Craziest

I interviewed with a company a few weeks ago and it was a surreal experience. I initially had a teams interview with the head of HR and the head of the department I was going to work for. All good, though I found head of department very quiet but intense. I noticed that she kept dipping down below her camera while the Head of HR was talking and it was obvious she was taking a swig from a bottle of something each time. Roll onto the main entree, the face to face interview. I turn up 15 minutes early and get shown into the company boardroom complete with imposing photos of board members past. I’m informed that the head of HR and the department head will be along shortly to conduct the interview so I get myself ready and wait. Forty-five minutes later I’m still waiting. I’ve tried to phone HR direct, no pickup then eventually my phone pings with an e-mail, ‘As you have not attended your interview the hiring process has been terminated’. I take a selfie in the boardroom, attach it to a reply stating that I had been waiting an hour and a half for them to come to the board room. Five minutes later a very flustered head of HR bursts into the room, ‘why didn’t you phone me? ‘I did but you didn’t pick up’, she looks at her missed calls then says ‘come with me’. We go on a little walk all round their building with her pointing out this and that, then end up back in the board room. She sits down, ‘finally’. I mention that the head of department isn’t here yet. ‘Oh, is she supposed to be here as well?’ ‘According to my interview invite, yes’ I reply. She makes a couple of calls, the head of department has forgotten and is currently on holiday abroad. Eventually she FaceTimes her, so we have this situation of a three way interview with the head of department FaceTiming from a beach in the Caribbean, bizarre. Anyways, long story short, it became painfully clear that this company that had a great website and online presence basically hadn’t got a fucking clue what they were doing, so I did the interview and left feeling slightly bemused by the whole situation.