Would this put you off the job?

[Westie100]

If you went to an interview and part of it was meeting the whole team. A few seemed disinterested, stand offish and not very welcoming. would it put you off any job offer?

Yes, it probably would, to be honest. I’d wonder a) why they’d been forced to meet candidates as they clearly didn’t want to, and b) how would they treat me if I were a new member of staff? I’d wonder about staff morale, too.

Yes, it would put me off. I was offered a job over Zoom in Covid and the staff were like this when I went for a pre-start visit. If I’d met them at interview I would’ve withdrawn my application but I’d already signed a contract. I left after less than a year.

Yes definitely, I'd be glad I'd met them so I was forewarned.

Yes, imagine that this was their 'best' behaviour! How rude. Crap people ruin the workplace experience.

Yes would definitely put me off.

Uninterested . Disinterested means fair or unbiased, not having your own ‘interest’ at the forefront.

Maybe you were one of the two dozen candidates that they were expected meet and greet....?

Yup. I’d already decided during the first session I didn’t want it, then had to get through an hour with the most miserable group of people I’ve ever met and a formal interview (because the candidate pool had reduced from 6 to 2) before I could tell them I wasn’t interested. (And then I got accidentally locked in the building.)

It's bad manners to correct people in this way. Surely you were taught manners?

No, because they might be having an out of the ordinary day, or the interview might have been thrust on them, saying that, I think your gut might help you figure out if this is the case or they’re just not a helpful/ likeable/ professional bunch!!!

Thanks everyone for your opinions. Apparently I was the first person to be interviewed so I don't think it was that they'd already had to meet others. The interviewer introduced me to one and told them my name and that I was there to be interviewed for the position and they barely lifted their eyes to look at me and just muttered a hello, went back to what they were doing. There was a few employees like that. I tried to engage, didn't get much back from some.

Maybe the managers are crap and the employees didn’t fancy playing their happy families game. Or too overworked to spare the time. Overall, doesn’t sound like a great place.

I don't think it's wise to get offended on someone else's behalf. I am not a native English speaker and was horrified that nobody corrected my many mistakes until I met my partner 15 years after moving here. I appreciate the correction. It's much more polite to do that than pretend everything is jolly and then post (many many) threads on MN about people misusing "there" and "their" and using apostrophes inappropriately.
As to the question, yes, it would put me off because I would see it as a reflection on staff morale.

I'd hate that

Yes, it would. If a few people at the same time can’t put on a smile and a pleasant attitude for a few minutes to make someone feel welcome it suggests either that they’re miserable sods who will be grim to work with, or that the culture of the workplace isn’t great and and is making people resentful.

Yes it would put me off. If I was in desperate need if the job or it was in some other way very good, I might take it anyway. However, I would ask a question about it. Like 'when you introduced me, staff were not very friendly and I have concerns about morale, can you talk to me about that'

did you get the job?

What is the actual job? Maybe they don't interact much with people while working and felt self conscious?

y ou could probably ingratiate yourself if you get the job

Not according to OED!

OP yes, it would definitely make me pause, and is would make me wonder about the culture I was joining!

No.

They've probably had a few interviews, and they're no doubt going to be tired and fed up of having to act fun and interesting each time.

Not everyone is a 'yellow'.

Were they sat at desks working? If so, it is perhaps unrealistic to expect them to stop what they are doing to talk. Plus what more can you say to a candidate other than "Hello"

Some were just stood around at the time. It was just the way they looked at me really, just seemed stand offish and some like they couldn't be bothered to be there

Yes, indeed.

Actually, the "not interested/uninterested" meaning of disinterested is older than the "impartial" meaning of the word going back as far as 1600 or so. It shifted sometime later, and grammarians began to insist on a distinction between the two. The meaning is now shifting back. "Dis" and "un" mean essentially the same thing. It's different meanings of "interest" that keep the distinction alive.

Introduce yourself, say a bit about your job or how closely you work to the one they're interviewing for, whatever.

It's not hard to be polite. I think it's the minimum and I would be really unimpressed if people in the team you'd be joining can't muster a smile or a greeting.

YANBU OP!