The following is a post from one of our guest bloggers:
When you see the headline “Job Interview Tip: Google your Potential Boss”, you must be wondering what eBossWatch is referring to? Well, let me tell you about a personal experience from last year.
Given the current economic condition, we are in what is referred to as an employer’s market. I was invited into an interview in a major city and I when I saw the agenda, I could not believe the schedule. It was an all-day interview, which lead me to believe they were just using that time to find things wrong with candidates and to be overly critical. Nonetheless, I went to the interview and was appalled to discover that another candidate for the same role had been invited there for the same time – a big red flag and inappropriate.
I went through the all-day job interview without being offered lunch and was dying to get home. The potential boss seemed amiable, but I believe he went overboard for this easy position. His name was very distinctive and he told me where he used to live. When I returned home from the job interview, I Googled this boss and this is the headline that I found of an article about him from a major newspaper: “Candidate charged with indecent exposure in ’97”
Anyway, I never heard back from that company, and it was probably a blessing in disguise.
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