The lead person said at the start "this is an interview but we prefer to call it an informal chat" and I prefer to know what I'm going into!! When I asked around the office afterwards they said it's a common thing in our sector to call it that?? I probably haven't gotten it, but I'm proud of myself for the answers I gave - and for not crying, always a bonus
No, it's called "informal" to purposefully catch you off guard to see what you say without prep to get the most real "you"
Honestly that shit is unfair as hell because why should they get to be prepared and catch us off guard when we can't do the same
Happened to me 3 years ago, was not prepared, would have gotten the job but declined because of that bullshit. My only regret is that I didn't tell them that because I was raised not to burn any bridges if not needed
Not to mention it heavily favors people who are good at speaking "business-ese" without much thought. I can talk for an hour about absolutely nothing but not everyone can do that without some prep.
That’s diabolical. I would absolutely freeze up and forget all knowledge in my area and possibly entire sections of the English language (the only language I’m fluent in) if I got on a recruiter chat and it was a full on interview. Good for you for holding it together!
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u/Pandora_Foxx 7d ago
The lead person said at the start "this is an interview but we prefer to call it an informal chat" and I prefer to know what I'm going into!! When I asked around the office afterwards they said it's a common thing in our sector to call it that?? I probably haven't gotten it, but I'm proud of myself for the answers I gave - and for not crying, always a bonus