Rescheduling interview at the last minute

Hi guys, I am getting calls from recruiters starting last week and most of them are asking whether they can schedule an interview the next day? I am currently in a super hectic different tech stack project. I need 2-3 days or a week to be ready na? How do I convince the recruiters to have it after a few days not the next day or day after?

There I said it. It sucks. The start is a joke - cause here's the plan - If you spend too much time on intros, and you wasting the so called "interview" time. And then you think I should save it for later, lets focus on the interview. so we move to the stinky middle - the interview part - a web of questions with the obvious non relevant ones in there - and for a fact you will still give a green light to folks by a measure of retention of knowledge, not by knowledge application - cause you give hints to solve the problem sparingly. Here's the fact about your measure of potential - Take away Google and ChatGPT from these managers, and more than half your team would crumble. Wouldn't they use it on everyday job? If yes, then why are you depriving them of it in the interview. You will ego battle them - Not answering most of their questions - cause you are not interviewing - you are an interviewer - and they are the interviewee.. or you will conveniently park the questions for later, until a hiring decision is formally made - so you save your time - I mean cmon! thats your game plan. And the closing: it’s usually a weak handshake or a sign off and a 'We’ll be in touch' OR 'HR will get back to you' CLASSIC. And yet.. you expect the job seekers to buy into their 'mission and vision' and become dedicated team member to "your" team. Seriously? CONVERSATION has a CON in it and you are doing it. + you cant hold it, even if your life depended on it. The only reason the job seeker turned up, and thanked you for your time after the interview - is cause they need a job and were polite. NOTHING ELSE. In a rare case - you really did a good job, and hence the "thank you" Podcast here - https://lnkd.in/gMe6v9hV

Recently, I underwent an interview process where the first round went smoothly, but things took an unexpected turn in the second round. The HR representative informed me that they hadn't even reviewed my CV yet, prompting a spontaneous "tell me about yourself" conversation. Despite feeling positive about the interview, I was ultimately rejected without receiving any clear explanation as to why. Reflecting on the experience, I can't help but wonder what might have gone wrong. It's possible that the HR representative had already made up their mind about a preferred candidate, turning my interview into a mere formality. Alternatively, it's conceivable that the interviewer was fatigued after a long day of conducting interviews, leading to a less thorough evaluation of my candidacy. Regardless of the reasons behind the outcome, it's disheartening to feel as though my efforts were disregarded. As candidates, we invest significant time and energy into preparing for interviews, hoping for the opportunity to contribute to an organization we admire. In situations like these, it's crucial for HR professionals to act responsibly and ethically, providing transparent communication throughout the process. While I had hoped to receive feedback or at least a notification regarding the outcome, days passed without any communication from the company. The realization that I had not secured the position was disappointing, leaving me to contemplate the lessons learned from this experience and the importance of resilience in the face of setbacks.

I am in the process of getting interviewed by Google. I had to reschedule it by a week due to some unforeseen circumstances. Will it leave a bad impression on the HRs if I go ahead and reschedule it again?

I had 1st round with hiring manager of a famous SAAS company. It was a 30 min call. He came 20 mins late. Was in hurry. Rejection mail came after a day.

most of us have come across at least one of the following bad interviewer type: 1. Not knowing why they are asking that specific question, which skill are you testing ? 2. Those who ask questions in a Google doc. It's the worst, the candidate ends up struggling to format whatever they write. 3. Have "YouTube" knowledge instead of in-depth understanding. Imagine the candidate asking you a question and hurting your ego. 4. Asking candidates to switch on camera, while keeping theirs off. 5. Staying silent, not being interactive, not giving any kind of hints. 6. Not putting any effort to understand the candidate's mindset or background, asking intro just for the sake of it. You might work with that person, put some effort in, ok ? 7. Having a fragile ego, not accepting a different school of thought. 8. Just copying the question from somewhere & not knowing how to solve the questions themselves, giving hints which ends up confusing the candidate instead of helping. 9. Expecting the exact answer, instead of focusing on the thought process. 10. Asking Hard DSA questions in a one hour interview. 11. No proper intro, no setting the interview base, eager to just jump to questions. 12. Those who think interviews can only be for one hour, not keeping extra time. Who decided the interview will only be one hour ? 13. Not knowing how to format the interview. Interviewing is a skill/art, please learn it, don't waste your or anyone's time. Imagine a skilled candidate not getting the job they want/deserve because you didn't know what you were doing. It's better to treat the candidate like your other colleague and you are just brainstorming a problem. Whenever I have come across a good interviewer, I have always ensured to tell them they are a good one.

Which company did you have the worst interview experience with?

In your experience, what are some tell tale signs during interviews about a company?

Had a weird job interview experience a few days ago, for a pretty senior-ish PM position. This was the first round interview with the team after a basic recruiter round. Hiring manager joins the call on his phone with camera off. Sure no problem. He was presumably on AirPods with terrible sound quality, and his internet connection was terrible too. I could hear 2 out of 5 words. I pointed it out immediately, thinking that he would change his internet connection or something. But it continued throughout the interview. I kept telling him that I can't hear him to either repeat himself or point out that its his internet connection. This ended up breaking the flow of the conversation. He turned on video during the interview, I even told him to switch off his video to improve the quality. Barely improved even then. Still told him that I can't hear him. He even changed his room to see if it helped. Didn’t. He should've been embarrassed by now? He didn’t suggest an alternative — to move to a phone call or reschedule later, wondering whether I should have. I've never faced this before, so didn’t know what was appropriate. Then towards the end, puts on his video again and I see that he is eating something. 💀 I don’t know if this is normal??? If he was so busy, he could've possibly rescheduled instead of wasting both our time. He chose the time. I know it's an employer's market, but how bad is it?

Then the interviewer again calls after few days and says before rolling out offer letter I want to discuss for 10 mins. And the discussion goes on for 1 hr. PS - it is a global MNC.