Quote: (07-08-2015 03:43 PM)Bad Hussar Wrote:
Clearly finance is getting soft. I've got friends who's interviews at Investment Banks (admittedly some time ago) where a non-stop stream of abuse and f this, f that. Their approach was that "If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen".
I’m in corporate finance, which tends to be more easy going than investment banking.
Quote: (07-08-2015 03:43 PM)Bad Hussar Wrote:
Obviously I don't know you, but it is possible that they were "wrong" or massively overreacting. I once had a similar accusation leveled against me while in the job. Basically, accused of being "too aggressive". By female co-workers. The merriment that caused when telling the story to long time friends. I still tell the story, and people are incredulous since, to be honest, I'm more likely to be sent on assertiveness training than be accused of being too aggressive. But the accusation was leveled, and I was only too happy with it, since as far as I was concerned I could have done with being more aggressive. Didn't change my behavior one iota and, no, was not fired.
I’ve had female managers lie to my face before. In my old job I handed a report to my boss. I basically handed it to her and said “Here’s your report”. In our weekly 1-1 I asked her if she had any issues with my demeanour and if I had committed any cultural faux pas with her - she said no. A few days later I had a meeting with my old boss at the same company. He said that the female boss had complained about the way I handed the report to her.
I tend to find that a lot of people in corporate America are two faced snivelling pussies who don’t say shit to your face and will go behind your back, even people very high up the food chain.
A couple of months ago I was invited to an “informal” coffee with the company Controller - this guy probably makes about $4M year. When we walked in he said. ”Feel free to say what you like. I’d like to hear opinions of people on the ground. This is totally informal”. I told him that the Shared Services team in India wasn’t very good and that most people didn’t use them or consider them competent. I asked him why they are there. He explained the history of the team in India.
A few days later I got called into my Director’s office. She said that the Controller was concerned about my knowledge about the India team and my confidence in their abilities. He thought I didn’t know what they do (I do know what they do, I deal with them almost daily). Apparently he emailed my SVP right after the meeting mentioning me and then he forwarded the email to the Director. Thankfully the Director took my side, I said it must have been a misunderstanding.
A few weeks ago, my department had a big meeting and the SVP said that the India team will be merged with another department in India because they were not being used enough.
Who let the controller know the India team were underperforming? Me. Who got fucked over? Me.
Quote: (07-08-2015 04:01 PM)Merenguero Wrote:
WalterBlack:
I didn't see this in any of your posts, but is it a really common occurrence for you to get rejected like this after a job interview, or was this the first/only time? If it happens frequently, you may want to do some research on job interviews and maybe even get some coaching in order to prevent this from happening in the future.
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If this isn't a regular occurrence for you, the people interviewing you were most likely the problem and I wouldn't worry too much about it. There could be any number of reasons, maybe they were intimidated, jealous or maybe they have a son your age who is a drug addict and/or is on gay porn every day and they needed to take it out on you. It's just like how some girls reject guys even though they are doing everything right.
This is the first time anybody’s ever brought up my attitude in an interview. Normally if I get rejected it’s because I’m lacking in certain skills or experiences.
I interview very well normally and I have no nerves.
