This is the first question you must have in mind when you are done with a job interview. I have come across a thread in REDDIT, with an eye-catching heading; what are some red flags in a job interview?
Some information has been gathered from that thread & excuse yourself immediately once you spot these signs.
Sugar-coated unpaid overtime
- "We have a thing called love-hours, hahaha, where we work just because we love the company!"
Absenteeism
- When the interviewer isn't there, and the people who are know nothing about the fact you're scheduled for one.
Quick promotions
- Often if they promise quick promotions (you'll be a senior manager in 6 months), you should leave. The reason for the quick promotions is that the job sucks and has a high turnover.
The work-hard-play-hard routine
- "We work hard and play hard"
- Translation: "We will work 12-14 hour days and everyone is an alcoholic." Or any variation of that. To me it meant "you're going to work a lot of 60+hr weeks with no overtime, you might be working random nights and/or weekends, we might deny a vacation request that you put in nearly 6 months in advance, but once in a while we'll take all of you guys to the Chinese restaurant down the street and pay for lunch."
They pull out the family card
- I would say a place that promotes themselves as a family. They'll end up attempting to use it against you in the future and let's be honest, it is business not personal.
The alarming "hypothetical" question
- "If the company did something illegal, how would you handle it?"
And just the alarming question
- When they ask you how you deal with a difficult team
Long distance Interview
- You have a long-distance video interview, and three-quarters of the way through it, the company rep mentions there are six other people in the room listening in, but you can't see or hear them.
Yeah. No, I am not interested in that position you are offering.
Comments
Post a Comment