Basically if interviewers want you, they will find a way…?

[Mochawhite]

Hello all,

Maybe a bit of a controversial question/topic.

Basically wherever I have worked, if there was any interviewees and a manager liked them, they were hired even if they weren’t the most skilled/experienced candidate etc.

As much as interviews are competency based and scored, ultimately the candidate that they want, will get offered the job, even if they didn’t interview as well as others.

Anyone else have any experience of this?

Yes this is absolutely the case.

In one job I lived onsite and we would meet interviewees the night before their interview if they were not locals. I could generally guess who would get the job based on looks and personality.

Well if you're a young attractive man then you're already at a massive advantage.

I have worked in environments like these.

But also environments where the interviews were overseen by a panel from HR and if you didn't pass competency, by their (HR) marks, it didn't matter how much someone liked you.

But I imagine that the more the overseer likes you, the higher they may score you.

In my latest job there was no competency. They interviewed me as I had general experience in the area. At the interview me and the interviewer agreed the job wasn't enough to challenge me.

The HR director came in had a chat with me and, recommended the MD to keep me. He was more concerned about how I would fit in with the Leadership team. So it was most definitely down to the fact taht they liked me.

I didn't really have much experience in the job I got. But I have been doing it about 3 years now and it's going great.

Yes, this absolutely happens ... and also employers are going to think about the best 'fit' with the existing team members .... regardless of how the interview questions are answered.

I once 'failed' a competency based interview question, the interviewer clearly wanted me to have the job (I was already temping there) so re-asked it in all sorts of ways, even saying something like 'I assume you meant to answer ABC instead of XYZ' . As it happened I was moving and couldn't accept the job anyway ...

No experience

But I think that liking someone you’re going to work with is actually pretty important, so I don’t see it as a huge problem necessarily if this happens. As long as it’s based on a view from several team members not just one person.

@Mochawhite

Hello all,

Maybe a bit of a controversial question/topic.

Basically wherever I have worked, if there was any interviewees and a manager liked them, they were hired even if they weren’t the most skilled/experienced candidate etc.

As much as interviews are competency based and scored, ultimately the candidate that they want, will get offered the job, even if they didn’t interview as well as others.

Anyone else have any experience of this?

My own current job! Absolutely ballsed up the interview and lacked experience in a key area, but I know the senior panel liked me and my current boss had put in a good word for me (internal move).

This is not the case in the nhs, we have experienced nurses working on wards who go for band 6/7 jobs that they are basically already doing, who don't get the jobs. It's all down to ridiculous interview points.

not in my experience, applying then getting a job but it cant be part time even if tle described as flexible meant i had to turn a few down :-(