Doing interviews in the open at library or cafeteria... not cool

[Ischiowhat]

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Seriously, what are interviewers thinking when they do this? 😱

An applicant in a suit holding a folder really sticks out in the library, they aren't ignored. It's pretty unfair to put them in this situation, not to mention everyone who has to overhear such an awkward, personal, high-stakes conversation.

If someone had done this to me when I was applying I would have complained to the school.

 

[sirenomelia]

whats the big deal? most job interviews that take you out to dinner to hang out and see what you're like. The point of the interview is not to spout correct/right answers to difficult/controversial questions; its to show that you are a good/ normal/likable person that can function socially and people will get a long with.

 

[sacrament]

Seriously, what are interviewers thinking when they do this? 😱

An applicant in a suit holding a folder really sticks out in the library, they aren't ignored. It's pretty unfair to put them in this situation, not to mention everyone who has to overhear such an awkward, personal, high-stakes conversation.

If someone had done this to me when I was applying I would have complained to the school.

I actually really preferred it when the interviewer would take me to the cafeteria or somewhere (one interviewer took me on a stroll outside the hospital). To me it seemed so much less awkward then sitting in a quiet office staring at each other from across a desk. I always felt like those were my best interviews.

 

[Kadava Reviva]

whats the big deal? most job interviews that take you out to dinner to hang out and see what you're like. The point of the interview is not to spout correct/right answers to difficult/controversial questions; its to show that you are a good/ normal/likable person that can function socially and people will get a long with.

It could work to you advantage if you lurk around and eavesdrop on the poor saps who go before you. Even better if you eavesdrop the previous year and research your possible answers.

 

[MilkmanAl]

I wouldn't mind being somewhere public - that's essentially what interview dinners are, after all - but UAMS anesthesia has all the applicants and their interviewers in the same open area but all in separate interviews. It's a bit weird.

 

[Abby_Normal]

One of my med school student interviews took place in a crowded cafeteria. I didn't mind being out in the open, but the noise/chaos level was an issue.