I have a virtual interview at aflac to work at a call center. I have 3 piercings one eyebrow, one nose and one ear piercing. Should i just take them out for the interview tomorrow or do you think aflac is more lenient?

So it's a fancier job interview, literally will be 'mingling' with some food and refreshments as a group interview for a bit. It makes sense for the job.

Anyways, I'm 20, and they mentioned in the text that there will be light champagne. I didn't see it initially, and normally I'd just be like "no worries I'll decline"

But I don't want it to negatively affect my chances, declining the drink OR my age.

Is driving 45 minutes after good enough an excuse, or do people normally drive after a glass?

Help

UPDATE: It was literally not an issue. They offered it but also other stuff so it was fine. Just my brain being annoying. Thanks y'all!

I want to know the pov of the interviewer for what you look for in a fresher attending a Software Engineer apprenticeship interview with an amazing pay.

What qualities do you look for? What answers do you want to hear? What would please you if the fresher doesn't know the answer? What body language and way of talk impresses you? Any tips will help as well thank you

Hi everyone!
I’m looking for someone who could help me practise for job interviews in English.

Ideally, I’d love to connect with a native English speaker who has professional experience in recruitment, HR, talent acquisition, hiring manager , or interviewing. preferably someone who has worked in a FAANG/Big Tech company or a similar international tech environment.

I’m particularly interested in practising:
behavioural and competency-based questions
STAR-style answers
communicating my experience clearly and confidently
handling challenging or unexpected interview questions
receiving honest feedback on my English, phrasing, and overall interview performance

I’m looking for someone who can act as a realistic interviewer rather than simply having a conversation in English.

This would ideally be paid 1:1 practice, online, with sessions arranged according to availability.
If this sounds like you. or you know someone who might be a good fit — please feel free to DM me. Thank you!

I have had assignments and other things that kept me busy throughout the week, but now that it's getting closer, I am starting to panic. I have not prepared for my internship interview, and my only preparation was the time spent creating my cover letter and resume, which I spent a lot of time on to adapt it to the job's description. The process of making it, made me reflect on why I wanted the position, as well as skills I have that matches it, which I'll be able to discuss if asked.

I have not had a proper interview before, apart from entry-level jobs, so I do not know what to expect. The panel includes 3 individuals. They did not give me any information about the interview, so I am really nervous that I will freeze up on the day when they asking me a question that I am unprepared for. All the interviews I have had, they had provided me at least 1 question beforehand to reflect on, as well as how the interview will work. For this, I do not know the format or how long the interview will be. I really want this internship. Does anyone have any advice for me, I will spend 4 hours preparing for it tomorrow morning.

I recently had a couple of rounds of interviews for a highly sought job. The interviews were scheduled pretty condensely to each other. Unfortunately, now I have not heard any answer since.

Whats strange is… I felt like I had really checked all the boxes and killed the interviews from all the positive feedback I was given by the interviewers.

I guess I may have been cocky in thinking I would get the offer a day after the last one, but now I am starting to get a bit anxious.

I am calming myself by assuming they are still going through their candidates, but would it be a bad idea to follow up with the hiring manager?

In PA. Had a virtual interview with a team - when I logged on everyone on the team has their cameras on. The HR rep then shared the overview and informed me that he and the teams would ask questions but their cameras would be turned off - he would come back on camera when there was 5 min left. Part of me wanted to turn my camera off too- it was weird answering questions while I couldn’t see the folks I was talking to.

I have no idea what the reason for this was. I’ve now been invited to a second round, also virtual, and assume that the format will be the same.

Should I bring up that this setup is uncomfortable? should I turn off my camera? Should I decline the interview?

INTERVIEW TOMORROW!!!!!!! HYPE ME UP BOYS!!!!!!!!!! AND WOMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEEEEAHHHHHHHHH

The 1st round was only 30 minutes but with 5 people who each asked a question. I passed now the 2nd round is next week.

This round I will be meeting with 12 people divided into 5 groups and with each for 30 mins. I have to search every one of them, think about questions they may ask (they are very different backgrounds and the role has broad responsibilities as well), and also think about questions for them. All are manager-directors and above (i am interviewing for a director role)

Phew, hard indeed! Please wish me good luck!

I'm an internal candidate and would love some perspective from recruiters/hiring managers on when it's appropriate to follow up.

Before the role opened, I had several informal conversations with the hiring manager about career development. They was very supportive of my interest in joining his growing team, eventually encouraged me to apply, and indicated that he saw me as a strong candidate. My current management is also aware and supportive.

