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interview with no experience

work program adviser sent me for a job interview,for which i have no experience,when i arrived for interview and the interviewers read my cv,they looked at each other puzzled,and asked me if i had any experience
in the kind of work ,i said no,they said well that was a waste of time for both of us,and sent me on my way,why send me in the first place ?

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  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,644 Forumite
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    simson3325 wrote: »
    work program adviser sent me for a job interview,for which i have no experience,when i arrived for interview and the interviewers read my cv,they looked at each other puzzled,and asked me if i had any experience
    in the kind of work ,i said no,they said well that was a waste of time for both of us,and sent me on my way,why send me in the first place ?

    Ask your WP advisor that question ?

    Did you point out to your advisor re the no experience when your advisor gave you details about the job ?
  • The company should bother having such recruiting staff, you don't have to! :)
  • MissSarah1972
    MissSarah1972 Posts: 1,648 Forumite
    simson3325 wrote: »
    work program adviser sent me for a job interview,for which i have no experience,when i arrived for interview and the interviewers read my cv,they looked at each other puzzled,and asked me if i had any experience
    in the kind of work ,i said no,they said well that was a waste of time for both of us,and sent me on my way,why send me in the first place ?
    Surely no one gets an interview without the employer reading the CV first?
  • Elvisia
    Elvisia Posts: 914 Forumite
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    I had an interview for a job the JCP made me apply for, I was amazed when they called me in for an interview. I timed it, and I was there for exactly 1.5 minutes. I did my 1 minute speech about myself, then they said "why are you here?" to which I replied "the JCP made me apply for the job and you asked me to interview" "but you're massively overqualified" "yes. Can I go now?" "yes please." Then I was completely unable to resist and pointed out there was a spelling mistake on their brand new banners they had just had printed to thank their sponsors "Lewis Vuitton".

    I have no idea why they rang me up for an interview, I sent them off my usual CV and it was the kind of work I did 20 years ago.
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