Impromptu Phone Interview Destroyed Me...

Alladin · February 11, 2013, 6:26pm

time to assemble the avengers and visit the inquisition upon his a.

Alladin · February 11, 2013, 6:44pm

dont name and shame before you are 100% sure of outcome lock!

MCalamari · February 12, 2013, 5:18am

lockheed, was this boutique somewhere in CT? I feel like all biggest egos seem to congregate over there and my bottom 3 interviews of all time originated when I called or visited boutiques from there.

lockheed10023 · February 12, 2013, 7:29am

^splendid.

I like to take the amtrak to new england which goes through Connecticut…when the holidays are calling… along the atlantic… small towns… covered in snow every now and then… and green enough in the spring… forlorn figures at each stop… some couples, some solitary… I… see houses… suburban… the boathouses… subtle lights along Interstate 95…

I wonder when I pass by the homes of new england… what are these people eating for dinner? what do they eat, what do they dream? It goes on… and on…

Silently sharing the same fears…

Alladin · February 12, 2013, 10:44am

somehow you remind me of the fitzgeralds crumbling jazz age …i dont know why

jmh530 · February 12, 2013, 2:56pm

Well, the Jerk Store called, and they’re running out of you

system · February 13, 2013, 8:57am

lockheed10023:

So I receive a phone call from this boutique that I applied to, and I thought it was simply to ‘schedule’ an interview. Instead, the guy without any opening formalities starts peppering me with finance questions, some I get right, others a little grey. He begins chastizing me for my slower responses. He then makes a statement about cash flow from operations and pauses, and I respond, “That’s correct”. To which he replies,“I know I’m right, I don’t need you to tell me I’m right”. And other such unpleasant retorts followed.

It was bizarre and unsettling. He asked me what I was doing before he called, and I said I was monitoring my trading positions, and he says,“We don’t care about pullbacks or whatever here, looks like you just have a trading mentality…”

Then he asks me about enterprise value, and I explain what it is. He says, ‘that’s right’. Then he says, ‘thanks, bye’. and hangs up before I can say ‘thanks’.

Ugh. I feel a mix of anger and desolation right now. Haven’t felt that ‘waging war’ sensation in me in a long time. I want to wage war.

I work with some asshats like this, you don’t want the job that bad.

TwoNineSeven · February 13, 2013, 12:18pm

Lockheed, after you are certain of the outcome/consequences. At least make sure you make him realize through an email to be more professional next time.