I had an interview earlier today for a job I'm more than qualified for, if anything I've done the exact job in all parts with my prior work experience. Right off the gate I could tell this guy was just doing this out of sheer obligation, completely uninterested in actually hiring me. The guy was very obviously a lifelong desk worker and his style of questioning me was… lackluster as you could guess.
I ended up guiding the interview when he didn't lead, going through my resume job by job relating past work experience to everything I knew about the position (probably 95% of it). I was constantly facing implied belittlement through tone, wording, odd comments throughout it. To the point that I was questioned why I left MCDONALDS as a standard associate (first job).My reasons are solid, just to earn a comment implying I shouldn't have left. Lots of implications that I should never have left my prior job despite running delivery in complete darkness, and my prior mention of high risk of dog attack. I closed out my walk through of relevant experience, (and the prior implication I should never have left McDonalds) by asking how I might improve myself, just for him to say that the company isn't really hiring. Just casually looking for candidates, and that I was…
He literally whispered “Desperate“. I tried to deflected by specifying my resume format, which he did not give any feedback on of course. I decided to end the “interview” and politely leave.
To be clear, I take every interview seriously and I've been constantly getting in person interviews for the last week. I'm doing well by any metric I can see, but this guy was clearly never going to hire me.The only reason why I was even there was because I had an interview scheduled through the hiring agency I'm working with, whom asked me to let them know how it went afterwards as usual. “Wholly disinterested” as feedback is nearly a compliment, this guy didn't insult me at any point directly. Everything he said was through practically crippling implications that I was a loser, the closest he got to just accepting something was my comment on one of my prior employers moving towards removing the department and me leaving ahead of time. (Diminishing workload over time, it made sense given all I know about what was going on but I have an NDA.)
I'm in a decent place financially, but am in between jobs for a number of reasons relating to the physical hazards of my prior work encouraging me to leave after a year and a half of working there. Not worth enough to break a leg for a job, when I'd lose it for not being in peak physical shape for months to keep up with the work load. Last guy who got really hurt had a pay cut, and technically his hours were reduced due to the nature of the job as well. I eventually heard from a coworker that he was fired. Not at all a job worth getting more than minor bruises for, let alone developing and worsening a chronic injury. I chose to give 2 week notice, second to last day I found the neighborhood equivalent to a proper tripwire and had a chunk of my finger torn off and scrapes everywhere.
Nobody who's socially inept can have that coy & arrogant attitude imbedded in their tone so deeply, let alone with literally every sentence. The only reason I didn't walk out was because I was there through a hiring agency, and I personally take interviewing for a job I want seriously. All I could do was ignore the constant digs, and it's not like I fidget. Felt my eyes burning from passively glaring by the time I decided to leave. I was nothing but polite throughout despite the awful treatment, but why even waste your own time? At best, my interview was scheduled after someone was given a job offer, a total waste of everyone's time and literal money on all sides. (Gallon of gas round trip for me, no idea for the agency.)Think twice before taking an interview too seriously people, particularly if the one doing so turns out to have never worked any type of physical job in their life.
Yes I'm bitter, I've not been able to get this guy out of my head all day. Thanks for the new grudge, wish I didn't meet you.
Edits for reddit messing up my formatting. Here's to hoping my wall of text has breaks now.