I need to vent my frustration, sorry in advance for the rant.
I was called in to an interview yesterday to a structural office, after being laid off for several months. It was my first interview since being laid off, so I knew I had to get this right. I get there, introduce myself, and was then escorted to the board room, where I found more than 15 people waiting. They called in 15 people for interviews and a technical exam for 1 opening position in a 12-man structural office, course it's a publicity stunt. It was outrageous, and a humiliating experience. After writing the structural exam, we all waited our turns for interviews (talk about wasting everyone's time.) My turn came up (second from last,) and at that point, I was ready to walk away and withdraw my candidacy, but went through anyways. I was talked down to, their tone of voice was rude, and they simply would not stop asking why I left the company I was with 2 years ago. They also asked for my age, which should be a no no.
Don't cha love when a turd of a company like this one has an inflated ego and prey on people's desperation in a time of recession for their own ends? Before the recession, they would have hired anyone with a freaking pulse.
I keep thinking to the 50 or so year old man in that board room, who was one of the candidates for the position (junior to intermediate) having to compete with a bunch of baby faces. This is so sad, I can imagine how humiliating it must have been for him.
Clansman
If a builder has built a house for a man and has not made his work sound, and the house which he has built has fallen down and so caused the death of the householder, that builder shall be put to death." Code of Hammurabi, c.2040 B.C.
I was called in to an interview yesterday to a structural office, after being laid off for several months. It was my first interview since being laid off, so I knew I had to get this right. I get there, introduce myself, and was then escorted to the board room, where I found more than 15 people waiting. They called in 15 people for interviews and a technical exam for 1 opening position in a 12-man structural office, course it's a publicity stunt. It was outrageous, and a humiliating experience. After writing the structural exam, we all waited our turns for interviews (talk about wasting everyone's time.) My turn came up (second from last,) and at that point, I was ready to walk away and withdraw my candidacy, but went through anyways. I was talked down to, their tone of voice was rude, and they simply would not stop asking why I left the company I was with 2 years ago. They also asked for my age, which should be a no no.
Don't cha love when a turd of a company like this one has an inflated ego and prey on people's desperation in a time of recession for their own ends? Before the recession, they would have hired anyone with a freaking pulse.
I keep thinking to the 50 or so year old man in that board room, who was one of the candidates for the position (junior to intermediate) having to compete with a bunch of baby faces. This is so sad, I can imagine how humiliating it must have been for him.
Clansman
If a builder has built a house for a man and has not made his work sound, and the house which he has built has fallen down and so caused the death of the householder, that builder shall be put to death." Code of Hammurabi, c.2040 B.C.
