I had an interview today and I must admit that I suck at interviews. I am not that polished and often freeze up on trick questions. I was nailed and drilled this morning and the interviewer did not find me fascinating. I can tell by the look in her eyes. I am a hard worker. I catch on quick but I just flat out suck on interviews. I don't think that I am going to get this job. I was really unprepared to answer 50 questions and spend 1 whole hour and a half there. She didn't crack a smile. She was very firm and serious. I felt a little offended and intimidated. She asked the same questions over and over but they were worded differently. She wanted me to role play with her the type of work I did at my previous position. I got really nervous and screwed up. She criticized the way my previous job did business. What do you guys think? Have you ever sucked on an interview and still got the job? Do a bad interview really means that you will be a bad employee, is that how they look at it?
2007-11-28 13:41:55 · 7 answers · asked by Alexis 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Other - Careers & Employment
If it was so bad, you're probably fortunate they did not hire you. HINT: Could you of possibly been happy there?
2007-11-28 13:46:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
There is no such thing as bad interviews, Interviews are designed to know the applicants strong and weak points, and the general attribute of a person. Trick questions are psychometric in nature that there are no correct answers, this is conducted to know how you would react to certain situation or stimuli, you can stutter, be frozen, blank and etc.
bottom line they want to draw you out and crack your protective wall. True and Professional Job Interviews are done this way. However, haphazard job interviews based their conclusion on impression. I hope you got a professional interview today, Otherwise your chances are slim based on your description of what had transpired during your interview. Bad first impression does not mean the person is a bad employee.
Good luck
2007-11-28 14:28:58 · answer #2 · answered by alecs 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've been hired for jobs when I thought the interview went poorly. I've also never heard from jobs where I thought I completely nailed the interview and made a great connection with the interviewer.
On the other side of the desk, I've also been on hiring committees that made the decision to hire people even though they were dreadful in the interview.
You just never can tell.
2007-11-28 17:08:30 · answer #3 · answered by TimWarneka 4 · 7⤊ 1⤋
I would desire to accept as true with the others. If somebody is worried whilst the drug try would be, it makes me ponder whether (s)he's attempting to freshen up long sufficient to pass a drug try to will revert decrease back to drug use afterwards. regrettably, as an interviewer, we don't comprehend the guy nicely sufficient to decide despite if that replaced right into a stupid question or to attempt to pass the drug reveal by using quickly abstaining from drugs. i won't manage to think of of something she would manage to do at this factor, different than to grant to pay for a hair follicle try herself to instruct she is sparkling. besides the undeniable fact that, if she has ever used any form of medicine in the process the scale of the hair, it fairly is going to look on that try. regrettably, it fairly is a hard lesson found out. i might placed an automated pink flag next to this candidate and seem for a greater helpful-qualified candidate.
2016-09-30 07:06:37 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily, but it doesn't make your chances very good.
I once hired a guy who interviewed very badly but had high praise in his reference from someone inhouse. I ended up hiring him anyway despite the interview where he basically froze and said almost nothing, on the strength of his recommendation, and he was a great employee.
The job you interviewed for today might not be yours. But keep looking, and don't get down on yourself - you'll run across an interviewer that's more low-key and do OK. Having a couple interviews, even a bad one, under your belt will help you in future interviews.
Good luck.
2007-11-28 13:51:13 · answer #5 · answered by Judy 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
A bad interview might mean that you're not quite ready for the job, or that you're not quite what they're looking for.
It sounds like you might want to look into meeting with a career coach who can help you with your interviewing skills, take you though practice interviews and help you to better formulate answers to questions, so that your skills and abilities can be shown.
Good luck to you
2007-11-28 13:59:12 · answer #6 · answered by tobiemonterrey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to do more practise and roleplays BEFORE you go to any more interviews so you know what sort of questions to expect, and how to answer them.
You should ask a friend - someone who knows something about job interviews - to help you.
2007-11-28 14:12:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