A guy walks into an interview at a major accounting firm, slightly under dressed, and a little late. He says to his interviewer that he is pleased to be there but has just come from an interview at a rival firm where he had been offered a job. He says he would still like to take part in the interview process, but just thought that his interviewer should know, from the start, that he had already accepted the position. Just to be fair.
The interviewer asks, “then why are you here?”. He replies that, though he has already accepted the job, he had done so more from panic and excitement over the “package” he had been offered than from any real affinity with the company and its practices. He goes on to say that he had driven home (overcome with excitement) with the intention of calling in and canceling the interview but that his instincts had gotten the better of him and he figured he should come in anyway. He then apologizes, ostensibly for being late and for seeming frazzled.
The inexperienced interviewer ventures to ask what firm they were talking about and the whole thing devolves into a discussion of this man’s relative utility in the eyes of some other interviewer. It doesn’t last long, but long enough.
After positive informality, the formal interview begins.
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Wait, so does the guy get the second job? I think it is safe to assume he made all that stuff up about the first one.
I've actually heard of similar things happening. But most of the time the interviewer doesn't buy into it or puts it out of mind and conducts the interview as if he or she didn't know anything about it.
But, like I said, I've heard of this thing happening and I guess your point is that one of the things wrong with the formal interview is that it is hard to keep it formal. Something like the human element being just one problem? I can get behind that!
Brazen with no tact - I would have told the guy, "Good for you buddy! Thanks for wasting our time together. Have a nice day!"
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