Is a three hour in house interview that mostly covers work history standard?
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Yesterday, I had an in-house interview with two engineers and then later the owner of the company. It lasted three hours. Not sure what to make of a three hour interview about just work history and aspirations. Is that standard?
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Yesterday, I had an in-house interview with two engineers and then later the owner of the company. It lasted three hours. Not sure what to make of a three hour interview about just work history and aspirations. Is that standard?
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What does "in-house" mean in this context? As in "on the premises of the new company"? Or "applying to a different job with the same company"?
– Erik
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@Erik, on the premises of the new company.
– Daniel
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Why would it matter if it was "standard" or not? I've had plenty of 1-hour each interviews with several folks on the team. The total duration was often a full morning or full afternoon. Depending on the job and the company, this would be totally routine.
– Joe Strazzere
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I don't know what "In house" means but I had a total 8 hour interview before. 4 hours with 3 managers (IT) and another 4 hour with 3 different managers (Financials). There isn't a standard. Every job/company is different
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Yesterday, I had an in-house interview with two engineers and then later the owner of the company. It lasted three hours. Not sure what to make of a three hour interview about just work history and aspirations. Is that standard?
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Yesterday, I had an in-house interview with two engineers and then later the owner of the company. It lasted three hours. Not sure what to make of a three hour interview about just work history and aspirations. Is that standard?
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What does "in-house" mean in this context? As in "on the premises of the new company"? Or "applying to a different job with the same company"?
– Erik
yesterday
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@Erik, on the premises of the new company.
– Daniel
yesterday
Why would it matter if it was "standard" or not? I've had plenty of 1-hour each interviews with several folks on the team. The total duration was often a full morning or full afternoon. Depending on the job and the company, this would be totally routine.
– Joe Strazzere
yesterday
I don't know what "In house" means but I had a total 8 hour interview before. 4 hours with 3 managers (IT) and another 4 hour with 3 different managers (Financials). There isn't a standard. Every job/company is different
– Isaiah3015
yesterday
add a comment |
What does "in-house" mean in this context? As in "on the premises of the new company"? Or "applying to a different job with the same company"?
– Erik
yesterday
1
@Erik, on the premises of the new company.
– Daniel
yesterday
Why would it matter if it was "standard" or not? I've had plenty of 1-hour each interviews with several folks on the team. The total duration was often a full morning or full afternoon. Depending on the job and the company, this would be totally routine.
– Joe Strazzere
yesterday
I don't know what "In house" means but I had a total 8 hour interview before. 4 hours with 3 managers (IT) and another 4 hour with 3 different managers (Financials). There isn't a standard. Every job/company is different
– Isaiah3015
yesterday
What does "in-house" mean in this context? As in "on the premises of the new company"? Or "applying to a different job with the same company"?
– Erik
yesterday
What does "in-house" mean in this context? As in "on the premises of the new company"? Or "applying to a different job with the same company"?
– Erik
yesterday
1
1
@Erik, on the premises of the new company.
– Daniel
yesterday
@Erik, on the premises of the new company.
– Daniel
yesterday
Why would it matter if it was "standard" or not? I've had plenty of 1-hour each interviews with several folks on the team. The total duration was often a full morning or full afternoon. Depending on the job and the company, this would be totally routine.
– Joe Strazzere
yesterday
Why would it matter if it was "standard" or not? I've had plenty of 1-hour each interviews with several folks on the team. The total duration was often a full morning or full afternoon. Depending on the job and the company, this would be totally routine.
– Joe Strazzere
yesterday
I don't know what "In house" means but I had a total 8 hour interview before. 4 hours with 3 managers (IT) and another 4 hour with 3 different managers (Financials). There isn't a standard. Every job/company is different
– Isaiah3015
yesterday
I don't know what "In house" means but I had a total 8 hour interview before. 4 hours with 3 managers (IT) and another 4 hour with 3 different managers (Financials). There isn't a standard. Every job/company is different
– Isaiah3015
yesterday
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There is no standard. Different companies have different hiring practices. Some focus on personal interviews, some on your on-paper qualifications, some focus on standardized tests. Also, companies tend to invest more time into hiring decisions when it's about a more important position. You wouldn't spend as much time on picking a janitor as you would on picking a branch manager. So depending on the job and the company, job interviews can take anywhere between a few minutes to several hours.
But when an interview takes longer, that's usually a good sign. It means everyone is interested in you. When they would have found some reason to not hire you early, they would have cut the interview short and gotten back to their actual work, not needlessly waste your and their time by extending the interview.
