So, did I get hosed?

[johnc]

In most careers you won't even have a half an hour to prepare and have to face issues head on. I'm pretty sure that was their whole intent from the start (I conduct job interviews myself). P.S. I wouldn't completely give up on the position altogether, keeping in touch may pay off in time.

[touchfaith]

Scenario questions are lame and tell you nothing about how someone will react to something when it actually happens.

I've done plenty of interviewing and I never use them. If I can't judge somebodys character good enough that I need to ask them stupid questions, I shouldn't be conducting the interview.

It was SIYP before the interview process ever began.

[BZ_Zorro]

I think you got screwed over, but not because of the scenario.

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She said that she had one more interview to conduct, as a favor to an employee

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That doesn't make you suspicious?

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I recieved a message from my recruiter saying that I did not get my job. The company felt that we were very close in all phases of the interview, and that the only thing separating us was his response in the scenario section.

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Sounds to me like they hired the other guy for reasons not related to performance. Possibilities: VP's son, daughter's bf, minority, long term employee who'd been blackmailing the boss, well hung stud who gave the director a piece, etc.

I say they picked the weaker part of your interview as an excuse to fault an otherwise good interview and not give you the job. You got screwed, but not in the way you think. I voted #2.

[-Skeme-]

You can't do anything about it, so who cares?

[M2d]

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You can't do anything about it, so who cares?

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just because I rarely excercise it, I always have the option of bitching on OOT

[Soul Daddy]

Unfortunately things are not always fair in the workplace. Learn from the experience and figure out how to tie your tie.

[jakethebake]

Make sure you follow up that you're still interested. Maybe they'll have another opening in the near future.

[James Boston]

It sounds suspicious, but I'd still say forget about them. Anytime I'm forced to do anything like the scenario excerise you described, or some sort of ridiculous role-playing, I become immediately suspect. I find those things to be the most useless and unproductive way of analyzing someone's qualifications. And yes, I've gotten hosed on it in the past.

[turnipmonster]

best thing you can do is send them a note back saying you liked the company and to keep you in mind if there's any other openings.

[-Skeme-]

Is that Mark Weir in your avatar?