At the end of the interview
Discussion
I've got an interview on Monday,Done all the usual prep,I'm 54 and this will take me to retirement I hope.
Now the job sounds really good and right up my street.
At the end of any previous interviews (not a job hopper,so my career has only been 4 jobs) I've always said "hope to hear from you in the near future."
Now at the end of this one if it's as good as it sounds, Would be ok to say,"If you offer me the job I will definitely take it."
Or do you think that will sound a bit desperate rather than positive.
Cheers Andy.
Now the job sounds really good and right up my street.
At the end of any previous interviews (not a job hopper,so my career has only been 4 jobs) I've always said "hope to hear from you in the near future."
Now at the end of this one if it's as good as it sounds, Would be ok to say,"If you offer me the job I will definitely take it."
Or do you think that will sound a bit desperate rather than positive.
Cheers Andy.
mcrdave said:
Hi Andy,
To me that sounds a bit forward / desperate. Personally I'd go for 'thanks for you time' and 'look forward to hearing from you'.
Good luck.
This.To me that sounds a bit forward / desperate. Personally I'd go for 'thanks for you time' and 'look forward to hearing from you'.
Good luck.
Then follow it up a couple of days later with an e-mail saying thanks once more for your time and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
B17NNS said:
mcrdave said:
Personally I'd go for 'thanks for you time' and 'look forward to hearing from you'.
I'd agree with that.And don't ask any questions at the end if they ask if you have any. It's rare that candidates really have an appropriate question for that stage of the process - most things should have been asked / answered before then - and the interviewers will have made up their minds and have others to interview. Candidates who waste time asking questions because they feel they should are on a hiding to nothing.
Good luck.
To my ears it sounds a bit desperate. Although when interviewing sometimes motivation for the role can swing it in your favour.
My alternative suggestion would be to close in the questions section at the end with "From my perspective this role sounds very attractiveto me and as i hope I have demonstrated I believe I am very well-suited to it. Based on our conversation do you have any areas of potential concern about my skills or experience where It would be helpful for me to go into more detail?"
This can either give you a chance to refine any previous answers the interviewer didn't like or will get the interviewer to agree you are well-suited for the job.
It then allows you to ask about the next stages in the hiring process and when you can expect to hear.
My alternative suggestion would be to close in the questions section at the end with "From my perspective this role sounds very attractiveto me and as i hope I have demonstrated I believe I am very well-suited to it. Based on our conversation do you have any areas of potential concern about my skills or experience where It would be helpful for me to go into more detail?"
This can either give you a chance to refine any previous answers the interviewer didn't like or will get the interviewer to agree you are well-suited for the job.
It then allows you to ask about the next stages in the hiring process and when you can expect to hear.
sm1tty said:
To my ears it sounds a bit desperate. Although when interviewing sometimes motivation for the role can swing it in your favour.
My alternative suggestion would be to close in the questions section at the end with "From my perspective this role sounds very attractiveto me and as i hope I have demonstrated I believe I am very well-suited to it. Based on our conversation do you have any areas of potential concern about my skills or experience where It would be helpful for me to go into more detail?"
This can either give you a chance to refine any previous answers the interviewer didn't like or will get the interviewer to agree you are well-suited for the job.
It then allows you to ask about the next stages in the hiring process and when you can expect to hear.
Kind of this, but not so pompous and wordy.My alternative suggestion would be to close in the questions section at the end with "From my perspective this role sounds very attractiveto me and as i hope I have demonstrated I believe I am very well-suited to it. Based on our conversation do you have any areas of potential concern about my skills or experience where It would be helpful for me to go into more detail?"
This can either give you a chance to refine any previous answers the interviewer didn't like or will get the interviewer to agree you are well-suited for the job.
It then allows you to ask about the next stages in the hiring process and when you can expect to hear.
sm1tty said:
...."From my perspective this role sounds very attractiveto me and as i hope I have demonstrated I believe I am very well-suited to it. Based on our conversation do you have any areas of potential concern about my skills or experience where It would be helpful for me to go into more detail?"
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And back to reality....how the chuff are you going to reel that off without sounding like a tw@?....
Just say nice to meet you and thank you for your time, then do one. If they don't offer it up then ask when and how you will be contacted with their decision.
Interviewing is a long and tedious process, they very likely don't want any small talk or bulls
t bingo and it's better if you keep off topic chat to the absolute minimum. dave_s13 said:
And back to reality....how the chuff are you going to reel that off without sounding like a tw@?
...and there's the problem.I have interviewed candidates who have tried that line, or something similar. I realise they don't mean to, but they always come across as desperate, needy and a bit odd.
The really strong candidates smile, say something similar to what's been suggested by me and others, and then get the hell out of Dodge.
Once an interview is in its final stages, there is almost nothing a candidate can do to alter the impression the interviewers have formed, in my experience. Strong candidates can sow doubts in an interviewer's mind with incautious answers late in the game, but having interviewed hundreds of people I can't recall any weak candidate pulling things back on the final question, and certainly not on what they said as they left the room.
