OMG INTERVIEW! LOL! L8R!

Well.

That was totally pointless.

I went to my interview with the LOLCEO - he was very nice, very pleasant, very chatty. BUT. A terrible, terrible interviewer. Just... just awful.

He'd obviously read my CV and my project documents - but hadn't taken any notes on it or anything. Hadn't decided what he wanted to ask me about. CLEARLY hadn't actually thought about what he wanted this role to be (it's a new role), and how to ask questions that drew out the skills that he wanted the successful candidate to have - because he did not ask me ONE relevant question.

No, seriously. Here's some of the questions he asked me:

• What brought you down South?
• Is your partner a Kiwi, or is he Scottish too?
• What does your partner do? Really? What does that entail?
• Where's the rest of your family?
• Hey, you were an Events Organiser! (uh... SIX YEARS AGO) What was that like?
• So you used to work for Company P, eh? They've really changed direction recently, haven't they? (uh.... yes? And?)

Nothing really relevant to MY ACTUAL SKILLS. Nothing relevant to THE POSITION HE'S ADVERTISING. It was like he was obviously a good talker, and good with people - and he really thought that that was enough to be a good interviewer. It was SUCH hard work, trying to re-phrase his question in a way that I felt was meaningful for the skills I ASSUMED he was looking for, and then providing a good answer to that question. And it was AGONISING - loooooong moments of silence as he randomly flicked back through my CV and project details and pondered what to ask next. AGONY. At the end, he couldn't even answer the question I asked (about on averag what kind of sixe of company do they tend to work with most), and instead waffled something largely irrelevant about the history of the software.

Oh, and also, despite the advert stating that they provide Payroll, HR & Accounting software, he said that the Payroll & HR sides were minimal. And that I "may have picked that up from the advert". Uh, no, dude, because your advert stated "Payroll, HR & Accounting Software Solutions". I clearly marketed myself to you as a Payroll & HR Specialist. WHY ARE WE WASTING EACH OTHER'S TIME?!

He said he thought I might have a problem with the Sales side of things. He said he was going to be running the vacancy advert for a little while longer, because he hadn't had many replies - he's been advertising in various channels for about three weeks, apparently. He'll be in touch within about 10 days to at least let me know where he was with that. He didn't ask for any references, and he didn't discuss any salary details.

Yeah. I don't think I've got it, and I'm really not that disappointed by that thought. I just wish he'd put more thought into what he wanted from the position, written a better job description for the advert, and thought about what he needed to ask in the interview - it would have been a bit less like pulling teeth, at least!

Onto the next one - Company S on Thursday afternoon. Wish me luck while I tilt at more windmills!