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That makes sense, I guess the team are excellent at playing poker because I could not assess what such a long interview meant. I used to be good at telling whether I got the job or not or whether they were interested or not.
– Daniel
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@Daniel - I don't think you should be trying to "guess" at what the long interview meant. It may well be standard for that company, for that position. I would disagree pretty strongly with the "10 to 30 minute" timeframe proposed as typical in this answer, I've conducted 200+ interviews and none have been that short. Many have been multiple hours, some have been more than one working day.
– dwizum
yesterday
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I think this answer would be improved by removing the part about interviews usually taking 10 to 30 minutes. That seems, to me, to be more of an outlier for an on-premise interview than OP's 3 hours.
– stannius
yesterday
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Downvoted for "10 to 30 minutes"
– Laconic Droid
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@Adonalsium I did not claim that you don't need a janitor, just that the decision which janitor to hire is not nearly as important as the decision which manager to hire.
– Philipp
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At my current job, the interview was rather long.
I spent 30 minutes with the recruiter, then 30 minutes with the manager I would report to, then just over an hour with the team i would be joining, then a little more than an hour with the IT directory (above the manager). Then 10-15 minutes with team and manager. Then we all went out to lunch. We only spoke of personal interests during lunch. Then back to the office where i spent another 30 minutes or so with the manager.
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This is a pretty typical of how many tech jobs hire in the US. Great answer.
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Your (pre-edit) question was,
Is that standard?
It's hard to answer what is standard for interviews because policies will vary from position to position and industry to industry. That said, a 3-hour interview is certainly not unusual for many positions, and the structure you experienced (team technical interview, followed by a one on one interview with a leader) is pretty standard for a longer interview.
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dwizum
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You edited out the rest of your question as I was typing my answer so I'll leave the rest of my answer out - although you seemed stuck on their interest in your history so maybe that's worth a separate question.
– dwizum
yesterday
Yes, I edited it out, because I started to see one close vote, so I thought that it needed to be edited.
– Daniel
yesterday
I thought it raised a good point, you seem concerned about how to address your consulting/freelancing history in an interview setting, or at least concerned about how your history is being perceived. You might get some good feedback about how to address those concerns if you create a new question focused on that.
– dwizum
yesterday
I agree with you. It is an issue I would like addressed. I will create a new question regarding my consulting/freelancing history.
– Daniel
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I don't think there is a standard. Shortest interview I had didn't even last 10 minutes (I did get the job), longest I had was 7 hours: twelve 30-minute interviews with peers, followed by a one hour interview by the manager. And I've had everything in between as well.
At my current job, if you get to the stage of face to face interviews (we start off with phone interviews and coding tests), the candidate starts off with 30 minutes with a recruiter (mostly about the process of hiring/relocation), then has 2 one hour interviews with 2 peers (so 4 peers in total), followed by a 30 minute interview from someone from management. And then they see the recruiter again.
From my (limited) experience, both as a candidate, an interviewer, and from talking about others about hiring processes, I'd say that 3 hours is far from unusual.
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There is no standard. Different companies have different hiring practices. Some focus on personal interviews, some on your on-paper qualifications, some focus on standardized tests. Also, companies tend to invest more time into hiring decisions when it's about a more important position. You wouldn't spend as much time on picking a janitor as you would on picking a branch manager. So depending on the job and the company, job interviews can take anywhere between a few minutes to several hours.
But when an interview takes longer, that's usually a good sign. It means everyone is interested in you. When they would have found some reason to not hire you early, they would have cut the interview short and gotten back to their actual work, not needlessly waste your and their time by extending the interview.
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That makes sense, I guess the team are excellent at playing poker because I could not assess what such a long interview meant. I used to be good at telling whether I got the job or not or whether they were interested or not.
– Daniel
yesterday
3
@Daniel - I don't think you should be trying to "guess" at what the long interview meant. It may well be standard for that company, for that position. I would disagree pretty strongly with the "10 to 30 minute" timeframe proposed as typical in this answer, I've conducted 200+ interviews and none have been that short. Many have been multiple hours, some have been more than one working day.
– dwizum
yesterday
1
I think this answer would be improved by removing the part about interviews usually taking 10 to 30 minutes. That seems, to me, to be more of an outlier for an on-premise interview than OP's 3 hours.
– stannius
yesterday
1
Downvoted for "10 to 30 minutes"
– Laconic Droid
yesterday
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@Adonalsium I did not claim that you don't need a janitor, just that the decision which janitor to hire is not nearly as important as the decision which manager to hire.