After reading it back after 24hrs it does sound a bit desperate,You guys are right.
I think it will be just a "Hope to hear from you in the near future,"
Like you say most question will probably been answered during the interview,there's only so much you can say about,salary,hours,pension,healthcare etc.
I am a bit no nonsense so don't tend to ask silly questions for the sake of it.
Will be all suited and booted obviously, put the car through the car wash Monday morning weather it needs it or not.
Thanks for you replies and the good wishes.
Andy.
TX. I was thinking of saying when can I start got my safety shoes in the car
I think it will be just a "Hope to hear from you in the near future,"
Like you say most question will probably been answered during the interview,there's only so much you can say about,salary,hours,pension,healthcare etc.
I am a bit no nonsense so don't tend to ask silly questions for the sake of it.
Will be all suited and booted obviously, put the car through the car wash Monday morning weather it needs it or not.
Thanks for you replies and the good wishes.
Andy.
TX. I was thinking of saying when can I start got my safety shoes in the car
An interview is a two way street. It's for them, to see if you're the type of person they want and if they think you're capable of doing the job, but it's also for you, to see if they are the type of company you wish to work for. I always think that if you remember that, you come across far more confident and better in the interview. Especially if you ask the kind of questions that lets them know you have aspirations and expectations of them, as well as their expectations of you.
Many years ago I went for an interview, and the interviewer didn't impress me at all, or the venue, or the way I was treated on arrival. Basically, everything was slapdash and lacked any organisation or professionalism.
When the interview was over I said "well thank you for your time, but I may as well let you know now that I've decided that I won't be taking the job, as you have failed to meet my criteria as an employer. But I wish you all the best for the future and hope you find someone who will accept the position you very soon."
The guys mouth fell so far open I thought his chin would hit the table. As I got up to leave he got quite irate, and asked what the problem was, so I sat back down and talked for about 5 minutes about everything that they had done wrong from the moment I walked in the door. He ended up apologising and asked me to join them But I didn't as it happens, got a better offer.
Many years ago I went for an interview, and the interviewer didn't impress me at all, or the venue, or the way I was treated on arrival. Basically, everything was slapdash and lacked any organisation or professionalism.
When the interview was over I said "well thank you for your time, but I may as well let you know now that I've decided that I won't be taking the job, as you have failed to meet my criteria as an employer. But I wish you all the best for the future and hope you find someone who will accept the position you very soon."
The guys mouth fell so far open I thought his chin would hit the table. As I got up to leave he got quite irate, and asked what the problem was, so I sat back down and talked for about 5 minutes about everything that they had done wrong from the moment I walked in the door. He ended up apologising and asked me to join them But I didn't as it happens, got a better offer.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
An interview is a two way street. It's for them, to see if you're the type of person they want and if they think you're capable of doing the job, but it's also for you, to see if they are the type of company you wish to work for. I always think that if you remember that, you come across far more confident and better in the interview. Especially if you ask the kind of questions that lets them know you have aspirations and expectations of them, as well as their expectations of you.
Many years ago I went for an interview, and the interviewer didn't impress me at all, or the venue, or the way I was treated on arrival. Basically, everything was slapdash and lacked any organisation or professionalism.
When the interview was over I said "well thank you for your time, but I may as well let you know now that I've decided that I won't be taking the job, as you have failed to meet my criteria as an employer. But I wish you all the best for the future and hope you find someone who will accept the position you very soon."
The guys mouth fell so far open I thought his chin would hit the table. As I got up to leave he got quite irate, and asked what the problem was, so I sat back down and talked for about 5 minutes about everything that they had done wrong from the moment I walked in the door. He ended up apologising and asked me to join them But I didn't as it happens, got a better offer.
I would have pissed myself laughing if anyone I've interviewed had spoken to me like that at the end of the session.Many years ago I went for an interview, and the interviewer didn't impress me at all, or the venue, or the way I was treated on arrival. Basically, everything was slapdash and lacked any organisation or professionalism.
When the interview was over I said "well thank you for your time, but I may as well let you know now that I've decided that I won't be taking the job, as you have failed to meet my criteria as an employer. But I wish you all the best for the future and hope you find someone who will accept the position you very soon."
The guys mouth fell so far open I thought his chin would hit the table. As I got up to leave he got quite irate, and asked what the problem was, so I sat back down and talked for about 5 minutes about everything that they had done wrong from the moment I walked in the door. He ended up apologising and asked me to join them But I didn't as it happens, got a better offer.
Just hope you don't find yourself sat in front of him again (or any one of the many people he doubtless told about his experience with you) when you're next in the job market as I fear it wouldn't end well.
The correct etiquette would have been to leave on good terms and, if necessary, turn down the job when you received an offer.
No matter how well-founded you think your patronising critique was, you'll have come across as a complete arse.
Ask what the next stage is and when you can expect to hear back.
