Interviewed a person who rejected me from a position two years ago today

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I interviewed my second grade teacher…so weird

I worked with a guy for a few years that was a step higher than me in the union. He was good at his job but kind of an asshole to anyone under him in level. I moved on and up about 3 levels above him after a few years. And then a few years after that, he was looking for a ...

I mean sometimes someone isn’t the right fit for a role, and if he had given you the job, you may not be in the role you’re in now. I get that it feels personal, but he made a decision based on the information he had. I wouldn’t hold that against him if he’s the right fit for ...

I've done this before, kept it professional and due to them actually passing the interview I also hired them. Worked with them for years without any issues and everything turned out great. They said they learned a ton from me and could only imagine what things would have bee...

My my my, how the turn tables

I hope you asked him: "As a people manager, what do you look for when you hire a new employee?"

I worked for and left a large national company with shitty dinosaur IT management. It was the kind of place where the old guard ruled and were all protected by their buddy the CIO whom they had come through mainframe hell with (their words). When I tried to introduce new idea...

How the turn tables....

you remember someone that you interviewed with over two years ago? i cant even remember who hired me at my current job lmao

Did they, though?

When I was in law school, I met some dude at a wedding, ad after the reception was over, a bunch of us went to the bars. I kissed him a bit, then got bored and went home. Just went to the bathroom and never came back. The next week we had on-campus interviews. He was the morn...

He probably knew you were overqualified for the position you interviewed for and didn’t want to see you unhappy. Give him a fair shot as he’s probably qualified.

did you hire them?

Congratulations! Bet that made his day, to see a prospective hire find a place they could thrive. I’m sure he’s very excited to learn.

how did he handle it? that's the real tell. people who are secure in themselves are fine in that situation. a bit awkward sure, but they interview like they normally would. the ones who made the rejection personal tend to either over-explain it ("you know, we had a really str...

Several years ago, my boss at the time told me he was interviewing someone from my old company and asked if I knew anything about him. Turns out it was the (apparently former) head of a department there. I myself was a pretty new employee, so I stammered a bit with my respon...

Back in 2018, a new manager at my company decided that I was not a good fit for the company that I had been with for four and a half years and fired me. Fast forward 4 years and he was the new hire at my new employer that did not work out after 6 months.

Unless someone was mean, rude, or like attacked my character in an interview I don’t take it personally. It’s hard to interview someone and learn enough to fully gage someone. Do you know how many people lie in job interviews and on their resume? Tons.

Interviewed a guy that my ex-girlfriend left me for. He did not get the job.

And?  This is a segue to a great story.  Did he recognize you? did you hire him?

The older I get, the smaller the world gets. I haven't had this happen to me, yet, but it is why, in spite of what Reddit likes to say, I always try to leave places on good terms unless I absolutely cannot do it. You never know who you'll run in to a few years down the line, o...

I had to tell a guy with an MBA that he had no applicable experience or education for the job. About 7 years before, he smirked while he told me I was too young to know how to work with computers, even though I had aced his company's own test. I took the high road, and he ...

Someone who used to bully me at work now has to look to me for her job to get done properly. She’s extra nice now lol 😂

So he got the job ?

I hope you asked him how many windows are there in NYC. It would have shown critical thinking. Common in the spot question asked in an interview. That would demonstrate that there were no hard feelings for the previous interview you went through Just in case the reference i...

So what did you do? Sweet revenge or nah

And?  What's the problem here?  You weren't the best candidate for the position he interviewed you for two years ago.   Sounds like you're excelling now.  You didn't take it personally you weren't the successful candidate did you?  Were you able to assess him fairly?...

Ok?? Him rejecting you got you to where you are now

I once interviewed a candidate that used to be a peer when I branched off to support a senior VP to start a new company in the same industry. It was super exciting and the local industry was buzzing with all this. She was a sneaky back stabber and used everyone to try to get a...

Wow that guy must have been sweating through that interview lol

Karma!!

I literally DREAM of this happening lol please tell me you rejected them

Always reminds me of being told ‘I’m going to be a nice line manager, you might end up recruiting me one day’!

Why did he reject you two years ago?

I regularly hire one of my old managers to work for me. He was a good teacher, but not ambitious.

Yeah, I become supervisor of a guy who declined to transfer me to his department. Didn’t think I had what it took. A few re-orgs later he was my report. Bwahahaha.

Interviewed my former boss once

If he was just doing his job, and there was a better-qualified candidate, I don't really see the issue here.

Oh man I interviewed a guy who I interviewed for a job like 5 years before. We went to lunch after and I turned down the job at the end of it mainly because of the total compensation and I wasn't feeling great about their company. 5 years later I'm on the other side of the t...

I hired one of my best friends Dad last year. He's about at retirement and just wanted something less stressful to finish his working career on. He's probably got 100x the net worth I do and is still one of my best and most respectful employees.

Strange one this, while i was in school my dad was a landlord and rented out rooms around the same town in Hampshire UK. Unbeknown to me or my dad, one of my teachers had made an enquiry on renting a room and was comming to meet him one day to view a room. When he arrived my d...

So you might not have the best candidate at the moment....

Karma?

This sounds like a dream come true for me. I'm low-key jealous of OP.

I'm now the direct manager of my close childhood friends mom... shit happens

“We’ll stay in touch!”

Did you grill him extra hard and then reject him?

Oh how the turntables have….. turned

That's why you don't burn bridges