Today I participated in two interviews. One was scheduled last week, and the other one came out of the blue today.
First, let me talk about the third interview that I avoided. The Configuration Manager who started at the beginning of July was hired in a "provisional" role. He had to wait for the position to be posted in order to apply for the permanent role, and this application process requires another interview. The director invited me to interview him. Again. I told the director it was rather silly. We already interviewed him once. He's the guy in the role whom I've been working with for the last month. Why not have some other manager in the organization sit in on the interview? He agreed that I didn't have to sit in and decided to interview him solo.
The last interview of the day was for another candidate for this same position. Now I know what you're thinking. Why would we interview another candidate when we've already got "the guy?" Well, since the position was posted externally for a period of time, there are other people who applied for it. The County policy is that anyone who meets the minimum qualifications for the job must be granted an interview. In this case, it was a courtesy interview (not so far off from a courtesy flush). Suffice it to say that this candidate was not a fit for this particular role. At least that nonsense is over, and "the guy" can get on board permanently.
The other interview lasted about fifteen minutes. My boss asked me to review candidates for a role for another client. This role is very specific and either a candidate has the experience or he doesn't. The phone call is more to judge personality and communication skills. This one turned out to be a good one. I have two more interviews tomorrow for this same role.
First, let me talk about the third interview that I avoided. The Configuration Manager who started at the beginning of July was hired in a "provisional" role. He had to wait for the position to be posted in order to apply for the permanent role, and this application process requires another interview. The director invited me to interview him. Again. I told the director it was rather silly. We already interviewed him once. He's the guy in the role whom I've been working with for the last month. Why not have some other manager in the organization sit in on the interview? He agreed that I didn't have to sit in and decided to interview him solo.
The last interview of the day was for another candidate for this same position. Now I know what you're thinking. Why would we interview another candidate when we've already got "the guy?" Well, since the position was posted externally for a period of time, there are other people who applied for it. The County policy is that anyone who meets the minimum qualifications for the job must be granted an interview. In this case, it was a courtesy interview (not so far off from a courtesy flush). Suffice it to say that this candidate was not a fit for this particular role. At least that nonsense is over, and "the guy" can get on board permanently.
The other interview lasted about fifteen minutes. My boss asked me to review candidates for a role for another client. This role is very specific and either a candidate has the experience or he doesn't. The phone call is more to judge personality and communication skills. This one turned out to be a good one. I have two more interviews tomorrow for this same role.
Anyways, there should be a way for employers to post these job postings in a way that signals 'we-already-have-somebody-and-are-posting-this-externally-due-to-policies-dont-even-apply'