7 Job Interview Red Flags

7 Job Interview Red Flags - Don’t work at that company! // When on the job search it’s important to evaluate the company in an interview and assess company culture in an interview. Red flags are subtle at times, but could be the sign that saves you from accepting an offer at a company that will make you miserable.

In this video, you will learn the behind the scenes of 7 red flags that you need to look out for in the interview process. If a company exhibits several of these, watch out, you may not want to accept a job there. Stay until the end to know the different ways to evaluate company culture during a job interview.

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[hannamariewilson]

Bait and switch. My favorite moment ever was walking out of an interview, when I prepared extensively for the position I applied for, and they tried to interview me for a position lower than that to "work my way up" and I picked up my padfolio, collected my cardstock resume prints, and left.

[novaeditor]

If your interviewer is rude. If they don't smile, don't try to sell you on the job/company, and just don't seem like they want to be in that interview, that's a red flag.

[christinamorales]

I accepted a job where it was almost to good to be true. My second day my boss showed her true toxic qualities. She yelled at me the second day in a meeting. I left and did not look back.

[carathebaker]

I had an interview with the WORST person EVER! He said, "Wow, you look pretty good for your age! How old are you?" I told him that his first statement was not appropriate, and that the second was illegal, then I got up to leave. He said under his breath, "PMS'ng b!#ch!" at which I reported him to the HR recruiter. She apologized and said they had a problem for years with this guy (who had been promoted into higher management recently) and that they would reschedule me with another manager later in the week.

YEARS?? They had a problem for YEARS with this manager and nothing was done about it except to promote him to higher management!!!

Yeah, I did a very quick pass.

[LalaLarrieux]

I had a panel interview that consisted of 3 people. From the start, there were issues. They all took turns asking me questions and two members of the panel were absolutely great, but the 3rd person whenever I would give answers no matter how lengthy, would constantly ask me to give even more information, it was odd. The 3rd person had a sour look most of the time while the other 2 were pleasant. After 30 minutes into what was supposed to be an hour long interview, I could definitely see the job wasn't for me. I stopped the interview and thanked everyone for their time, and declined. The 3rd person was shocked, but the other two had an all-knowing look on their faces. In the past, I would suffer through these types of interviews and later decline the job offer. Now, I refuse to suffer through when I can see that a particular job isn't a fit for me.

[HeatherMajors]

Madeline was spot on when she said that a lot of interviewers are not trained to interview correctly. I sat on some pannel interviews this year and cringed at some of the stuff my coworkers said. When it was my time to lead a panel, I watched a ton of this channel to learn what I should say and ask. So helpful.

[jackcarraway]

If an interviewer is being straight up rude to you, just get up and leave. Not only is it obvious you're not getting the job (like it's even worth it), the interviewer is no longer entitled to your respect.

[designlady]

Half-way through an interview, one of the interviewers said she wanted to move me forward to talk to the hiring manager and 3 other future team members. She then scheduled a second interview only two days later (!). I thought that was a good sign. What I didn't know was that they wanted me for a more senior role, but failed to tell me. They couldn't answer any of the questions I'd prepared. Because the new role hadn't been defined, there were uncomfortable lulls of silence, "We'll have to figure that out...", requests for skills I didn't have, banter between them on who I might report to. I had no Idea what job I was interviewing for any more, and neither did they! It was very awkward. Nothing came of it either.

[jpendowski]

This is an eye opening list, the subtle signs of a bad offer, poor company, toxic workplace or worse are well explained. Thanks Madeline. ✋🏻

[simonhimself]

I just had an interview where every answer was corporate jargon. Terms you’d find in a business management 101 course. The interview was also 5 minutes late to a teams interview. Meanwhile if I did that, they’d disqualify me immediately.

[Anna-oudh]

Check, check, check, ... I recently resigned my job after only a year, from a company that demonstrated practically all the red flags highlighted here during my initial interviews. I was job searching vs job shopping and was initially so chuffed when the company effectively 'head hunted' me and rushed to offer me more than what I was asking for. This time I'll be job shopping as much as practically possible, time and budget allowing... As always love what you do Madeline and thank you for sharing.

[Naulafey]

Here was one I had: How would you resolve conflict with a co-worker? And if that doesn't work? And if that doesn't work? .... There was an extremely difficult lady working for them. We worked it out eventually but it took a long time. On a side note too many companies hang onto difficult people, despite how miserable they work the work environment, because they have some kind of business process knowledge.

[darciexroy]

I had an interviewer once ask me, point-blank, if I was married and planning on having kids. I was so stunned that I just stammered, "Are you allowed to ask me that?" His response: "I can ask you whatever I want." 🚩🚩🚩

[Chowan]

great points. It's really weird when you hardly get to talk during a job interview. I don't know if I am a fan of that informal style of not. You leave the interview unsure and thinking you deeply prepared for this interview but you didn't get a chance to say anything.

[GeneralGorillaSonicOC]

I was asked illegal questions that were really invasive. My marital status, if I have siblings, if I have step siblings/half siblings, if my parents are together, what gender of person would I be intimate with, if I'm about to be a father, if I plan to be a father, if I own or rent the property I live in, what medical conditions I have and if I had any traditions that prevent work on nights, weekends and holidays. I should also mention that there are other ways besides Glassdoor and Indeed reviews to tell when there's excessive turnover. If the job is repeatedly posted over and over again, when the building has their "Now hiring" sign over and over again, when they say they're always hiring, when they hire on the spot and when their response rate is unusually fast.

[rathnamadhuri]

Thank you Madeleine. I watched lot of your videos and they immensely helped me do better in my today’s interview. I became confident after my preparation. If I get this job I should thank Jesus and you. Will update next week. I followed your tips of preparing and recording myself. Recording made a ton of difference in the way I presented. Thanks Mam

[angelitaquain]

When you apply for a certain position and later find out you're interviewing to a totally different position that you didn't apply to. Then the recruiter states it's really the same position, when it clearly isn't, because it's a more specialized position that you're trained for.

[olgas.]

During the interview, I asked the manager what skills are important to do well in this job. He said he wouldn't tell me because then he'll "reveal all the cards" to me.  He also asked how I would handle it if the manager put pressure on me or if he say something unfair, and how I would deal with a situation where half the team is not working. Even though I got the job offer, I decided to go with another company.

[ZBM-jjxr]

Completely agree on gotcha questions. I once had an internal interview with the company owner and some manager I normally don't have to deal with. They asked me some gotcha question about a situation in which something was not as it seemed. I answered the question according to the information that was presented and then they revealed it was a gotcha question because there were other things at play. So what, I'm supposed to read your mind about all this other information you didn't tell me about? I didn't get the job because of this, but I was thankful I didn't. The role disappeared within months, the manager got his ass fired and the owner was forced to take a backseat for mismanaging the company.