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Today's Interview... Zero Professionalism
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wow, who'd want to work for a grade A moron like that. better off without it mate.
Definetly write a letter/email to someone above him, I'm guessing you had an interest in working for the company (by the very fact you were at the interveiw) yet in the space of 10mins he managed to completly put you off working there, I'm sure his superiors will have somthing to say about that. 
Also what a tool!
Also what a tool!
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Should have torn open your shirt and initiated a Royal Rumble..
From what you've said about the company and the guy's attitude, it sounds like it might be a branch of a large company called the Cobra Group or DSMax that deals with door-to-door sales, and operates with a pyramid structure - not a proper marketing company at all.
I went for an interview at a local branch in my hometown; it was called Ipswich Marketing Services or something along those lines. The guy was about 25, very confident, and bizarrely didn't seem to care that I had no work experience at the time.
I got suspicious and Googled the name when I got home....hundreds of results going on about how dodgy they are...
http://www.google.co.uk/search?clie...a+group+scam&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
In fact, I googled London Marketing Services and got quite a lot of dirt on them too, which further reinforces my suspicions about them. Lots of stuff in this thread about them:
http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=26733
Some info about how they work:
http://ukdirectmarketing.webs.com/
Obviously I can't be sure they're the same people you went to see, but the complete lack of professionalism would make sense.
EDIT: More info
http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/02072519028
I went for an interview at a local branch in my hometown; it was called Ipswich Marketing Services or something along those lines. The guy was about 25, very confident, and bizarrely didn't seem to care that I had no work experience at the time.
I got suspicious and Googled the name when I got home....hundreds of results going on about how dodgy they are...
http://www.google.co.uk/search?clie...a+group+scam&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
In fact, I googled London Marketing Services and got quite a lot of dirt on them too, which further reinforces my suspicions about them. Lots of stuff in this thread about them:
http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=26733
Some info about how they work:
http://ukdirectmarketing.webs.com/
Obviously I can't be sure they're the same people you went to see, but the complete lack of professionalism would make sense.
EDIT: More info
I went today for an interview with London Marketing Service ltd (http://londonmarketingservices.com/) near London brindge and i can confirm that it is a real scam! and those are my review: As soon i walked into the reception there were another 20 persons like, if not more, me filling applications forms!! They have been doing that for long time, such as for more than 3 weeks (they must have so many positions available)) Some of them were waiting for more than 1 hour! Loud music as well as Marize said above. I left before to start the interview telling them to stop being ridiculous with real people looking for real job!! Fake heading in so many websites that only with trial days (which they make you do for free) they are making lots of moneys!!!
http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/02072519028
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Was the company in question EA Worldwide who work for Carphone Warehouse among some other bodies?
I have a similar interview some weeks back but it was quite the opposite (the rooms were small, the reception was small but the interviewer was hot and from abroad and it sounded like the receptionist was also from abroad (and also hot).
So yeah I enjoyed it and got offered to join them after 2nd interview for a full day experience program with one of their marketing execs but I turned the offer down as it wanted too much antiscial hours time being put into the role (11am to 7pm for example).
I have a similar interview some weeks back but it was quite the opposite (the rooms were small, the reception was small but the interviewer was hot and from abroad and it sounded like the receptionist was also from abroad (and also hot).
So yeah I enjoyed it and got offered to join them after 2nd interview for a full day experience program with one of their marketing execs but I turned the offer down as it wanted too much antiscial hours time being put into the role (11am to 7pm for example).
Sounds like it's the same thing that I went for an interview for. Maybe the same thing the OP went for.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=e...s=e5u&q="ea+worldwide"+scam&btnG=Search&meta=
http://tomcat4.prospects.ac.uk:8080/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2799
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/451/RipOff0451541.htm
The second day, they take you out for 'experience' which in actually is just a day doing door-to-door sales.
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Urgh... in my younger days I got fooled that one of these companies were a marketing company aswell.
I had to go to somewhere north brighton with this really dodgy old guy, chain smoker and was probably about 50 something... felt like I was getting in the car of a paedo, was *****ing myself the whole way. Basically, we tried to sell golf memberships to people... total scam. Think we did about 5.
Yuk makes me shiver bringing back memories.
As for interviews, my most recent was with a bloke, who after 10mins I couldn't help thinking 'this gut is a ****' he was arrogant and clearly had not read my cv, slagged off his current team and answered his phone twice during the interview.
The rec con called me the next day to ask how it went and I told him I really didn't know :/
The next day I was called back to second interview, apart from being stunned, I didn't know if I cba to do a presentation and go back there - would I want to work with such a ****?
I thought the interview went well, but I didn't get the job. Not that I really cared that much! I actually feel sorry for the person who did.
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I had to go to somewhere north brighton with this really dodgy old guy, chain smoker and was probably about 50 something... felt like I was getting in the car of a paedo, was *****ing myself the whole way. Basically, we tried to sell golf memberships to people... total scam. Think we did about 5.
Yuk makes me shiver bringing back memories.
As for interviews, my most recent was with a bloke, who after 10mins I couldn't help thinking 'this gut is a ****' he was arrogant and clearly had not read my cv, slagged off his current team and answered his phone twice during the interview.
The rec con called me the next day to ask how it went and I told him I really didn't know :/
The next day I was called back to second interview, apart from being stunned, I didn't know if I cba to do a presentation and go back there - would I want to work with such a ****?
I thought the interview went well, but I didn't get the job. Not that I really cared that much! I actually feel sorry for the person who did.
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i did exactly the same thing as this in edinburgh, i told the guy i didnt want the job half way through the day, and they still offered me it at the end of the day haha.
I'd be tempted to flag it up to HR - if the guy was just on an ego trip then they should be notified.
In some instances (dubious sales type positions you'll get the hiring managers deliberately being ****s in order to put you under pressure see how you react) - a very dubious stock brokerage firm I worked at very briefly worked like this - first interview was very similar to the one described in the OP - hiring manager bragging lots & and then giving lots of criticism 'there must have been some mistake, looking at your CV you don't look very suitable actually' - basically they did the same thing to every candidate and you got through to the next round by handling any objections and staying +ve. Second round was a phone interview where you had to phone up and pitch them as though they were a potential client - format was that the hiring manager would just say something like 'too wodden/bland' and hang up - expectation was that a keen candidate would call back etc...
Then again the place where that happened turned out to be a very dodgy company, either way flag it up to HR - if he's behaved like this to more than one candidate and it wasn't intentional then maybe something will get done about it - recruitment is expensive enough without some immature newly promoted 24 yr old messing it up further by having a big ego trip.
In some instances (dubious sales type positions you'll get the hiring managers deliberately being ****s in order to put you under pressure see how you react) - a very dubious stock brokerage firm I worked at very briefly worked like this - first interview was very similar to the one described in the OP - hiring manager bragging lots & and then giving lots of criticism 'there must have been some mistake, looking at your CV you don't look very suitable actually' - basically they did the same thing to every candidate and you got through to the next round by handling any objections and staying +ve. Second round was a phone interview where you had to phone up and pitch them as though they were a potential client - format was that the hiring manager would just say something like 'too wodden/bland' and hang up - expectation was that a keen candidate would call back etc...
Then again the place where that happened turned out to be a very dodgy company, either way flag it up to HR - if he's behaved like this to more than one candidate and it wasn't intentional then maybe something will get done about it - recruitment is expensive enough without some immature newly promoted 24 yr old messing it up further by having a big ego trip.