Incorrect answer at interview

Sharlee

antrobus wrote: »

Yes, and to be honest, by the time you get to the interview stage, every one of the candidates could probably 'do the job'. So management will pick the one, they like the most/will best fit in with the team/ has the nicest smile/ has the biggest ....

That is most definitely the case

Thanks for all the replies, we will move on and put it down to experience.

Regards

tommytynan123

Sharlee says
''Ok I'm obviously no expert on employment but I thought the idea of interview was that the best person for the job is selected. So if the interview process is manipulated so they get the person they want for the job, this is not necessarily the same as selecting a person on the basis of their ability to do the job.''

Snag is ''prove it''

Savvy_Sue

Is it just me who is a bit confused?

Your friend was given feedback in which they say she gave one answer, but she says she gave a different (and correct) answer? see tommytynan's advice, quoted below ...

Sharlee wrote: »

But, yes, she has previously done the job, providing cover when someone else went off on long-term sick. And, ironically, the person who now has the job is the person that shared that cover.

She feels especially aggrieved as she was good enough to do the job to get them out of a hole when it suited but now is obviously not the preferred candidate.

So there was one job, for which (at least) two people were interviewed who had previously done this job.

And your friend is aggrieved because the other person got the job?

IF there's a preferred candidate, there's only going to be one. This time it wasn't your friend. If it had been, maybe her former colleague would be wondering why?

tommytynan123 wrote: »

Snag is ''prove it''

Sharlee

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Is it just me who is a bit confused?

Your friend was given feedback in which they say she gave one answer, but she says she gave a different (and correct) answer? see tommytynan's advice, quoted below ...

So there was one job, for which (at least) two people were interviewed who had previously done this job.

And your friend is aggrieved because the other person got the job?

IF there's a preferred candidate, there's only going to be one. This time it wasn't your friend. If it had been, maybe her former colleague would be wondering why?

I see what you're saying but there are also lots of other factors involved as well which I haven't written about.

But I just posted here to find out if there was any legal comeback on interviewers not knowing the correct answer to the questions they ask at interview. Several kind people here told me there is not

I am also friends (but not so close) with the winning candidate, and the unsuccessful candidate was on very good terms with her when they worked together. I am sure that we will all work it out and I am so grateful to getting sensible advice on this forum. Sometimes you are just too close to a situation to see it clearly!

Regards