Is this acceptable behaviour from an interviewer in a job interview?

Marcon

cm00 wrote: »

No I'm not. This happened quite some time ago and I let it go without complaint. It's only after seeing what happened when Trump said that three black women should 'go back and sort out their own countries" - with them being American born, making them in fact American, that I realised how out of order that guy was to guilt trip me about not putting Welsh as my nationality.



I felt like that I had done something wrong. But I wasn't in the wrong to state that I'm English.

Saying you're English is fine. What isn't fine is making a song and dance about nothing - this isn't remotely comparable to dear old Donald's remarks.

Just move on and accept that a better candidate got the job - possibly because they didn't show signs of blowing things up out of all proportion to the question.

ThemeOne

cm00 wrote: »

There is nothing histrionic about me using what Trump did as an example. It's because of the response Trump got that I realised I wasn't in the wrong to say that I am English.

You want evidence that something happened? Why do you argue for the sake of arguing? I've explained the scenario. I''ve told you how the interviewer made me feel. If you claim not to believe me and want to argue about that you are wasting your time. From your other responses on here, you seem to enjoy picking meaningless arguments.

This won't ever be reported to HR. It happened too long ago. There's no point. I made this post because I want to hear opinions on if this sort of thing is acceptable during an interview. Feel free to disbelieve me, it doesn't matter. The scenario I've asked about, if you believe me or not, is a perfectly valid situation to ask about.

Good for you for standing up for your story.

It would make for a much more harmonious atmosphere on these forums if people started from the assumption that OP's story is true. It's a radical idea for MSE Forums, I realise, but you never know it might just catch on.

Marvel1

Blatchford wrote: »

You really need to have a better hobby than stalking me across this board and having a go.?

Do you have evidence of this to back this up this allegation? I just looked at their post history and gone back to 01/11/19 and only 1 post of yours was quoted.

Blatchford

Marvel1 wrote: »

Do you have evidence of this to back this up this allegation? I just looked at their post history and gone back to 01/11/19 and only 1 post of yours was quoted.

Ask the forum team how many posts have been deleted by them.

Blatchford

cm00 wrote: »

There is nothing histrionic about me using what Trump did as an example. It's because of the response Trump got that I realised I wasn't in the wrong to say that I am English.


You want evidence that something happened? Why do you argue for the sake of arguing? I've explained the scenario. I''ve told you how the interviewer made me feel. If you claim not to believe me and want to argue about that you are wasting your time. From your other responses on here, you seem to enjoy picking meaningless arguments.


This won't ever be reported to HR. It happened too long ago. There's no point. I made this post because I want to hear opinions on if this sort of thing is acceptable during an interview. Feel free to disbelieve me, it doesn't matter. The scenario I've asked about, if you believe me or not, is a perfectly valid situation to ask about.

No I don't want evidence. I don't give a toss either way. But in reporting something like this you will require evidence. And evidence that it was not your own overreaction to a perfectly normal question that you totally misinterpreted. The fact that you took the question badly or felt uncomfortable doesn't prove that he was in the wrong. What you see as "argumentative" is only a fraction of what you would be subjected to if you reported it. There are two versions, at least, to every story, and if you can't bear to have your version questioned, then there's no place for reporting it.

[Deleted User]

Blatchford wrote: »

Ask the forum team how many posts have been deleted by them.

I only have one account or avatar(whichever you choose), and anything I've said in response to your posts - which I think has only been twice now, has not been deleted.

I have only commented (twice), because your posts have stuck out to me as being a bit passive aggressive and although sometimes helpful, appear to have a hostility to them.

hyubh

Blatchford wrote: »

No I don't want evidence. I don't give a toss either way.

I dare say, but only one of those statements is completely believable.

if you can't bear to have your version questioned, then there's no place for reporting it.

Indeed!

Mistral001

Most interviewers will understand that the interview is a two-way process. This means that the interviewer is being assessed as a future employer as well as the employer assessing the candidates as a future employee. This interviewer does not understand this concept it would appear.

There is not much you can do other than take the poor standard of interviewing into account when deciding on whether to take the job, if offered. If you think you will like the job in spite of this one manager and can develop a thick skin to deal with him if you ever meet him again, then perhaps a few silly comments in the grand scale of things is not big deal.

nick74

I had a similar experience many years ago, and was quite annoyed at the time when I didn't get the job. However, with the passage of time I've come round to the viewpoint of 'Thank god I didn't end up working for that awful company with that lunatic in HR'.

lincroft1710

Magicshark wrote: »

I think your nationality is not his business at all. It shouldn't affect your job. I think, it can be considered as discrimination.

Although this may be correct in the specific case of the OP who is a UK citizen, nationality is the employer's business in that they must make sure that anyone they hire has the right to work in the UK. This is not discrimination.