Interview last week

[alanm]

I had a job interview last Thursday. Before going I felt boosted that I had got the interview as my outgoing letter had already said "I would finally make you aware that I do have a moderate condition of Asperger's Syndrome, so would not be well suited to customer or supplier contact", and I was pleased they were interviewing me in apparent full awareness of this.

 

However a few questions into the interview I got "How are you at dealing with awkward customers?" I referred back to the letter and the woman admitted that she hadn't noticed this part, and didn't know what Asperger was. I was asked because the "small family run business", really is that small, it is just father and daughter (interviewer) and the new person, and on two days of most weeks they would be out of the office a lot leaving the new person to work alone, thus being the lone face and voice of the company.

 

What got to me most about this is that as jobseekers we are constantly reminded to prepare by finding out about companies so they can ask "What do you know about us?". Yet on this occasion they hadn't prepared as they clearly overlooked that sentence in my letter.

 

[Tally]

That's annoying, but they are the ones who have lost out here by interviewing someone who is clearly not going to be able to manage the job.

[alanm]

Yes admittedly they'd wasted their own time on that point.

[Teresa]

Sorry to hear it didn't go that well, though through no fault of your own, better luck next time Teresa

[Kathryn]

This is irritating and insulting, as you say, interviewees are expected to prepare - it doesn't take a lot of effort to read a cv properly or do a bit of research.

 

Better luck nxt time!

 

K x

[alanm]

Thanks Teresa and Kathryn for your posts, have now had confirmation that I was definitely rejected, as I expected really. So frustrating though, keeping fingers crossed on another couple of applications recently sent.