Taking cakes to job interview

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My lovely friend had a job interview last week. Very large organisation, likely to be a strongly structured interview. I asked her how it went and she said well, and that she had baked a cake and taken it along to the interview.

AIBU to think that this has more likely hindered rather than helped her application?

Is this ever a done thing?

is it a cake company?

Could bringing cakes to an interview be seen as trying to bribe your way into the company?

"I just can't get over the fact that not was there cake but there was also an accompanying note"

It's not something one can get over in a hurry. The OP has a moral duty to tell us what it said.

"Re notes, I once worked for a small company, and an applicant wrote their application letter on the back of a rejection letter from another job!!!"

crikey crikey crikey!

kpo58, I was going to say "only by a lunatic" but it appears from the post two above yours that it's "only by a lunatic and whatever idiots think that a nurse who brings cake is a nurse patients don't need".

no wonder the NHS is on its knees.

You think the NHS is on it's knees because they prioritise qualifications over cakemaking skills in the interview process?

A NOTE?!

I feel like we need a Reddit AMA with this woman. So many unanswered questions remain.

caglio

"You think the NHS is on it's knees because they prioritise qualifications over cakemaking skills in the interview process?"

This thread is getting better and better.

I love how MN never fails to sniff out the political elements of the most mundane situations. #Cakegate

Water beads :)

Perhaps the accompanying note was here address so they could return the tupperware? 🤔

• her not here

The note was along the lines of the cake being offered as a 'conversation starter'.

It certainly has been that.

Also I thought I slight lack of foresight that the interviewer generally controls the conversation

Hahaha!! A conversation starter! Usually an ice breaker is used in a training session or a group assessment, not an interview with one candidate against a panel.

I have an interview on Friday. My baking skills are way below par, but I make a mean Lancashire Hotpot.

Whaddaya reckon?

I make a mean Lancashire Hotpot.
Sounds like a great idea... but oh no, what if they're vegetarian

God no, it's just really inappropriate. Seems a bit desperate, like bribery.

I'm a nurse and it's not uncommon for colleagues to bring food they've baked in to work, but never to an interview. I'd find that really weird, and think their time would have been better spent researching information relevant to the interview.

kpo58, I was going to say "only by a lunatic" but it appears from the post two above yours that it's "only by a lunatic and whatever idiots think that a nurse who brings cake is a nurse patients don't need".
no wonder the NHS is on its knees

Yes, the NHS is on its knees by maintaining professional standards during interviews. Yes, in life threatening situations patients need nurses who bring an excellent Victoria Sponge rather than excellent clinical standards.

I think the example (which may not be true) was of a qualified candidate being turned away by a panel who accused her of an imprisonable offence because she brought a cake.

that isn't professional in any sense of the word.

It's quite a serious thing to accuse someone of bribery.

I'd rather nurses in interview show good clinical reasoning, decision making and talk about evidence based practice than show off their baking skills, but hey what do I know....

Oh FGS. Nobody accused the nurse of 'an imprisonable offence'. They told her it was a bad idea to bring gifts which are obviously designed to sway the process to an interview panel. Which it is.

Shame it wasn't a lemon drizzle.

When will she know if she got that job?

you go to prison for bribery.

whereas cake is just a thing that either gets a smile or a frown.