Trying to find employment rant

BillJones

midimanuser wrote: »

Then it becomes even more annoying when you have to go through all of this and get asked questions like “why do you want this job”, “why did you leave you past job”, “why did you stay in your last job for so long?”

I understand that you are feeling frustrated, but these really aren't unreasonable or strange questions. What do you not like about them?

BillJones

mattcanary wrote: »

And wht the hell does "fitting in to the team" really mean, other than does the interviewer like the candidate?

It means coming across as flexible, willing, and open. Coming across as the sort of person who will be willing to pitch in, who'll appreciate the eforts of those around him, and who won't spend their time slagging people off or complaining, among other things.

mattcanary

BillJones wrote: »

It means coming across as flexible, willing, and open. Coming across as the sort of person who will be willing to pitch in, who'll appreciate the eforts of those around him, and who won't spend their time slagging people off or complaining, among other things.

OK. That sounds reasonable enough. But why not say they are looking for a team player, if that is the case? Fitting in to the team is an unclear term to me- as I am sure it must be to plenty of other people.
"Fitting in to the team" suggests to me that it is whether you are likely to socialise with your new colleagues, or be young like they are, for example. I might be wrong, but that is the impression I get of this criteria - along with whether the manager likes the candidate or not.
Of course, that latter point is always going to happen. I shouldn't think there are many interviewers that will give a job to a candidate that they are annoyed by (for whatever trivial reason), or get a bad feeling about (even if they present themselves in the interview, meet all the criteria of the job, etc, etc). That is only human nature