"Oh, you may have 6 years of experience with IT support, using various different ticketing systems, worked in environments using all the major operating systems, and have done some system and network administrative work, as well as multiple certifications indicating that you know everything we're looking for and then some, but you've never worked with the ticketing system that we use? OK, bye! You're useless to us! Your resume is going on the bottom of the pile!"

That's like throwing away an application because they didn't use the same ticketing system is like refusing to hire a highly-experienced pilot because the seats on the planes they've flown aren't the same model as the plane the airline flies.

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[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I had an interview a month or so ago with a company who was looking for me.. like.. almost exactly me. I don't think I could have matched their job description any better.

The initial interview with the recruiter went super well. He was so excited to move me on. He even called me the day before my next interview to let me know the hiring manager was a little bit of an odd bird in interviews and wouldn't like it if I go into extreme technical detail in my answers of his questions but I should stick to broad answers. I thought, huh, okay that's a little weird for an IT position at this level but okay.

Then I had my zoom call with the hiring manager the next day. He did not ask me about my past at all and only wanted to "have a conversation where there are no wrong answers" which he started by giving me extremely vague hypothetical situations where I constantly had to ask for more information and he would purposely omit details so he could turn around and "GOTCHA" at the end of each of my answers. The questions he posed had next to nothing to do with anything in the job posting and he sat there with a smug smarmy smile on his face the whole damn time. It was next to impossible not to go into technical detail because of what he was asking and I could just see his eyes glaze over if I talked for more than a few seconds at a time without him being able to smugly say something.

I highly doubt they'll find anyone to fill that role if they have to interview with that twat but god help anyone who is both unlucky and desperate enough to pass his interview and take the job.

[–] Deadend@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He was aiming to hire a friend, but they brought you in to take the L.

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

definitely not the first time that has happened to me, but I didn't get that sense because of the enthusiasm from the recruiter. I guess it could be the case though.

[–] Deadend@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Recruiters/ HR may not know.