If you encounter anything that even comes close to resembling one of these, it’s time to excuse yourself and head back to the job boards.
Top Ten Job Interview Warning Signs
While you’re driving to the interview someone in a BMW cuts you off and gives you the finger. When you arrive you realize it’s the CEO.
The Human Resources manager asks, “Have you ever filed a sexual harassment charge against an employer?”
You use the bathroom and there’s someone crying in the stall next to yours.
Someone who works for the company tells you the boss’ management style is “hands on.”
When you ask about the company’s business plan you’re told, “We’ll all be retired and on the beach in a year.”
As you’re given a tour of the office one of the managers looks you up and down and says, “Smokin.”
During a conversation about the intricacies of the company’s technology the Tech Lead tells you, “It happens magically on the back-end.”
You ask why the person who previously held the position you’re interviewing for left and you’re told, “It’s an ongoing case and our attorney has advised us not to discuss it.”
When you ask how the company is situated for the rough economic times we’re facing the CFO starts breathing into paper bag.
It’s Friday and you’re asked, “Can you start tomorrow?”
You’re showing the boss-to-be one of the websites you built on his computer and “www.allanal.com” comes up as an auto-type URL in his web browser.
where was this 3 years ago?
You see brochures about chlamydia medications on the bosses desk lying next
to the pictures of his wife and family…..
Instructions for getting to the interview include a back alley and stepping over a homeless guy named One-Eyed Pete.