AIBU to worry that bringing chocolates to an interview was inappropriate?

You sound absolutely lovely and I so hope you get the job!

You should be incredibly proud of yourself OP. Please keep us updated. 🤞

The way you presented it for all the staff was nice, unusual but kind, I hope you get it, good luck!

Hopefully you get it. Keep us posted 💐

I think you'll get the job! You sound lovely, personable and very enthusiastic

Hmm yes you’re right, no idea where I got biscuits from 🤔

Its unusual but there are worse things than someone being human.

I can understand the bribe perspective i principal but not actually reality. Its a small box of chocolates, hardly a corporate box at a stadium.

If it was a bribe, I think you'd need to follow up and make it clear 😆 "hey, er, just checking you, er...liked the chocolates? If you know what I mean? Nudge nudge 😉"

Honestly, it's fine, it's charming. Your friends are mean.

It’s a bit strange but not enough to put them off if they were going to decide on you anyway.
I’m sure they know that you’d be aware that it would take more than a box of M&S chocs to bribe them.

Box of chocolates, not biscuits lol

I think you sound wonderful, and I really hope you get the job!

I actually think that, because it’s not the norm, I would absolutely be impressed at the fact that you’d genuinely thought and appreciated that people had spent time with you, and that you’d seen it as something for your benefit rather than just an interview process which sometimes can be a tick-box exercise. Honestly, I would be glad to see such a genuine gesture and it would give me an insight into who you actually are as a person, rather than the version of themselves that most people show at an interview.

I know that at my workplace we would see this is a positive thing and an opportunity to see who you truly are. However I do think it depends a bit on the type of organisation you were interviewing in.

Whatever happens, don’t beat yourself up about it. If this role doesn’t come off it might be that the organisation isn’t the right fit for you. Somewhere else will be.

FWIW it would be seen in a positive light at my place, which is a household brand you’d recognise so don’t believe that all corporates are hard faced and inhuman, despite what your friends might have you believe. I would also echo that, if they want you, this wouldn’t put a decent workplace off.

Good luck! Come back and let us know the outcome.

It’s unusual but I don’t think it will influence them one way or the other. Good luck!

It would have made you stand out in my mind and if you’d got to that stage I’d have been seriously considering you already anyway. I’d say no harm done and possibly quite a nice touch as a team player.

( finance / risk management - city of London - senior management)

It’s a bit of a ‘try hard’ gesture, but sweet at the same time.
Best of luck and I hope you get the job!

I think you sound absolutely fantastic, you’ve done so well for yourself. Best of luck - they’d be lucky to have you!

I think that you sound lovely. I hope you get the job.

Well, they'll probably remember you rather than having you fade into the background.

You sound like a lovely person op. I hope you get the job! You should be so proud of yourself. 🤞

A lovely, if unorthodox gesture - I'd probably give you the job/the benefit of the doubt - NOT because I'll do anything for chocolate (I will 😃 ), but because it shows a degree of lateral thinking, forethought and insight.

I agree with PP’s, unusual but won’t be the difference between getting the grad job or not. If you’ve made the cut, you’ve made the cut, a box of chocs isn’t going to change anything.

I used to be on the interview panel at a big 4 firm and we once had a Spanish or Italian (can’t quite remember) grad stand up and kiss each of us on both cheeks as she was getting up to leave.

We were all very British and awkward but she still got the role as she passed all the criteria in the selection process.

I think it was a very sweet gesture. I hope you get the position, good luck!

I don’t have time to read the whole thread, but be sure to email them and thank them for the opportunity to interview. This is very important. You can find sample emails/letters online.

And stop worrying about the chocolates!

I interview, if someone did thos for a senior/ established role it would seem weird and try hard, but as a grad interviewing for their first job its more sweet/ innocent.

If you were the right person for the job it wouldn't put me off.

I agree - shows lovely manners.
Good luck OP x

I would just think "person who brings good snacks into the office. Extra tick" and move on.

You did you, carry on doing that, it's so refreshing. I think it was a nice thing to do, it seemed to be appreciated and l don't think it will have an influence on whether you get the job - but I hope you do!