I had my first job interview for about 15 years last week. It was for a local authority and I had to fill in a very detailed form setting out why I wanted he job and how I could satisfy the various criteria for the job as per the application pack - no probs so far. So I go to the interview to be faced with a 7 strong panel and then grilled about what I thought about the way the local authority was run - not one question about my ability to do the job in question and not one question about ME - I came away thinking short changed in that they did not I think see what I was like and didn't seem to address the issue of whether I was fit to do the job or not. Is this how interviews are nowadays?? Do they just take what you write on the application form as gospel with no need to probe or question it? I feel a bit stupid for expecting the interview to talk about the job and my ability to do it and frustrated as I think I coudl do the job very well!