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A Hiring Manager that puts on this kind of beauty parade is doing some serious ass covering. He / She wants to be able to say, you cant blame me he is tulip - you all interviewed him.
That, plus one person could attend interview due to 'crisis' would make me keep looking.
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Previously on "Is it normal to have 3 interviews for a short term contract ????"
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Might just be me but I tend to find that the longer recruitment goes on for a contract the worse it is for me. Then again, someone has to be successful I suppose.
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I had three interviews for my first ever contract role at a global pharma company (initial 6 months.)
1st - one of the IT Directors and one of my potential team workers.
2nd - European CIO. I thought that would surely be it.
3rd - UK Finance Director (as a potential stakeholder) to assess 'cultural fit'. This one was mainly a rubber stamp, informal chat via phone whilst I was at a music festival. We spoke mainly about non-work matters in the end and I got the offer that afternoon.
It seemed excessive but it was a fairly senior role.
By contrast, I once had an interview for an IT Leadership Team contract role with the CIO and someone from HR. All done and dusted in a 45 mins single interview.
No logic to it all really...
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More than 2 interviews usually mean it's not going to happen as it indicates internal disagreement and uncertainty within clientco whether they really need a contractor or not.
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostI remember the good old days back in the 1980s. 10 minute interview. Basically "can you do the job?". If you messed up, you get the sack.
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I remember the good old days back in the 1980s. 10 minute interview. Basically "can you do the job?". If you messed up, you get the sack.
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Originally posted by BigRed View PostI did have one manager who did a 10min telephone interview, non technical, and took me on. He explained in the first week that my CV was good with lots of renewals so he took me on, if he didn't like me in the first week he'd have canned me and tried again.
This seems the right attitude to contractors to me. Some Managers really don't see the difference between recruiting a permie and a contractor, the ad is basically the job spec for a permie and it all goes downhill from there.
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Current gig recommended by a mate who used to work here. 10 min chat in canteen. When can you start? The best type of interview by a mile....
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Had 5 interviews once for a contract with a loss adjustment company, threatened to fly me to Atlanta for another one before eventually signing me up. I needed to get off the bench so played nicely.
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Originally posted by BigRed View PostSome Managers really don't see the difference between recruiting a permie and a contractor, the ad is basically the job spec for a permie and it all goes downhill from there.
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I did have one manager who did a 10min telephone interview, non technical, and took me on. He explained in the first week that my CV was good with lots of renewals so he took me on, if he didn't like me in the first week he'd have canned me and tried again.
This seems the right attitude to contractors to me. Some Managers really don't see the difference between recruiting a permie and a contractor, the ad is basically the job spec for a permie and it all goes downhill from there.
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I lost an opportunity recently. Applied and heard nothing for 2 weeks, then a request one afternoon for f2f the next day involving a 7hr round trip. I offered to skype or telephone first and the agency said that they would come back with a time. They never came back and seem to have my number blocked
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Googled and this thread came up...
Looking for a new gig as I'm not sure how long current one will be around (started April last year). Put forward for a contract. Three interviews, one phone and two face to face. A little over the top, but hey, it looks promising. After passing the phone interview I found out the second interview will be two hours:- Case study presentation
- Technical questions
- Panel interview
I double checked it was for a contract role, not permanent and was explicit I have no interest in going perm. Crazy times it seems.
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