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      Permissions Interview

      29 May 2012
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Ascend Learning in May 2012

      Interview

      So where to begin... Was there a position? Was it a position in a position? Did I imagine the whole thing? I interviewed for this position twice. The first time the woman wanted to know if I was weird and was more interested in my personality. That was fine. She described the department like it was made of interesting personalities. I thought I did well. But it didn't matter. She got fired. No one contacted me about this. I found out from someone who worked there that she was fired. So I see they posted about the position again. I call and say I want to reapply. HR says sure but they want to hire a manager first. Okay... I apply and a week later I get a call for an interview. It gets scheduled the same week. I was pleased with that. I go in and the HR woman meets me. She is quite nice. Questions are easy. No issue. Then the next person comes in. Apparently they did not hire a replacement because it is someone higher up. I thought she was nice as well. She gave me a lot of information. She asked the standard questions about my background. My only criticism is that her jewelry was very distracting. I am quite pleased with the interview so far. Then comes the first round of people from the department. They are the level you would be at. They didn't know what they were doing. I got the weird question again. I was prepared. But to be honest I didn't see the personalities described in the first interview. It felt more like I was interviewing to be their friend. When I handed them copies of my resume and letters of recommendation, they looked confused. I happen to think this is an awful way to interview someone. I found it uncomfortable to be judged on friendship at the same time by people who have worked there a year or less. I get they want the opinion of others in the department but I don't see how one can be judged within a half hour how they mesh with their personalities. The second round of people are from the department but higher positions. They were nice. Two made eye contact. The third did not and it felt a little cold. Questions were repeated from the previous group interview. But they seemed a bit more together than the others. They were also interested in my past experience. But none of them have been there longer than about a year All in all I would not say it was a bad interview. But it felt a little disorganized. And it was a waste of time, stress, and printer ink. I didn't like being judged on personality and being rushed at the same time. However, nothing they asked put me off. I spoke honestly and everyone seemed very nice. It had a nice atmosphere. But what happened! Well I get an email a week later that they decided to change things around in the department and there is no position. So I went through all that for no position. It is obvious that it is a company that does not have its act together. I don't know why they would not do this before interviewing people. But it does make me question the longevity of employment if they are constantly changing the department around and no one has been there that long. They also do not have a manager. So I didn't get the job because there was no job to have... So I feel one should take that into consideration when applying that this may be a boondoggle position with the company. I have decided not to apply to Jones and Bartlett in the future. It is too bad for them. I would have been a great asset to their company.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      What is weird about you?
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      How do you handle stress?
      Answer question

      Question 3

      What do you do when you are overwhelmed?
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