A few years ago a now well known company insisted on flying me out to San Fransisco to interview even through I was interviewing for a remote position...and then proceeded to have 4 out of the 6 hours be remote interviews over Zoom. As in: I sat in a conference room at their headquarters and the remote employees that would have been on me team dialed in. 🤷🏻♂️
Lunch was a one hour session with two people from HR (this is one of the sessions that wasn't over zoom). They brought me lunch and a drink: I was specifically told I could not leave the office. I was encouraged to "make smalltalk" so they could "judge my personality" 🤨
The final interview of the day was with the recruiter, was was determined to know what my desired salary was. I didn't want to give her a number first, which kind of my thing:
She threatened to withhold reimbursement for the airfare and hotel unless I gave her an exactly salary requirement! It was...tense. We ended up agreeing I wasn't a good fit for the company right there and then.
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Wow…and I have visions of some kind of stand-off. Corporate beige/grey a blur in the background. The "showdown" music of a Western plays as Josh and HR stare at each other.
(And that is some shady-ass behavior from that organization to withhold reimbursement; tells you far more than you ever need know.)
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A few years ago a now well known company insisted on flying me out to San Fransisco to interview even through I was interviewing for a remote position...and then proceeded to have 4 out of the 6 hours be remote interviews over Zoom. As in: I sat in a conference room at their headquarters and the remote employees that would have been on me team dialed in. 🤷🏻♂️
Lunch was a one hour session with two people from HR (this is one of the sessions that wasn't over zoom). They brought me lunch and a drink: I was specifically told I could not leave the office. I was encouraged to "make smalltalk" so they could "judge my personality" 🤨
The final interview of the day was with the recruiter, was was determined to know what my desired salary was. I didn't want to give her a number first, which kind of my thing:
Salary Negotiation for People That Hate To Negotiate with Josh Puetz
Josh Puetz ・ Jul 23 '20 ・ 1 min read
She threatened to withhold reimbursement for the airfare and hotel unless I gave her an exactly salary requirement! It was...tense. We ended up agreeing I wasn't a good fit for the company right there and then.
Wow…and I have visions of some kind of stand-off. Corporate beige/grey a blur in the background. The "showdown" music of a Western plays as Josh and HR stare at each other.
(And that is some shady-ass behavior from that organization to withhold reimbursement; tells you far more than you ever need know.)