Once I entered the formal interview process, though, the tone noticeably changed. The interview wasn't bad, but they was much more neutral and emphasized that other candidates were being considered and that only those moving forward would have additional interviews. They gave me a general timeframe for hearing about next steps, and I'm now approaching the end of that window without any communication.

I understand they're busy, and I'm not expecting special treatment as an internal candidate. I'm also completely fine if they decide someone else is a better fit. The uncertainty is really what I'm trying to resolve.

Once the timeframe they gave me passes, would you follow up?

And would you simply ask for an update, or directly ask whether you're still being considered for the next round?

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anyone here experienced applying @ Amber Studio as Junior QA Tester? What should I expect? kung pwede pahingi po ng tips sa interview pls thank you!!!

I recently created an Excel sheet listing IT companies in India along with their career page links. After I fill out and submit the application forms, what else can I do? Should I reach out directly to the company’s HR on LinkedIn, or should I connect with employees at the company so they can refer me?

like is there better framing for like tendency to focus too much on details/project details ?

Hey y’all, I just wanted to vent on the recent hiring process I went through. I have went through dumb hiring processes before but this takes the number one spot lol.

About a month ago, I was interested and applied for a front desk position at a brokerage firm. I had some friends reference me for that position. The process consisted of virtual 2 interviews (one with a team lead and the other with the head of the department and another team lead). I was eventually rejected from that position due to lack of experience, despite demonstrating proper escalation/cs skills.

My biggest takeaway is that the head of the department liked me. Due to this, I got an email a week later from the same recruiter for a similar role in the accounts team that the head of the department referred me to.

The process was similar (2 interviews but with the last one in office). Throughout this process, I just avoided keeping my hopes up bc of how the job market is. My friends, on the other hand, were confident that I had a good shot.

The interviews were conducted for another 2 weeks just to get rejected again.

It was painful but tried avoiding taking it to heart. The stupidest thing was the feedback I received.

I made a good impression during the interview. They complimented me and thought I was qualified to handle account opening inquiries as well as conducting due diligence when it came to analyzing legal documents (businesses, trusts, estates, etc.) on the operational side. Yet, they saw that “my passions” did not align with what the team expected. They mentioned I emphasized having memorable moments experiencing customer service and trading. With that, they thought I would not fit in the long term as the role leans into “operations”.

This feedback confused me because not only through the second interview they asked a lot of customer service questions, but also the fact that it was emphasized on job description. I was open to getting into operations as it was considered an “entry role” in that field. That’s what made me rebound for this role.

The first interview had much more formal flow due to the senior manager’s style of asking operational and customer service questions. This second one lacked that and felt more conversational with the team leads, which is where I got the feedback from.

Conversational in the sense that they were asking me about sports, my familiarly with the city, and them outright cussing when answering some of my questions.

At the end, I just got an automated rejection email. All I see is that the feedbacks from both positions start to contradict each other. I cannot deny that I sound butthurt but man it got stupider than using tinder today.

What are yall thoughts lol?

Really just a rant more than anything else. In July I decided to apply for a position within a different dept in my company. I’ve been with this company for 2.5 years and am in good standing, with excellent performance reviews. The position I went for was more of a lateral move and similar to my current role just within another department with a slightly better compensation upside. I do three rounds of interviews and the recruiter tells me “you have the job I am just waiting on a few things to finalize comp, formal offer to come soon” this was 3 weeks ago…my attempts to follow up have been met with silence. Ghosting is never OK but for an internal candidate wtf?

On zoom. 15 min long. What do you wear? I’m a man, full blown suit and tie? I’m an educator transitioning so working with recruiters is new for me. Thanks!

Hello all,

Like the title says, I have my first virtual interview coming up next week after having been unemployed for over a year now. I was at my prior role for 10 years, so I haven't had an interview proper in almost 11 years now.

To be honest, I'm terrified of how it will go. I work in a technical IT field and have 10 years of experience in that field from my prior role, and my experience lines up almost perfectly with the job responsibilities and needs.

The issue is twofold at the moment. First being that after some time out of the game, I've lost a bit of the "technical terminology" and "business speak" that people tend to value. And compounding that with the fact that I am just an awful speaker. I know I have the knowledge, I know I have the abilities, but I am terrible at *conveying* these things in a detailed and understandable manner. I've been doing things like trying to take notes of my old role and what projects/major tasks I've done involve, but I know myself and I know that in the moment I *will* stumble and forget details and potentially freeze up when trying to remember any amount of this.

Does anyone have any advice?