Explain that you have interviews arranged for a number of roles and only thought it was fair to let the interviewer know.
Even if this isn't true, it doesn't hurt to create the impression of being in demand.
(PS. Only do this if you have the balls to carry it off.)
Explain that you have interviews arranged for a number of roles and only thought it was fair to let the interviewer know.
Even if this isn't true, it doesn't hurt to create the impression of being in demand.
(PS. Only do this if you have the balls to carry it off.)
PorkInsider said:
I would have pissed myself laughing if anyone I've interviewed had spoken to me like that at the end of the session.
Perhaps if you'd been kept waiting 90 minutes for the interviewer to arrive, as he'd forgotten about it, then another 20 mins while he went off to find somewhere to hold the interview, and then had to walk thru the office, out the back door, across a muddy oily yard in your best suit and shoes, into an unheated portakabin with a window missing, in January, and then have they guy doing the interview ask your name and info as he'd not brought your c.v. with him, then you might have deserved to be told firmly but politely why you hadn't impressed the prospective employee! The biggest mistake interviewers and interviewees make is to forget they both have to sell themselves to each other. It's something I always remember when I'm interviewing. The next candidate may be the future of the firm, and so I want to make sure that if he/she gets offered the job, that they take it.
I wouldn't be so arrogant to think that the sole purpose of the interview is for them to impress me!
Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Sunday 12th January 00:28
TwigtheWonderkid said:
The biggest mistake interviewers and interviewees make is to forget they both have to sell themselves to each other. It's something I always remember when I'm interviewing. The next candidate may be the future of the firm, and so I want to make sure that if he/she gets offered the job, that they take it.
I wouldn't be so arrogant to think that the sole purpose of the interview is for them to impress me!
A very good point, it's a two way street, the interviewee needs to be impressed too! One applicant we had last year had a good question when you get to the 'anything you want to ask us?' part - she asked us how we'd (there were 3 of us interviewing) got to where we were. - she got the job (not just for that question, but it was the icing on the cake), showed she'd thought about things and wanted to know a bit about how we worked etc.I wouldn't be so arrogant to think that the sole purpose of the interview is for them to impress me!
No harm in asking , right at the end, if they have any concern about your suitability for the job and when you can expect to hear from them / what happens next.
Also no harm in having a list of job-related questions on a pad, and check them against the interview at the end. Most should have bean covered, but it shows that you are prepared and conscientious. But no questions about holiday entitlement or sick-time or pay (unless that has already been touched on!).
Also no harm in having a list of job-related questions on a pad, and check them against the interview at the end. Most should have bean covered, but it shows that you are prepared and conscientious. But no questions about holiday entitlement or sick-time or pay (unless that has already been touched on!).
I've done a list of bullet points to have a quick check through at the end of the interview.
I won't any any unnecessary questions and like people have said, you generally get a feel of how it's gone and if the job is the right one or not.
It's a bit of a niche roll, so if it feels right in the interview I will ask for a look around the site.
Thanks again, Andy
I won't any any unnecessary questions and like people have said, you generally get a feel of how it's gone and if the job is the right one or not.
It's a bit of a niche roll, so if it feels right in the interview I will ask for a look around the site.
Thanks again, Andy
TwigtheWonderkid said:
An interview is a two way street. It's for them, to see if you're the type of person they want and if they think you're capable of doing the job, but it's also for you, to see if they are the type of company you wish to work for. I always think that if you remember that, you come across far more confident and better in the interview. Especially if you ask the kind of questions that lets them know you have aspirations and expectations of them, as well as their expectations of you.
Many years ago I went for an interview, and the interviewer didn't impress me at all, or the venue, or the way I was treated on arrival. Basically, everything was slapdash and lacked any organisation or professionalism.
When the interview was over I said "well thank you for your time, but I may as well let you know now that I've decided that I won't be taking the job, as you have failed to meet my criteria as an employer. But I wish you all the best for the future and hope you find someone who will accept the position you very soon."
The guys mouth fell so far open I thought his chin would hit the table. As I got up to leave he got quite irate, and asked what the problem was, so I sat back down and talked for about 5 minutes about everything that they had done wrong from the moment I walked in the door. He ended up apologising and asked me to join them But I didn't as it happens, got a better offer.
Hmmm. What job was this for out of interest?Many years ago I went for an interview, and the interviewer didn't impress me at all, or the venue, or the way I was treated on arrival. Basically, everything was slapdash and lacked any organisation or professionalism.
When the interview was over I said "well thank you for your time, but I may as well let you know now that I've decided that I won't be taking the job, as you have failed to meet my criteria as an employer. But I wish you all the best for the future and hope you find someone who will accept the position you very soon."
The guys mouth fell so far open I thought his chin would hit the table. As I got up to leave he got quite irate, and asked what the problem was, so I sat back down and talked for about 5 minutes about everything that they had done wrong from the moment I walked in the door. He ended up apologising and asked me to join them But I didn't as it happens, got a better offer.
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