Interviewing red flag?

[Anonymous]

I've been through several (4) rounds of interviews with this company and they have just issued an offer. One thing that really irked me though was that they could not be on time to any of the interviews. The most on-time they ever were was 12 minutes late. For one interview (supposed to last from 2-2:30pm, HR told me it shouldn't go more than 15 mins) I literally waited in my car for 20 minutes, and emailed them at 2:21 saying hey sorry we missed each other, I need to run to a meeting, can we reschedule? Their response: Sorry, I thought we had scheduled from 2-2:30? They sent this response AT 2:30. So, was I basically supposed to be at their disposal for that entire 30 minutes??? Sorry, when someone is 20 minutes late, I assume the meeting is off!!

Would this play into your decision of whether to accept the offer? Do you think it's indicative of who they are as a company?

[Anonymous]

Do they seem unprofessional? If not, their tardiness could just be indicative of how busy and short-staffed they are.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand. Were you late or were they late? If the interview was at 2, why were you in your car? Was it a phone interview?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand. Were you late or were they late? If the interview was at 2, why were you in your car? Was it a phone interview?

Yes - phone interview. They were late each time. They were also late for our in-person interviews; I waited in the lobby for the receptionist to arrive, and then another 20 minutes to meet with my interviewer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand. Were you late or were they late? If the interview was at 2, why were you in your car? Was it a phone interview?

I don't get why you were in the car either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand. Were you late or were they late? If the interview was at 2, why were you in your car? Was it a phone interview?

I don't get why you were in the car either.

I took my phone interview from my car. There is no private place in my building for me to hold a phone interview.

[AroundTheBlock]

You need to take into consideration a few points:

1. How much do you want this particular job. Are you willing to risk issues if you're unhappy here?

2. The HR department does not reflect the whole company. If they are disorganized it does not naturally mean the department you will be working with is.

3. How did the interview go with the manager who you would be working for? HR is secondary.

[Anonymous]

AroundTheBlock wrote:You need to take into consideration a few points:

1. How much do you want this particular job. Are you willing to risk issues if you're unhappy here?

2. The HR department does not reflect the whole company. If they are disorganized it does not naturally mean the department you will be working with is.

3. How did the interview go with the manager who you would be working for? HR is secondary.

OP here, actually HR has been super responsive and was always on time. The issues are all with my direct supervisor and coworkers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

AroundTheBlock wrote:You need to take into consideration a few points:

1. How much do you want this particular job. Are you willing to risk issues if you're unhappy here?

2. The HR department does not reflect the whole company. If they are disorganized it does not naturally mean the department you will be working with is.

3. How did the interview go with the manager who you would be working for? HR is secondary.

OP here, actually HR has been super responsive and was always on time. The issues are all with my direct supervisor and coworkers.

Could be a sign of why there's an opening. Possibly no one wants to work with this group/manager.

[AroundTheBlock]

Anonymous wrote:

AroundTheBlock wrote:You need to take into consideration a few points:

1. How much do you want this particular job. Are you willing to risk issues if you're unhappy here?

2. The HR department does not reflect the whole company. If they are disorganized it does not naturally mean the department you will be working with is.

3. How did the interview go with the manager who you would be working for? HR is secondary.

OP here, actually HR has been super responsive and was always on time. The issues are all with my direct supervisor and coworkers.

If it's the actual department that's not organized, I would be weary. Disorganized mangers mean disorganized team/department.

[Anonymous]

Don't ignore your intuition. Is there a way to get more facts? Ask to meet with your future coworkers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't ignore your intuition. Is there a way to get more facts? Ask to meet with your future coworkers?

Agree with this. Ask to meet individually with people on the team, ask open ended questions, eg, how does the team plan its work, and listen carefully to the answers.

[Anonymous]

it would bother me if they were more than 5-10 minutes late multiple times. Agree that it doesn't matter if HR is late, only the department you will work for.

[Anonymous]

Here:

"Thank you mrs hr lady. I especially excited about this opportunity, but before I render my final decision to would be wonderful to speak with some of the team members to get a better undertanding of culture. Do you think anyone might be willing to speak with me?"