Recently to check my market value and interests, I applied for a position and at the end of the interview with a Senior Leader of a Top 10 company I had to reject the interviewer and decline the offer. This is why -
1. Respect for interviewee - When I went for an interview at an allotted time, I was made to wait for more than an 45mins without any intimation or empathy. Everyone understands if there is any other priority over the interview- But there is something called as 'Communication'.
Mr. Interviewer, I hope you are aware that everyone's time is equally important and needs to be respected.
2. Stop shooting questions - If you want to hire an appropriate talent, the successful mode of an interview is to discuss about and around an opportunity for both.
The discussion should be 'How I can add value to execute your vision'.
3. Even interviewee is judging the interviewer - Gone are the days where desperate jobseekers would do anything to get a job. Remember, it is equally important for you to get the right talent as the employee to get a right company.
Nobody is doing a favour on each other. It is a transaction between knowledge and profitability.
4. Live in the present. - Trust me, no one is interested in knowing what triumphant victories you kissed or how many failures I chewed a decade ago. Its time to talk about how we can excel in the present and shape a good future together.
5. Its not about the salary alone. - People are looking for what value you as a company add to their life. If you are boasting that you are an excellent pay master in the industry and expecting employees to slog for 10 to 14 hrs a day.
Remember - 'They have a life back home'.
And hence I rejected this interviewer to be my prospective boss.
