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Condescending and disrespectful job interviewer compared my “analysis” results to suicide.

This happened today. I had an interview at this same place prior to this one, which was more of an introduction. This specific interview was aimed at discussing the results of an analysis I had to take. This analysis was all about personality and problem solving. I was already kind of sceptical during the analysis, since a lot of the questions were diving really deep into my personal life and it seemed more like an analysis for your therapist. Anyways, fast forward to today where I was called in for a re-evaluation of the analysis. This interview had a different interviewer than that last one and he let me know before we began that he had not read my resumé, but he was just looking at my analysis results. He starts off the interview asking questions about me and my experience in the field. He then goes on to criticize…


This happened today.

I had an interview at this same place prior to this one, which was more of an introduction. This specific interview was aimed at discussing the results of an analysis I had to take. This analysis was all about personality and problem solving. I was already kind of sceptical during the analysis, since a lot of the questions were diving really deep into my personal life and it seemed more like an analysis for your therapist.

Anyways, fast forward to today where I was called in for a re-evaluation of the analysis. This interview had a different interviewer than that last one and he let me know before we began that he had not read my resumé, but he was just looking at my analysis results. He starts off the interview asking questions about me and my experience in the field. He then goes on to criticize my application (fair, it is his job) but he then goes on to compare it to a 7th grade assignment and starts throwing insults. I can take criticism and a few pokes here and there but I do value at least SOME constructive feedback and not just an insult that gets us nowhere.
Next he began going through the analysis result where he went through some of the points like how well I cooperate with others and how organized I am. Once he got to the “life and happiness” part of the analysis, he started to describe how my results were low to the point of me being suicidal (he went into a lot of details here which were just emphasizing suicidal tendencies). At this point I couldn't really think of anything else than What The Fuck? Somehow this analysis of a couple questions and “agree or disagree” choices could tell him more about me than a professional therapist and based upon that he did not think I was a good fit. He ended the interview with some life lessons and telling me to go look in the mirror and reflect.

I am not upset that I did not get the job (I am honestly kind of relieved), however I am deeply upset about the fact that not only did I not get the job, he also went out of his way to make sure I knew I had personal issues and should stop trying to apply for any jobs in that same category. He also wanted to make sure that I knew how he was very considerate and generous compared to all the other employers out there (so generous that he had to tell me I was suicidal based on their little precious test).

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