– Philipp
yesterday
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up vote
8
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There is no standard. Different companies have different hiring practices. Some focus on personal interviews, some on your on-paper qualifications, some focus on standardized tests. Also, companies tend to invest more time into hiring decisions when it's about a more important position. You wouldn't spend as much time on picking a janitor as you would on picking a branch manager. So depending on the job and the company, job interviews can take anywhere between a few minutes to several hours.
But when an interview takes longer, that's usually a good sign. It means everyone is interested in you. When they would have found some reason to not hire you early, they would have cut the interview short and gotten back to their actual work, not needlessly waste your and their time by extending the interview.
answered yesterday
Philipp
22.4k45389
That makes sense, I guess the team are excellent at playing poker because I could not assess what such a long interview meant. I used to be good at telling whether I got the job or not or whether they were interested or not.
– Daniel
yesterday
3
@Daniel - I don't think you should be trying to "guess" at what the long interview meant. It may well be standard for that company, for that position. I would disagree pretty strongly with the "10 to 30 minute" timeframe proposed as typical in this answer, I've conducted 200+ interviews and none have been that short. Many have been multiple hours, some have been more than one working day.
– dwizum
yesterday
1
I think this answer would be improved by removing the part about interviews usually taking 10 to 30 minutes. That seems, to me, to be more of an outlier for an on-premise interview than OP's 3 hours.
– stannius
yesterday
1
Downvoted for "10 to 30 minutes"
– Laconic Droid
yesterday
1
@Adonalsium I did not claim that you don't need a janitor, just that the decision which janitor to hire is not nearly as important as the decision which manager to hire.
– Philipp
yesterday
|
show 8 more comments
up vote
8
down vote
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up vote
8
down vote
accepted
There is no standard. Different companies have different hiring practices. Some focus on personal interviews, some on your on-paper qualifications, some focus on standardized tests. Also, companies tend to invest more time into hiring decisions when it's about a more important position. You wouldn't spend as much time on picking a janitor as you would on picking a branch manager. So depending on the job and the company, job interviews can take anywhere between a few minutes to several hours.
But when an interview takes longer, that's usually a good sign. It means everyone is interested in you. When they would have found some reason to not hire you early, they would have cut the interview short and gotten back to their actual work, not needlessly waste your and their time by extending the interview.
answered yesterday
Philipp
22.4k45389
There is no standard. Different companies have different hiring practices. Some focus on personal interviews, some on your on-paper qualifications, some focus on standardized tests. Also, companies tend to invest more time into hiring decisions when it's about a more important position. You wouldn't spend as much time on picking a janitor as you would on picking a branch manager. So depending on the job and the company, job interviews can take anywhere between a few minutes to several hours.
But when an interview takes longer, that's usually a good sign. It means everyone is interested in you. When they would have found some reason to not hire you early, they would have cut the interview short and gotten back to their actual work, not needlessly waste your and their time by extending the interview.
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That makes sense, I guess the team are excellent at playing poker because I could not assess what such a long interview meant. I used to be good at telling whether I got the job or not or whether they were interested or not.
– Daniel
yesterday
3
@Daniel - I don't think you should be trying to "guess" at what the long interview meant. It may well be standard for that company, for that position. I would disagree pretty strongly with the "10 to 30 minute" timeframe proposed as typical in this answer, I've conducted 200+ interviews and none have been that short. Many have been multiple hours, some have been more than one working day.
– dwizum
yesterday
1
I think this answer would be improved by removing the part about interviews usually taking 10 to 30 minutes. That seems, to me, to be more of an outlier for an on-premise interview than OP's 3 hours.
– stannius
yesterday
1
Downvoted for "10 to 30 minutes"
– Laconic Droid
yesterday
1
@Adonalsium I did not claim that you don't need a janitor, just that the decision which janitor to hire is not nearly as important as the decision which manager to hire.
– Philipp
yesterday
|
show 8 more comments
That makes sense, I guess the team are excellent at playing poker because I could not assess what such a long interview meant. I used to be good at telling whether I got the job or not or whether they were interested or not.
– Daniel
yesterday
3
@Daniel - I don't think you should be trying to "guess" at what the long interview meant. It may well be standard for that company, for that position. I would disagree pretty strongly with the "10 to 30 minute" timeframe proposed as typical in this answer, I've conducted 200+ interviews and none have been that short. Many have been multiple hours, some have been more than one working day.
