Candidatei-me online. O processo levou 2 semanas. Fui entrevistado pela Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES (Spencerport, NY) em mar. de 2016
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Worst interview of my professional career. While I was in the waiting room the secretary was calling all sorts of other people for the position that I was interviewing for. I thought that was very unprofessional.The two interviewers had no social skills. All they did was focus on their scripted generic interview questions that they most likely took from the Internet. The first question asked me was what job did I think I was applying for. They had no idea who I was or why I was there. They never even read my resume or looked at my cover letter. When I told them what the secretary told me about the job, they seemed surprised. They made very little eye contact and instead just kept glued to their papers. When I asked questions about the job and questions regarding pay, benefits and if mileage were covered as part of the deal they would not answer me directly. Any question that I asked was not addressed directly. From experience, if an interviewer is reluctant to answer basic questions than it is not a well run company. I kept getting calls from the secretary wanting more and more references which I gladly gave but after three days and seven references it became redundant.
Candidatei-me online. Fui entrevistado pela Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES em nov. de 2014
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The interview process was rather negative due to the fact that the two interviewers that I met with didn't seem to have an accurate idea of what I was interviewing for when I arrived there, neither did they seem to have an idea of what my credentials were, and I noticed this from the (scripted) questions they asked that were easily answered from spending a couple of seconds on my resume and/or cover letter. I initially applied for a "Student Behavioral Assistant" position only to find out by the time of interview that I'm applying for "anticipated openings" for not only Student Behavioral Assistant, but also for Teacher Aide and Substitute.
The actual interview was quite unnerving due to the fact that the interviewers had their eyes "bolted" to the sheet of scripted questions from which they were asking me; there was very little eye contact from their end primarily because they were focused (intensively) on writing my responses down. Now, I can understand they are probably required to write the answers that applicants provide, but when this consists of the entirety of the interview, and you're the interviewers spending most of that time with your eyes directed to sheets of paper, then that's concerning and it tells a lot about interviewing skills.
My suggestion for improving this is to have the interviewers "more socially connected," and especially more "aware" of the applicants they are speaking with prior to and during the interview process, especially when it comes to their resumes and cover letters. Deviate from the script; try to make it more conversation while keep it formal; have the "interviewers" actually look at an applicant's resume and/or cover letter before setting up an interview, that way, neither of us would waste our time. Overall, it was one of the most disappointing interviews that I've attended so far in my life, and it's truly a shame considering I would have enjoyed working with this organization and providing the help that students attending their programs require.