I also had an initial phone screening interview today for a good job in the field of my graduate degree at a local hospital and for which I meet all the desired requirements.
The interview was with the recruiter. It started out with lots of background noise, like she was on a speaker phone and shuffling papers. (I've had worse interviews on speaker phones, HORRIBLE interviews with the interviewers on speaker phones. Please, interviewers, if you're using a speaker phone, be courteous and ask the interviewee if the connection is OK, cause it puts us in a weird situation by forcing us to say "I'm sorry, your speaker phone SUCKS).
But I digress...
The speaker phone today wasn't bad, but the trouble with recruiters is that they know very little about the job and no way reflect the culture and personality; in fact, the personality of the recruiter may very well be the complete opposite of that of the people you'll be working with.
But again, I digress.
More unsettling than the speak phone and perhaps an aspect of the recruiter: she spoke like a sparrow darting across a large field picking off insects to snack on. I wanted to say, "um, could you slow down a little bit?" but I wasn't given much opportunity to utter a sound.
I was like this job more than the other one I applied for. I prepared for the interview more, and answered questions before she asked them. But still, it was over within 15 minutes, though in the email she said it'd take 30. She didn't ask if I had any questions.
I have no idea what to make of it.
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