– dwizum
yesterday
1
I think this answer would be improved by removing the part about interviews usually taking 10 to 30 minutes. That seems, to me, to be more of an outlier for an on-premise interview than OP's 3 hours.
– stannius
yesterday
1
Downvoted for "10 to 30 minutes"
– Laconic Droid
yesterday
1
@Adonalsium I did not claim that you don't need a janitor, just that the decision which janitor to hire is not nearly as important as the decision which manager to hire.
– Philipp
yesterday
That makes sense, I guess the team are excellent at playing poker because I could not assess what such a long interview meant. I used to be good at telling whether I got the job or not or whether they were interested or not.
– Daniel
yesterday
That makes sense, I guess the team are excellent at playing poker because I could not assess what such a long interview meant. I used to be good at telling whether I got the job or not or whether they were interested or not.
– Daniel
yesterday
3
3
@Daniel - I don't think you should be trying to "guess" at what the long interview meant. It may well be standard for that company, for that position. I would disagree pretty strongly with the "10 to 30 minute" timeframe proposed as typical in this answer, I've conducted 200+ interviews and none have been that short. Many have been multiple hours, some have been more than one working day.
– dwizum
yesterday
@Daniel - I don't think you should be trying to "guess" at what the long interview meant. It may well be standard for that company, for that position. I would disagree pretty strongly with the "10 to 30 minute" timeframe proposed as typical in this answer, I've conducted 200+ interviews and none have been that short. Many have been multiple hours, some have been more than one working day.
– dwizum
yesterday
1
1
I think this answer would be improved by removing the part about interviews usually taking 10 to 30 minutes. That seems, to me, to be more of an outlier for an on-premise interview than OP's 3 hours.
– stannius
yesterday
I think this answer would be improved by removing the part about interviews usually taking 10 to 30 minutes. That seems, to me, to be more of an outlier for an on-premise interview than OP's 3 hours.
– stannius
yesterday
1
1
Downvoted for "10 to 30 minutes"
– Laconic Droid
yesterday
Downvoted for "10 to 30 minutes"
– Laconic Droid
yesterday
1
1
@Adonalsium I did not claim that you don't need a janitor, just that the decision which janitor to hire is not nearly as important as the decision which manager to hire.
– Philipp
yesterday
@Adonalsium I did not claim that you don't need a janitor, just that the decision which janitor to hire is not nearly as important as the decision which manager to hire.
– Philipp
yesterday
|
show 8 more comments
up vote
5
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At my current job, the interview was rather long.
I spent 30 minutes with the recruiter, then 30 minutes with the manager I would report to, then just over an hour with the team i would be joining, then a little more than an hour with the IT directory (above the manager). Then 10-15 minutes with team and manager. Then we all went out to lunch. We only spoke of personal interests during lunch. Then back to the office where i spent another 30 minutes or so with the manager.
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This is a pretty typical of how many tech jobs hire in the US. Great answer.
– IDrinkandIKnowThings
yesterday
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up vote
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At my current job, the interview was rather long.
I spent 30 minutes with the recruiter, then 30 minutes with the manager I would report to, then just over an hour with the team i would be joining, then a little more than an hour with the IT directory (above the manager). Then 10-15 minutes with team and manager. Then we all went out to lunch. We only spoke of personal interests during lunch. Then back to the office where i spent another 30 minutes or so with the manager.
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This is a pretty typical of how many tech jobs hire in the US. Great answer.
– IDrinkandIKnowThings
yesterday
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up vote
5
down vote
up vote
5
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At my current job, the interview was rather long.
I spent 30 minutes with the recruiter, then 30 minutes with the manager I would report to, then just over an hour with the team i would be joining, then a little more than an hour with the IT directory (above the manager). Then 10-15 minutes with team and manager. Then we all went out to lunch. We only spoke of personal interests during lunch. Then back to the office where i spent another 30 minutes or so with the manager.
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At my current job, the interview was rather long.
I spent 30 minutes with the recruiter, then 30 minutes with the manager I would report to, then just over an hour with the team i would be joining, then a little more than an hour with the IT directory (above the manager). Then 10-15 minutes with team and manager. Then we all went out to lunch. We only spoke of personal interests during lunch. Then back to the office where i spent another 30 minutes or so with the manager.
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This is a pretty typical of how many tech jobs hire in the US. Great answer.
– IDrinkandIKnowThings
yesterday
add a comment |
1
This is a pretty typical of how many tech jobs hire in the US. Great answer.
