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Is this unprofessional?

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:11

Job interview for 12pm

10 candidates all booked in for 12pm being seen individually by one person.

So whoever is here last will presumably be interviewed an hour later than booked.

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:51

Approaching 7 mins on number 2….lots of laughter from the room.

You can see the haunted looks on the rest waiting…wondering if they will next be chosen….

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Isittimeformynapyet · 02/09/2026 12:50

Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:47

I’m too invested.

The secret to a happy life is to find even the dullest situations interesting. I applaud you.

(Was your username said by someone in a graveyard?)

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:49

I would’ve wanted the job as well.

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:47

I’m too invested.

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LondonLass2026 · 02/09/2026 12:47

Saw this when I interviewed for a Marketing role at the GAP head office in Central London years ago. I turned up all excited about the opportunity ahead of me, and to my horror there were about 20 other people too, all of us with the same timeslot.

It was a joint interview, with us all sitting in a circle. We just had to pipe up when we were spoken to. It was truly horrible.

Ooh it also happened in Kew, again when I thought it was a proper interview, and there were about 15 girls who turned up with the same timeslot as me. I think that might have ended up being for a telesales job, when I'd been told it was for a Personal Assistant role.

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:47

I have been here an hour.

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HoobleDooble · 02/09/2026 12:46

Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:37

It’s number 13!?!!

Ooh that’s not on, they should have had a machine to give you a ticket with a number like on the deli counter at Sainsbury’s!

TreesTreesSky · 02/09/2026 12:45

Postieonthego · 02/09/2026 12:32

That's your question to them at the end of the interview.
How do you think the interview process at such a x, y, z (words they will have used at the interview) company should be managed.

Yes, this! ”what inspired you to devise this creative interview format?”

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:43

15 has entered the arena! Number 2 chosen!

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:42

13 out in 5 mins! Who next?

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:42

Isittimeformynapyet · 02/09/2026 12:41

Nos 13 and 14 were late!

This was not lost on me!

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Isittimeformynapyet · 02/09/2026 12:41

Nos 13 and 14 were late!

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:40

Though interview number 3 had about 15 mins I think so he’s getting into his stride now with the questions.

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:38

I’m a T…I’m here until the bitter end!

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:38

If he’s going alphabetically…..

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:37

It’s number 13!?!!

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:37

Out…who will chosen next?

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:35

I honestly have to laugh…it’s like the log flume at Chessington. They just keep coming.

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StormGazing · 02/09/2026 12:35

I had something similar at Loughborough uni, shit show of a job, told them I wasn’t interested, particularly when a PhD student told me I’d be making her solutions … fuck off, make your own like I did as a PhD student! Cheeky cow!!

ThirdStorm · 02/09/2026 12:34

OMG run! So many red flags here and that tells me they will be a terrible employer.

Postieonthego · 02/09/2026 12:32

That's your question to them at the end of the interview.
How do you think the interview process at such a x, y, z (words they will have used at the interview) company should be managed.

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:32

I was first here. Being professionally early and respectful of their precious time…I’m good like that.

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:31

Number 14 has arrived……

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WhatATimeToBeAlive · 02/09/2026 12:30

I think I would stick it out too to see what happens, and then tell them to shove it.

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Mindthenicedeadpeople · 02/09/2026 12:30

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 02/09/2026 12:29

How old is his son? This all sounds bonkers and sooooo unprofessional!

About 9. He’s sat with the receptionist.

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