Hurtling Entropy.
Today is my birthday.
I don't really have much to say that is witty or funny today. In fact, there hasn't been much to say in the last few weeks. Not that there haven't been developments...there certainly have. Just that the nature of the developments are such that there's not a whole lot to say about them, and I am not supposed to mention what they are until later.
Well, so there you go. Birthday, developments...pretty much sums it up lately. Yea, got denied for another job too. This one I was well qualified for, if not overqualified. I applied for a position as "do-it-all IT person" for a subsidiary of Bigass Bank, Inc. where I work. I lost the job to another person in my department who, while qualified, has neither the technical knowledge nor the experience I have.
I don't feel so bad because she got the job...I think she's great and deserves to do something more challenging than what she does. What I feel bad about is the way the interviewing was handled, or perhaps the lack of interviewing would be more precise.
She was the first person interviewed and got the job the day after her interview. There were over fifty applicants in the first day, and I applied as soon as the position was posted. Now, the real problem is that, since she was the first person interviewed and subsequently got the job, it means they chose her within the first two days of interviewing. I was told by Womanboss (who is her boss, not mine) that the normal interview format was eschewed for an informal chit-chat. Not that they did not have their usual targeted interview questions to ask, they simply decided not to ask them. Evidently, Womanboss heard this directly from her.
All of this is simply speculation that leads me to a reasonable conclusion. They liked what they saw in her and picked the first applicant. Hey, it's their prerogative to do so. My thinking is, though, that if they are the sort of department that hires the first applicant and drops the normal interview format for that applicant, then they either knew her and wanted her, knew of her and wanted her, or were either lazy or desperate. Whatever it is, I don't want to be a part of that department, especially if she was chosen out of laziness or desperation. I have worked for companies that hired me on the spot, not even wanting me to give notice at my other jobs, and those were among the worst jobs I ever had. Usually it was because the department I was in was so disorganized or short staffed that I was overwhelmed and/or undertrained.
I've learned though. I know what I am skilled in and I press it. I learn what jobs I really want and what I don't, and if it seems great but I get a bad feeling in the interview, I decline.
On the upside, since she is vacating an "official" tier 2 position, I am likely a shoo-in for that one. At least, thats what Womanboss tells me.
I don't really have much to say that is witty or funny today. In fact, there hasn't been much to say in the last few weeks. Not that there haven't been developments...there certainly have. Just that the nature of the developments are such that there's not a whole lot to say about them, and I am not supposed to mention what they are until later.
Well, so there you go. Birthday, developments...pretty much sums it up lately. Yea, got denied for another job too. This one I was well qualified for, if not overqualified. I applied for a position as "do-it-all IT person" for a subsidiary of Bigass Bank, Inc. where I work. I lost the job to another person in my department who, while qualified, has neither the technical knowledge nor the experience I have.
I don't feel so bad because she got the job...I think she's great and deserves to do something more challenging than what she does. What I feel bad about is the way the interviewing was handled, or perhaps the lack of interviewing would be more precise.
She was the first person interviewed and got the job the day after her interview. There were over fifty applicants in the first day, and I applied as soon as the position was posted. Now, the real problem is that, since she was the first person interviewed and subsequently got the job, it means they chose her within the first two days of interviewing. I was told by Womanboss (who is her boss, not mine) that the normal interview format was eschewed for an informal chit-chat. Not that they did not have their usual targeted interview questions to ask, they simply decided not to ask them. Evidently, Womanboss heard this directly from her.
All of this is simply speculation that leads me to a reasonable conclusion. They liked what they saw in her and picked the first applicant. Hey, it's their prerogative to do so. My thinking is, though, that if they are the sort of department that hires the first applicant and drops the normal interview format for that applicant, then they either knew her and wanted her, knew of her and wanted her, or were either lazy or desperate. Whatever it is, I don't want to be a part of that department, especially if she was chosen out of laziness or desperation. I have worked for companies that hired me on the spot, not even wanting me to give notice at my other jobs, and those were among the worst jobs I ever had. Usually it was because the department I was in was so disorganized or short staffed that I was overwhelmed and/or undertrained.
I've learned though. I know what I am skilled in and I press it. I learn what jobs I really want and what I don't, and if it seems great but I get a bad feeling in the interview, I decline.
On the upside, since she is vacating an "official" tier 2 position, I am likely a shoo-in for that one. At least, thats what Womanboss tells me.
posted by Primate Buddy | 10:54 PM
2 Comments:
Im really late on the birthday greeting. Hope it wasnt so bad. Good luck on the next application & Merry Trishmas & Happy Holidays
Thank you Trish! Merry Late Christmas too!
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