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[quote=Anonymous]A few years ago I interviewed for a senior admin position with a large nonprofit. The first two interviews were pretty standard, but the third one had a round robin, all day interview process with four candidates in the building simultaneously, all going to different departments to answer questions. We weren't supposed to see each other or acknowledge that we were all even there at the same time, but of course we did and of course I knew two of the other candidates. And they put us all in the same waiting area in between interviews so we could just stare awkwardly. After that mess, I was told that one candidate would be sent to meet with the board chair and that would be their final pick and a formality, so I was elated when I got that meeting, until I got a call after my "final interview" that actually two of us had interviews with him and not one (and I ran into the other guy showing up for his interview as I was leaving, so the addition wasn't as a result of a poor interview from me), and could I come for  more series of interviews in the near future? At this point it had been months, and so I called to withdraw my name from consideration for the position, but the person hiring begged me to give it another day or two. And then, two days later, I got the call that I did not get the position. They ended up offering the position to a person from NY who ended up not working out (or never starting?) and then the person who was responsible for the hire was fired shortly afterwards.

In retrospect, I think I dodged a bullet on this one. [/quote]

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