Interview whilst on holiday WWYD

[TomAllenWife]

So I'm off to Greece tomorrow, just me & dcs

I've been invited to an interview on Monday and have to prepare a 7 min brief

I can take my laptop but do I really want to spend 3 days of my holiday preparing for interview???
It would be a great job, but there are already people seconded into the two posts available

WWYD????

@CottonSock

I think they are mean to interview in half term.

Funnily enough, most of the working world does not revolve around school holiday schedules.

OP unless you're really keen and able to prepare properly on the job I wouldn't bother. I rearranged a holiday once so I could go to an interview (was unemployed at the time so it seemed sensible!) and it was one of the worst interviews I've ever had! Wished I'd stayed on holiday!

I think I would be seeing this as a red flag tbh. You've told them you're on leave and going on holiday and their response instead of "of course, how about x date before/after your return?" is "take your laptop". It doesn't say much for the culture of the place. No thank you.

Well where I work they would avoid half term, which is why I work there. I moved from private sector with a toxic culture to a government job where they value parents.

@TheCraicDealer

I think I would be seeing this as a red flag tbh. You've told them you're on leave and going on holiday and their response instead of "of course, how about x date before/after your return?" is "take your laptop". It doesn't say much for the culture of the place. No thank you.

Well, any potential employee who says they're on holiday and isn't prepared to interview remotely is also giving a pretty clear message tbf.

Whatever you do OP, don't try the "connection might be bad" excuse. Most of southern Europe is on superfast 5g and at very least fibre optic connection. It's not like we're all on dial-up down here.

@CottonSock

I think they are mean to interview in half term.

It wouldn't cross our mind not to set interviews in half term. I work for a school.

@CottonSock

I think they are mean to interview in half term.

But it is not half term everywhere.

And not every employer or candidate is a parent.

The world does not revolve around school half term.

@CottonSock

Well where I work they would avoid half term, which is why I work there. I moved from private sector with a toxic culture to a government job where they value parents.

I am a manager and value parents as much as any other employee. However I don't have kids and don't know when half term is. I wouldn't check school dates every time I want to schedule interviews.

No chance I could have worked on the plane, on a budget airline with so little space.

It's not the actual brief but the pulling together of information, what's relevant or not, reading and researching. I have to look at current legislation and there are A LOT of documents, it will take up a whole day at least

It's a job in NHS, I'm already employed in the same trust on the same band, it's just a different role / area that I'm interested in