The "Bonehead Interviewer" post reminds me of another bizarre experience (most of the weird experiences in my life have taken place at work or at an interview): About 13 years ago I applied for a marketing director's job at a new performing arts center in northern Wisconsin. I was among three people called in for an interview. I took a day off from work to do it. The questions they asked and their disinterested manner led me to believe I was not in the running, even though the interview took 2-3 hours of my time. The group also kept teling me the job required 80 hours a week — it was as though they did not want me to want the job.
I could deal with it; I was already gainfully employed at an advertising agency. In fact, through a coworker, I knew of one other person who was being interviewed for the job. But the real corker is that when I returned to work the next day, I learned that a third person had been calling agencies to get information on their servces, saying that she was going to work for the PAC. So, in essence, the PAC had already hired her before they interviewed me. (Since the PAC was connected to another state agency, they should not have done this.) To make things even more bizarre, the PAC sent out rejection letters saying they were handling the duties in house.
Ultimately, the person who was calling around to agencies did take the marketing position and she did a good job. I met her years later and was impressed with her knowledge.
In the intervening years, the PAC experienced personnel and financial problems. It's hard for me to be sympathetic!
BoneyardDiva (06/19/2006)
You gotta love when ppl waste your FRIGGIN' time.
thelma (06/19/2006)
Yup, I hate those going-through-the-motions interviews. I once drove in a snowstorm for a job interview, then got a rejection letter dated the same day of the interview. On the news the next night, there was an announcement of layoffs from the same company. They were just keeping the HR people busy and putting on a front for the employees of interviewing people until they announced the layoffs.
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