interview for a job I can't remember applying to!

[itsjustlowhangingfruit]

Just that really, I've been applying for a lot of jobs and today got an invitation for interview for a company I've never heard of. I looked at their website and it doesn't look like they are a recruitment agency?

The only job I remember applying to with the same job title was at the NHS - do they use agencies? Wouldn't the email come from the NHS themselves? I think they were doing interviews this week according to the job advert so it can't be them, can it?

Bugger. I don't want to look a fool in the interview. Actual interview questions should be easy enough although when they ask why did you apply - I can't bloody remember applying!

I'm normally really good at remembering who I've applied to but covid etc means I've applied to more than normal.

What do people advise I do? I can't go back and ask what the job is without making it obvious I have no clue!

Can you look in your sent emails and see if you’ve emailed anyone there- obviously doesn’t help if it was online application

How have you been applying for jobs?
Indeed allows you to see what you’ve applied for.

Nhs send you an interview booking email.

My local NHS trust use something called TRAC for job applications, could it be something like this? Did you have to register to apply?

You could either ask for the details of the interviewer, and then look them up on LinkedIn or similar, or you could email and ask for the full job description to help you prepare. Just mention you weren't sure if the one on the website was the unabridged version (in my experience they usually are).

I've checked my sent folder and no record there. Checked LinkedIn jobs, no record there. Checked Indeed and no record there.

Good tip about asking for 'full' job description.

I don't even know if its temporary or part time or casual

So frustrating. I'm normally very good at keeping track of these things. But this is baffling!

I wouldn't interview of the back of a job advert anyway. They're designed to attract applications, not lay out exactly what the job is. So I'd ask for the full job description and use that to prepare.

Good luck in your interview!

This is pretty funny, sorry op! Good idea re asking for full job description, hopefully it clears it up for you!

Glad I made you laugh

Its definitely a company, not an agency, from what I can see from their website and its my area of expertise so it makes sense for me to have applied to them, I just don't remember doing so, and there's no jobs page on their website where I can log in to view applications so it must have been listed somewhere else.

Just don't know anything about the hours, pay, contract duration etc.

Have looked on all my usual job search websites and can't find it.

Argh.

It would baffle me too.
Do you use a lot of different job search tools to apply or just afew main ones?

Are you registered with an agency who might have sent off your CV and not told you?

I'd contact whoever sent the invite and ask for the JD. Based on that, you could either decline the interview, go ahead for it, or just ask for an informal meeting instead of an actual interview. Many places offer an informal meeting, but people rarely take companies up on it.

I use indeed, charity jobs, jobs.ac.uk, guardian jobs, linkedin, cv library, reed, civil service jobs.

I can't see a record of the job on any of them!

I also apply for organisations directly but they've all been well known names so I'd remember. I don't remember this company.

They seem like an interesting company. I just don't know anything about the job.

Not registered with any recruitment agency.

I got another email saying more details will follow. So I guess I won't know til nearer the time and even then it might just be interview details not job details.

Its not TRAC, which rings a bell for the NHS application, so unlikely to be the NHS one although same job title.

Maybe someone has recommended you?

But yeah, pay etc. Wouldnt be on the ad anyway so totally reasonable to ask for description/ more details

That happened to me. I researched as much as I could about the company, without knowing what the job actually was, bluffed my way through the interview and got the job. It was the start of a great career!

Search your internet history pages with the company name?

I recently had someone email me before an interview saying they’re perfect for the role, could I remind them what it is could I send them the JD. They made it into the top 10 of recruitment laughs but, unsurprisingly, it did not leave a good impression and they did not get the job!

Right so I have the job description and it says creating and delivering courses.
I can do that, but it asks for accreditation knowledge and experience which I don't have experience of.
It asks for a 'qualified trainer'. I'm not qualified although I have delivered training in that particular subject in schools, FE and HE.
I'm not a teacher or a lecturer or a 'qualified trainer'.
It also doesn't say the salary or hours or contract duration! Bit of a weird one and I still don't remember applying.
Not sure its the right job for me now.

Sounds like an interview to attend on the basis of "they've got to convince me I want their job". Maybe make a note of the things you've done that have contributed to you knowing how to deliver good training in the past.

I wonder if this is a company wanting people for ad hoc working in the first instance?

Good luck dissecting it further ...

I wouldn't bother. If it was a job that had excited you - then you would have remembered. i'd pull out and save yourself the stress.

Is there a job reference you can Google?