I recently went for a senior role. A colleague,,who I don't like, handed in her notice as I was going for a second interview so I was a bit concerned she had got a job there (we both have the same recruitment consultant on our linked in plus the old head of dept has been headhunting folk). Anyway, the second interview went ok but I didn't enthuse as terms and conditions were not as good as where I m and the chemistry with potential line manager was not there. Plus I had in the back of my mind my colleague may have got a role there as they said an offer for the same level had gone out to someone). Anyway, I mentioned that X was leaving to my old boss just to suss him out and he said 'no he didn't know'.
Anyway I haven't heard anything since the interview (been over 2 weeks now) plus my colleague IS going to this company. Anyway, my current boss is v happy to see the back of employee x as are most folk in our dept. she knows as a request for a reference came in from this company but our head of dept as refused to give a reference. She also reckons our old head do dept must be 'nuts' to employ her and is planning to give him a call to 'watch out' as she can be quite obstructive in work practises. I'm hoping the old head of dept won't mention I went for the interview if she does call him. Do you think he will honour the confidentiality? He claimed he didn't know employee x was leaving at the interview presumably due to confidentiality? Mind you, I wouldn't put it past my colleague to mention it if she knows I also went for an interview. Thoughts?