– IDrinkandIKnowThings
yesterday
1
1
This is a pretty typical of how many tech jobs hire in the US. Great answer.
– IDrinkandIKnowThings
yesterday
This is a pretty typical of how many tech jobs hire in the US. Great answer.
– IDrinkandIKnowThings
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
4
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Your (pre-edit) question was,
Is that standard?
It's hard to answer what is standard for interviews because policies will vary from position to position and industry to industry. That said, a 3-hour interview is certainly not unusual for many positions, and the structure you experienced (team technical interview, followed by a one on one interview with a leader) is pretty standard for a longer interview.
answered yesterday
dwizum
10.8k42542
You edited out the rest of your question as I was typing my answer so I'll leave the rest of my answer out - although you seemed stuck on their interest in your history so maybe that's worth a separate question.
– dwizum
yesterday
Yes, I edited it out, because I started to see one close vote, so I thought that it needed to be edited.
– Daniel
yesterday
I thought it raised a good point, you seem concerned about how to address your consulting/freelancing history in an interview setting, or at least concerned about how your history is being perceived. You might get some good feedback about how to address those concerns if you create a new question focused on that.
– dwizum
yesterday
I agree with you. It is an issue I would like addressed. I will create a new question regarding my consulting/freelancing history.
– Daniel
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
Your (pre-edit) question was,
Is that standard?
It's hard to answer what is standard for interviews because policies will vary from position to position and industry to industry. That said, a 3-hour interview is certainly not unusual for many positions, and the structure you experienced (team technical interview, followed by a one on one interview with a leader) is pretty standard for a longer interview.
answered yesterday
dwizum
10.8k42542
You edited out the rest of your question as I was typing my answer so I'll leave the rest of my answer out - although you seemed stuck on their interest in your history so maybe that's worth a separate question.
– dwizum
yesterday
Yes, I edited it out, because I started to see one close vote, so I thought that it needed to be edited.
– Daniel
yesterday
I thought it raised a good point, you seem concerned about how to address your consulting/freelancing history in an interview setting, or at least concerned about how your history is being perceived. You might get some good feedback about how to address those concerns if you create a new question focused on that.
– dwizum
yesterday
I agree with you. It is an issue I would like addressed. I will create a new question regarding my consulting/freelancing history.
– Daniel
yesterday
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Your (pre-edit) question was,
Is that standard?
It's hard to answer what is standard for interviews because policies will vary from position to position and industry to industry. That said, a 3-hour interview is certainly not unusual for many positions, and the structure you experienced (team technical interview, followed by a one on one interview with a leader) is pretty standard for a longer interview.
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Your (pre-edit) question was,
Is that standard?
It's hard to answer what is standard for interviews because policies will vary from position to position and industry to industry. That said, a 3-hour interview is certainly not unusual for many positions, and the structure you experienced (team technical interview, followed by a one on one interview with a leader) is pretty standard for a longer interview.
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You edited out the rest of your question as I was typing my answer so I'll leave the rest of my answer out - although you seemed stuck on their interest in your history so maybe that's worth a separate question.
– dwizum
yesterday
Yes, I edited it out, because I started to see one close vote, so I thought that it needed to be edited.
– Daniel
yesterday
I thought it raised a good point, you seem concerned about how to address your consulting/freelancing history in an interview setting, or at least concerned about how your history is being perceived. You might get some good feedback about how to address those concerns if you create a new question focused on that.
– dwizum
yesterday
I agree with you. It is an issue I would like addressed. I will create a new question regarding my consulting/freelancing history.
– Daniel
yesterday
add a comment |
You edited out the rest of your question as I was typing my answer so I'll leave the rest of my answer out - although you seemed stuck on their interest in your history so maybe that's worth a separate question.
– dwizum
yesterday
Yes, I edited it out, because I started to see one close vote, so I thought that it needed to be edited.
– Daniel
yesterday
I thought it raised a good point, you seem concerned about how to address your consulting/freelancing history in an interview setting, or at least concerned about how your history is being perceived. You might get some good feedback about how to address those concerns if you create a new question focused on that.
– dwizum
yesterday
I agree with you. It is an issue I would like addressed. I will create a new question regarding my consulting/freelancing history.
– Daniel
yesterday
You edited out the rest of your question as I was typing my answer so I'll leave the rest of my answer out - although you seemed stuck on their interest in your history so maybe that's worth a separate question.
– dwizum
yesterday
You edited out the rest of your question as I was typing my answer so I'll leave the rest of my answer out - although you seemed stuck on their interest in your history so maybe that's worth a separate question.
