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Faced this weird behaviour from Optum recently. Gave interview for Data Scientist position. HR said feedback is positive. Asked for documents. It's been month now since I have shared the documents. I have no update on the offer. Today I called HR, she called me back saying the position is on hold due to recalibration in team, She has shared interview feedbacks to other teams and will get back to me in couple of days. I am clueless now. My last working day is approaching (In a month). Any Help??
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Ooh... yes. I got you. Don’t ask this question. At all. Instead, try to visit the agency around lunch time. Then have a walk around. Do you see everyone stressing out at their desks having a sad af desk lunch? Or do you see people enjoying each other’s company? Leaving the office in groups to go grab lunch together? Or stuck in meetings? Try to schedule a follow up interview/meeting around happy hour with a future team or team member. Are they able to attend, or do they get sucked into crazy deadlines?
Can you just simply ask, “what’s a typical day like for you?” Maybe leaving hours out of it will help?
“...and around 8:30 I figure out that no one arranged to feed the folks in graphics or the video suite...”
I like to ask, what’s the best thing about working here? What’s the worst thing about working here? If the hours really suck hopefully that will come up. If you’re hitting it off you could ask where the person lives and how’s the commute and can try to suss it out that way too. If you seem generally interested and empathetic you can learn a lot.
Thanks, this helps! They kept it very honest with me, about the back-to-back meetings and the would be direct report, added that she barely gets a lunch. However I think that question, took me out of their decision pool
Sorry to hear that OP. Keep your chin up, get the next one!
I wouldnt have asked what the hours were. This is advertising. We know the hours and they basically suck. Its an unwritten rule. It may have sounded like you were askkng when you would get out of there.
agree. It’s too specific to get into on interview 1. Had u been invited again & could chat with prospective colleagues, they might have shared POV.
This is a reasonable question to ask, however there is a high risk of it coming across as 'I'm not prepared to work late', especially if it is earlier in tbe process.
'what's the culture like here?' is one avenue you could try, but I wouldn't address it directly until much later.
I was recently contacted by a former colleague I respect and trust immensely to fill a Director role they had open, but when he wasn’t able to meet me for drinks because he was getting pulled into last minute deck rebuilding emergency 🚨 that kept him way late in the office... I realized that I was fortunate to see what they valued there. And it made my decision easier.
It set an odd tone. I don’t want to give the impression that I don’t know how to manage my time, but I do want to learn as much about the day-to-day/ expectations as much as possible, advice?
Or just wait until you have the offer? People say you are interviewing them as well, but I have found that acting like you want every job is the best way to get offers.
Similar story: I once asked at a private school tour what the tuition was, since it was not listed on the website. Lady wouldn’t answer, said she’d send it, never did. We didn’t end up applying since I was so miffed by her attitude.
I was more put off by her unprofessional attitude than personally offended. It’s a weird flex in that environment. I give tours at the school we ended up at and I would never be like that. You just never know who is who or what.