[Closed] Job interview analysing

Did you swallow?

I've given up analysing job interview, apart from when I get the job and can actually ask for an honest opinion from the person that employed me.

30 years of experience...

If you felt it went well then it's more about how well every one else did.

Thanks jam bo!

I did wonder about that b r! Do they give you their opinions afterwards or do they just say "well you have the job?"

If you are in any doubt then there are probably bits that didn't go perfectly at least.

I wouldnt focus on it now. Ask for construxtive criticism if you don't progress.

cynical - of course I did, I'm a classy dude

[i]I did wonder about that b r! Do they give you their opinions afterwards or do they just say "well you have the job?" [/i]

Afterwards as in, once you've built up a relationship with your Manager/Director - so probably +6 months in.

If they like you they will hire you. Simple.

Qualification etc are just for bureaucratic purposes only so long as you have covered the basics they want.

Stop analyzing the outcome as you will be stressed. We always think we are the best but then we forget that it's their opinions that count.

Applying for a job is a probability game. The more you apply the better the chances of getting a job because sooner or later you will meet a person like you. i.e. you can get on well with yourself. I would hire myself anytime. 😆

Unless there's some sort of bonus prize for succesfully second-guessing the decision, I wouldn't bother.

I recently went for a job interview. 100% convinced I would get offered the position.
Email next day informing me I was 100% wrong ..

As somebody has previously said. Its not your opinion that decides if you get it or not.

Best of luck getting the outcome you want.

Normally I would ask at the end of the interview if they had any more questions for me or would like to go into more detail. If I'm feeling that the interview is potentially a bit touch and go I would ask if they had any concerns that would prevent me from being awarded the role and therefore get another chance to try to turn things around....

Anyways, it's done now so have a beer and relax, not worth over analysing but is worth looking back to see if you got caught out by any questions and having a think about how you might answer those questions if you were asked in another interview.

Usually I sit in the car straight after an interview and write down notes about what went well and what didn't spend half an hour on it and then park it.

I had a interview last week; nice relaxed chat with the technical manager then the HR woman came in with the engineering director. She gave me a grilling like I no other, picking up and labouring on points on my CV- until the technical manager piped up and said 'I think we've covered that.' Then the engineering director asked some basic questions and in his words I got interview blindness and had a complete mental blank.

Not feeling too good about how it went, I was very surprised to get offered the job on Friday! I believe first impressions and how well you get along with those you'll be working with go a very long way.

Good luck!

Cheers,
Jamie

As long as you came out of the interview room feeling like you'd given a good account of yourself, that's all that matters. Everything else is outside your control. No easy way of telling I don't think, but you'll know soon enough.

Just done a round of interviews as the chair, DT78 gives best advice. Like a few others have said you have no way of really knowing how well you did without sitting in on the rest of the interviews.

If you got an interview your qualified on paper but joviality doesn't count for much, could just be trying to calm your nerves or personal style. It's whether you presented the most convincing evidence for the interview criteria. The most weighted being experience.

It's counter intuitive but I'd say you generally find yourself asking more probing questions to those that aren't doing so well. But even that is relative - and probably doesn't apply to the HR person.

I've given up trying to read them. I've been offered positions when I thought I'd done terribly and heard no more when I thought it had gone really well.

Actually, that goes for first dates too 🙂

If you don't get the job, make sure you ask for feedback on both your CV and your performance during the interview. Make sure they give a reasonable critique of your answers and your body language, etc. Most interviewers, myself included, take notes and you'd be within your rights to ask about what's been written.

Adjust whatever needs to be adjusted and press on...

I've given up trying to read them. I've been offered positions when I thought I'd done terribly and heard no more when I thought it had gone really well.

+1 to this went had 5 interviews last month got offered the job. one of them i thought when terrible and got offered the job. Some of them just give you a real grilling on questions they don't expect you to know. To see how you will cope, I found most of the time its better to say I don't know but I would try to find out by doing X.