– dwizum
yesterday
Yes, I edited it out, because I started to see one close vote, so I thought that it needed to be edited.
– Daniel
yesterday
Yes, I edited it out, because I started to see one close vote, so I thought that it needed to be edited.
– Daniel
yesterday
I thought it raised a good point, you seem concerned about how to address your consulting/freelancing history in an interview setting, or at least concerned about how your history is being perceived. You might get some good feedback about how to address those concerns if you create a new question focused on that.
– dwizum
yesterday
I thought it raised a good point, you seem concerned about how to address your consulting/freelancing history in an interview setting, or at least concerned about how your history is being perceived. You might get some good feedback about how to address those concerns if you create a new question focused on that.
– dwizum
yesterday
I agree with you. It is an issue I would like addressed. I will create a new question regarding my consulting/freelancing history.
– Daniel
yesterday
I agree with you. It is an issue I would like addressed. I will create a new question regarding my consulting/freelancing history.
– Daniel
yesterday
add a comment |
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0
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I don't think there is a standard. Shortest interview I had didn't even last 10 minutes (I did get the job), longest I had was 7 hours: twelve 30-minute interviews with peers, followed by a one hour interview by the manager. And I've had everything in between as well.
At my current job, if you get to the stage of face to face interviews (we start off with phone interviews and coding tests), the candidate starts off with 30 minutes with a recruiter (mostly about the process of hiring/relocation), then has 2 one hour interviews with 2 peers (so 4 peers in total), followed by a 30 minute interview from someone from management. And then they see the recruiter again.
From my (limited) experience, both as a candidate, an interviewer, and from talking about others about hiring processes, I'd say that 3 hours is far from unusual.
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I don't think there is a standard. Shortest interview I had didn't even last 10 minutes (I did get the job), longest I had was 7 hours: twelve 30-minute interviews with peers, followed by a one hour interview by the manager. And I've had everything in between as well.
At my current job, if you get to the stage of face to face interviews (we start off with phone interviews and coding tests), the candidate starts off with 30 minutes with a recruiter (mostly about the process of hiring/relocation), then has 2 one hour interviews with 2 peers (so 4 peers in total), followed by a 30 minute interview from someone from management. And then they see the recruiter again.
From my (limited) experience, both as a candidate, an interviewer, and from talking about others about hiring processes, I'd say that 3 hours is far from unusual.
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I don't think there is a standard. Shortest interview I had didn't even last 10 minutes (I did get the job), longest I had was 7 hours: twelve 30-minute interviews with peers, followed by a one hour interview by the manager. And I've had everything in between as well.
At my current job, if you get to the stage of face to face interviews (we start off with phone interviews and coding tests), the candidate starts off with 30 minutes with a recruiter (mostly about the process of hiring/relocation), then has 2 one hour interviews with 2 peers (so 4 peers in total), followed by a 30 minute interview from someone from management. And then they see the recruiter again.
From my (limited) experience, both as a candidate, an interviewer, and from talking about others about hiring processes, I'd say that 3 hours is far from unusual.
answered 15 hours ago
Abigail
9851410
I don't think there is a standard. Shortest interview I had didn't even last 10 minutes (I did get the job), longest I had was 7 hours: twelve 30-minute interviews with peers, followed by a one hour interview by the manager. And I've had everything in between as well.
At my current job, if you get to the stage of face to face interviews (we start off with phone interviews and coding tests), the candidate starts off with 30 minutes with a recruiter (mostly about the process of hiring/relocation), then has 2 one hour interviews with 2 peers (so 4 peers in total), followed by a 30 minute interview from someone from management. And then they see the recruiter again.
From my (limited) experience, both as a candidate, an interviewer, and from talking about others about hiring processes, I'd say that 3 hours is far from unusual.
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Abigail
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Abigail
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What does "in-house" mean in this context? As in "on the premises of the new company"? Or "applying to a different job with the same company"?
– Erik
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@Erik, on the premises of the new company.
– Daniel
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Why would it matter if it was "standard" or not? I've had plenty of 1-hour each interviews with several folks on the team. The total duration was often a full morning or full afternoon. Depending on the job and the company, this would be totally routine.
– Joe Strazzere
yesterday
I don't know what "In house" means but I had a total 8 hour interview before. 4 hours with 3 managers (IT) and another 4 hour with 3 different managers (Financials). There isn't a standard. Every job/company is different
– Isaiah3015
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