Interview advice

yell0w321

Hi,

Had a final interview yesterday, needless to say it did not go too well,

I was asked whether I had all first time passes for my exam, the answer was no, I said I had failed one, when in reality I had failed two having just received results for one I recently attempted a few days ago, now this was not intentional as my mind defaulted to an answer I gave pre-results.

Not sure if I should raise this or let it slide? should I receive and offer. or say something along the lines of 'I have just received my results which indicates..etc etc ' don't really want this to pop up during notice period etc.

Thanks for any advice

Thanks

jobbingmusician

Maybe wait until they offer you the job, then accept and clarify? Good luck (and I do totally understand why you made this mistake, so hopefully your employer will as well.)

yell0w321

Hey,

Thanks for the reply, I am likely to hear back very soon so just preparing myself! In essence, is it better to:

1) Own up completely and say I defaulted to a pre-result answer
2) Own up but semi-lie say I had just received my results
3) Don't say anything

Not ideal, I know.

Malthusian

If the interview "did not go too well" then surely it is probably a moot point... unless that was the only thing that didn't go well.

If it comes to it I would write an email along the following lines: "I am delighted to be offered the position, however there is one thing I have to correct to set my mind at rest; in the interview I said I had failed one of my exams. In fact I failed a second one only a few days ago. I had no intention to mislead, but I inadvertantly repeated the answer I'd given in my previous interview and the conversation moved on before I realised my mistake. I hope this is not too big a problem."

If they want to give you a job it seems very unlikely that requiring two retakes instead of one would be a dealbreaker.