Interview Dilemma

jordan282 · 7 Sep 2012 at 00:09

My friend has asked me for his advice....

Anyway this is what he has sent me:

So I have an interview with Company A whom I worked with before I went travelling. It is a better role and is a permanent contract in location X, at 11am.

I also have an interview with Company B whom I have not worked before carrying out a similar role that I did with Company A before I went travelling in location Y, at 1.30pm

Now my dilemma is that Company A's interview will take an hour which allows me an hour and 30 minutes to get to company B's interview. Looking on google it will take hour and 40 minutes to travel in a perfect world.

Now I can try and change the time of either however if they say no and then I am late, I completely shoot myself in the foot.

Company A - worked for in the past, good track record, new role, better career prospects, no experience in exact role and pays over 20k.

Company B- head hunted for my experience, short term contract 4-6 months, more than likely to get job and pays over 20k

What would you guys do?

I said hope that Company A is over within 40 minutes and go for it.

[FnG]magnolia · 7 Sep 2012 at 00:10

1. Call one of the companies and arrange a different time.
2. The end.

Siliconslave · 7 Sep 2012 at 00:14

pick least preferred option (or the one you hadn't committed to) and tell them you have an appointment / meeting that overlaps. Ask if there's another time you can reschedule too.

TBH if they aren't accommodating to something so basic I wouldn't be too annoyed to miss out.

Not a good idea to risk it, will put your on edge for A and if your late for B it would put him at a big disadvantage.

jordan282 · 7 Sep 2012 at 00:14

jordan282 · 7 Sep 2012 at 00:15

[FnG]magnolia;22719604 said:
1. Call one of the companies and arrange a different time.
2. The end.

How forthcoming will they be though? Especially as he has said yes to the 11am one already. They are both huge companies

[FnG]magnolia · 7 Sep 2012 at 00:20

jordan282 said:
How forthcoming will they be though? Especially as he has said yes to the 11am one already. They are both huge companies

I don't know, what did they say? Haha, I'm just kidding - it's clear that even something so basic as making one telephone call is outwith his talents.

CALL THEM AND ASK TO REARRANGE AND THEN GO FROM THERE.

How can this even be a 'dilemma'? My word.

Ahleckz · 7 Sep 2012 at 00:21

Christ. I can't get an interview for a new job, yet retards like this manage to get two? What's going on in the World?!

Just phone one of the companies and ask to reschedule the appointment, it's not hard.

[FnG]magnolia · 7 Sep 2012 at 00:27

No, you don't understand. He's not sure how 'forthcoming' they'll be.

You couldn't make this stuff up.

Kamwah · 7 Sep 2012 at 00:34

I'd ring company B and ask if they can rearrange to just 30mins later to account for traffic as you have "Enter excuse here"

Ahleckz, stfu.

trickycurve · 7 Sep 2012 at 00:40

Just rearrange for a different day... Jesus. My sister had an interview the other day for 3pm, but she spent so long faffing about in the morning until the early afternoon that she had to phone them almost last minute. She managed to rearrange for next week. They're not going to bite your head off if you explain things to them politely.

Ahleckz · 7 Sep 2012 at 00:42

Kamwah said:
I'd ring company B and ask if they can rearrange to just 30mins later to account for traffic as you have "Enter excuse here"

Ahleckz, stfu.

So you told him exactly what I did, but you told me to shut the f up? Well you're a delight sunshine!

Kamwah · 7 Sep 2012 at 00:44

Ahleckz said:
So you told him exactly what I did, but you told me to shut the f up? Well you're a delight sunshine!

Thank you

Retards are no joking matter. This is the internet, serious business only plz.

dowie · 7 Sep 2012 at 00:47

jordan282 said:
Now my dilemma is that Company A's interview will take an hour which allows me an hour and 30 minutes to get to company B's interview. Looking on google it will take hour and 40 minutes to travel in a perfect world.

Now I can try and change the time of either however if they say no and then I am late, I completely shoot myself in the foot.

Just be up front with them - you've agreed to an earlier interview and so would like to push back the time by an hour in case there are travel issues etc..

Company B- head hunted for my experience, short term contract 4-6 months, more than likely to get job and pays over 20k

LOL@ 'head hunted'

dowie · 7 Sep 2012 at 00:51

jordan282 said:
How forthcoming will they be though? Especially as he has said yes to the 11am one already. They are both huge companies

Well they'll likely be especially forthcoming then... as the fact you've already agreed to another interview earlier in the day and can't physically make it over to their interview in time if that earlier one last for the full hour or overruns means they pretty much have to accept that you likely won't be getting to their interview at the time slot they've arranged.

What do you think they're going to do - take it as a negative that another company is also interested in hiring you? Get a grip and call them... you have already scheduled an interview that day, you won't make theirs in time.. you need a later time slot... this isn't rocket science.