'It was "bring your kid to work day"': Surprised job candidate reacts to being interviewed by an 11-year-old

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    'The manager introduced his 11-year-old daughter... and proceeded to tell my pal that his daughter would be conducting the interview'
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    Bring your kid to work day This is not my story but someone I used to work with a decade ago. I remember the story because it was so insane. I almost didn't believe it at first but some of my other reps used to work at the company and remembered hearing about it...and they
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    knew the sales manager who pulled this. The guy was interviewing as an inside sales rep for a company called fiberlink (they've since been purchased by IBM). He was prepared and had multiple phone interviews before being brought into interview with the sales
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    manager. It was 'bring your kid to work day' and people in the office had brought their kids in...including the guy interviewing my pal. My pal waited in a conference room for 30 minutes before the manager came in (late by 20 mins) with his daughter in tow. The manager introduced his 11
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    year old daughter, explained it was being your kid to work day...and proceeded to tell my pal that his daughter would be conducting the interview. At first he thought it was a joke, but to his shock the kid had a list of questions to ask.
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    She started off reading, "why do think my dad should hire you?" My friend was shocked. He looked at the manager and asked, "Is this serious?" The manager informed him that he was indeed serious, and that he was teaching his kid what his job was.
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    My friend told the guy flat out that he was there to speak to HIM not his daughter, and that he was a serious candidate who had taken time off from work to come in for this interview. The manager told him he obviously didn't want the gig that bad if he wasn't willing to interview for the
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    role. At this point my friend stood up and told the guy he didn't want to work there since it was obvious they didn't respect their employees or his time. This effing manager turned to his kid and said, "this is what we call a loser". My friend was so off that
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    he was prepared to fight the guy, and asked him if he wanted to take it outside. My friend was told to leave. He was humiliated. I had never heard of something so insulting. I mentioned the name of the company because ...eff that place.
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    Kongtai33 Shouldve asked her back with those stupid "tell me about a time" questions..tell me about a time when ur daddy got punched in the face..how did you handle it?? She better use that STAR method...
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    Public_Ad_9169 My husband had to bring our 4 year old to work with him one Saturday because I also had to work. When I asked her how it went she said "daddy did not work at all, he just played on the computer." LOL
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    kodex1717 Sound fun. I hate kids and still feel like your friend was taking themselves too seriously. Sales requires you to be dynamic. It also requires you to not fight people when things don't go your
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    way. Sounds like that company dodged a bullet by not hiring your friend.
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    FitnessAllDayLong a great candidate would have just rolled with it. Need to have a sense of humor at times... that makes you more likeable and nobody wants to work with a sour- puss
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    More_Common_4225. Your friend lost a pretty good opportunity because of ego. He could have easily rolled with it. Considering that the interviewer was in the room and the little girl was just reading the
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    questions, it wasn't a big deal. If your friend had done well, the interviewer would have liked him a lot. He could have made an impression that all the other candidates didn't have an opportunity to. Of course if you
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    do well with this guy's kid he's going to like you.
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    Lostin Lies1 OP. I completely disagree. The hiring manager was an was ..:which corroborated by others who worked with him. He did it to demean the guy.
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    More_Common_ 4225 Oh, well that's a different story. The post didn't have that context.
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    DO LostinLies1 OP. He called the guy a loser.
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    Think_Ad807. I see both sides in these comments, but who knows how long he was supposed to play along. It's a serious decision for a candidate to consider joining a company too and he should have gotten more
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    respect. I think he dodged a bullet. As an example I once interviewed with a manager who kept picking up the phone every time it rang during the interview. It was annoying, but my young self thought, wow, they're really
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    busy and surely need help. Fast forward a year later manager was NEVER present, I had to constantly work around him, never got support, etc., etc. I finally found another job and quit. I had an exit interview with him and would you
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    believe even then he took a call! I stood up and walked out. Good riddance!
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    bikerchickelly • I'd probably go with the flow and act like it was okay, but I would be infuriated. It was a final level interview, not a call back from a career booth interest card. That level of disrespect would be hard to overlook.

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