Engineering graduate job interview
Discussion
I'm probably not feeling confident from past experience, rather than today's. I got on well with the two engineers who interviewed me. It was the technical question portion I'm not sure about. I tried my best but their expressions and responses were giving nothing away...which has me worried.
I really want the job too.
I really want the job too.
Engineer1 said:
You can walk out of an interview thinking you nailed it and get the sorry but we wish you all the best, equally you can think you failed miserably and get the call offering you a job.
True enough. I'll try and not think about it until the phone call....or email if I did REALLY bad
Sounds good. Don't meant to piss on your chips but it does translate to me as either:
a] we can't decide which of the two of you we've shortlisted to hire and are now stalling whilst we check if we can afford both.
b] we hired someone else but you might be in with a shot if we sign these projects [eta - or the other guy turns the offer down]
both are not no's. been in position A before which is ok so long as they hire you both and you're better than the other guy when you start!
a] we can't decide which of the two of you we've shortlisted to hire and are now stalling whilst we check if we can afford both.
b] we hired someone else but you might be in with a shot if we sign these projects [eta - or the other guy turns the offer down]
both are not no's. been in position A before which is ok so long as they hire you both and you're better than the other guy when you start!
Edited by shirt on Monday 8th August 13:31
That's what I thought too, actually. At the interview I asked how many positions they had and he sheepishly said 1 but it appeared as it if was never set in stone.
I never got to meet any of the other candidates (which I normally get to do) so I'm completely in the dark about how good they are!
I never got to meet any of the other candidates (which I normally get to do) so I'm completely in the dark about how good they are!
At least the door's not shut yet!
And, it's a massive step-forward already, really, isn't it? There's no "Sorry, thanks, but X, Y, Z, so we won't be able to offer you a position"...
I agree with shirt. A hybrid of option a and b - they're either seeing what they can do about getting more than one of you, or you're close (with the position on offer going to the other candidate), but you're so close that they want to see if they can shoe-horn you in somewhere else!
Both have positive spins on them regarding how well your interview went. Well done!
And, it's a massive step-forward already, really, isn't it? There's no "Sorry, thanks, but X, Y, Z, so we won't be able to offer you a position"...
I agree with shirt. A hybrid of option a and b - they're either seeing what they can do about getting more than one of you, or you're close (with the position on offer going to the other candidate), but you're so close that they want to see if they can shoe-horn you in somewhere else!
Both have positive spins on them regarding how well your interview went. Well done!
GroundEffect said:
Today I accepted a verbal offer with Ford 
Congratulations! May I ask where you will be working (Dunton, Dagenham, etc.) if you don't mind saying?I had a tough interview at Dunton in June (not helped by being late, despite giving myself an extra hour to get there), was offered the position but at a poor rate - less than I was already on, so in the end I turned it down. It wasn't about cooling systems so fear not!
Good luck with the new job!
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