…was for a job I did not get selected for.<\/strong> It was for a promotion that would lead to a corporate job from a customer service leadership position. It was done over teams as it was located in Washington State while I lived in Texas. The interview involved two people. One was an HR manager who was directing the questions from what I could tell was his home, and the other was the person who would be my direct manager should I get the position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They got many things right. <\/strong>The questions were thought provoking but relevant to the position. Their demeanor was incredibly professional and friendly. They respected my time, experience, and requests for clarifications on a few subjects. Overall, it couldn’t have been more than 30 minutes, and I had learned a lot about them and a part of the company I hadn’t fully seen. I left with no questions in my head, and the best part is that I felt I had gained good insights by simply having the conversation in the first place. They also hade quick answer for any questions I had, and it never felt like we got sidetracked. I felt heard, challenged, and respected. While in hindsight I realize I was not ready for that step, that interview alone showed me what to expect and I will sometimes reflect on that interaction when preparing to do interviews myself, something that I am fortunate to have experience in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The simplest form of being ineffective is not being available. One of my very first interview experiences involved a manager who was far too busy to meet and asked if I could come back at a later date or wait for him to finish was he was working on. I learned then, even at a younger age that I had respect for my own time, and he did not. I left and was interviewed at another company, one that I stayed for over 5 years. I have had other bad experiences. I have been in interview rooms with more than person who give conflicting answers and then saw them iron out the details in front of me. I have been in rooms where they lost my application, and asked me what position I was looking for, something which I always wanted to reply to with “Well, it’s not a good sign that you don’t seem to know what you’re hiring for”. A big part of being ineffective is not being ready. Second, is to not be an ambassador for your company. Third, is to not know your health benefits provider when a candidate asks you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n (And don’t forget to be friendly.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My best interview experience… …was for a job I did not get selected for. It was for a promotion that would lead to a corporate job from a customer service leadership position. It was done over teams as it was located in Washington State while I lived in Texas. The interview involved two people. One […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14724,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/effectiveinterviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/effectiveinterviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/effectiveinterviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/effectiveinterviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14724"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/effectiveinterviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/effectiveinterviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/effectiveinterviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/effectiveinterviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/effectiveinterviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/effectiveinterviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Being ineffective. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Being effective in 3 easy steps: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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