. :-)

All my contracts over the four years have involved no interview, but previous clients, or recommendations by previous colleagues where I've just turned up on day 1.

[MarillionFan]

All my contracts over the four years have involved no interview, 1.

Yeah, the RAC sort of just tell you where to go.

[suityou01]

Interesting. Just had a call from the consultancy (note, not the agency). Very apologetic, saying that their hands are tied as they want me but have to present two candidates to ClientCo, and that ClientCo has a pretty unflexible calendar.

Yada yada yada, but the effort was made to reassure me. For that reason, I'm back in.

[d000hg]

The post is clear, you are just cabbage brained.

You're the one with a mysterious illness...

If I am being treated like some permie biatch at interview stage it's time to say

Either he's withdrawn from the role, or is all mouth and no trousers and comes bleating on here before backing down and doing a meeting with the client.

Which do you think it will be?

Interesting. Just had a call from the consultancy (note, not the agency). Very apologetic, saying that their hands are tied as they want me but have to present two candidates to ClientCo, and that ClientCo has a pretty unflexible calendar.

Yada yada yada, but the effort was made to reassure me. For that reason, I'm back in.

Quelle surprise

[DimPrawn]

Yep, definately a correlation of interview number/length vs how good the gig will be.

The more onerous the process the happier I am when I don't get offered it.

The best line I've had in feedback was we like you and your CVm but you've not done many jobs longer than a year or so. We like our staff to stay a long time with us......

[Old Greg]

Yeah, the RAC sort of just tell you where to go.

Their route finder certainly advises a wide detour around your local cop shop on sex offender register signing on day.

[d000hg]

Yep, definately a correlation of interview number/length vs how good the gig will be.

The more onerous the process the happier I am when I don't get offered it.

Is this some kind of zen crap - take pleasure in your failures?

[DimPrawn]

Is this some kind of zen crap - take pleasure in your failures?

The worst failure is landing a long gig at some tulipe hole client.

[d000hg]

The worst failure is landing a long gig at some tulipe hole client.

The worst failure is getting your house repossessed and having to suck of tramps for food. £500/day cannot really be described as a big problem to have, it's like when footballers complain about having a tough life because they have to play at Christmas.