So I just had a telephone interview for a job in California.....and it BLEW! So, I get it- you apply for a job out of state, of course you should be expecting a telephone interview. But a telephone interview with 7 people? WTF? If all yall have questions, then submit those questions to one person or wait until you are going to fly someone in for a second interview before you decide to bombard the person with no warning! THEN people kept being added to the conference call at random times.......can we say tacky, tacky? If you're gonna be a late arrival and interrupt my sentence and flow, then you should come in quietly and announce yourself between questions. On top of that, half of them were foreign with an accent. Lots of times when speaking with someone who has an accent, you can figure out the what they're saying bcus u can read their lips.....not so much on the phone!
So about 2 months ago I had an interview for a job in the middle of nowhere (Wisconsin), and that interview had about 3 people on the phone, and I thought THAT was bad. No comparison to today's madness. In addition (sorry to continue my rant), each person would ask about 4 mini questions in one....so I would answer like 2 questions and have to ask them to repeat the others. Just ask one damn question at a time.
I just really can't shock, awe and amaze people over the phone, let alone a whole basketball team. Now in-person panel interviews are bad too, but I mean damn, I choose that over what transpired today anytime. The whole damn department needs an HR intervention on bettering their interview skills!
Sorry guys, my rant is done, maybe I'll have a happy post tomorrow, but that just left me kinda disappointed. I won't be holding my breath for a call back on that interview.....or I'll be dead.

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