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MARCH 16, 2015

A reader writes: We have an opening on my team and we recently interviewed an individual with three years’ experience. He immediately accepted what I consider a very competitive offer, which was 22% more than his current, advertised, civil-service salary. As for what to do … How much did you like this guy?

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APRIL 29, 2015

They’re both quite young (in their mid-late 20s), and both were interviewed at the same time. In the interviews, they discussed wages. Debbie was interviewing for the supervisor position, and agreed to £26k (the lower end of the pay band they advertised). The other, a bloke I’ll call Dave, has 2. What the hell do I do? (I’m

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

After three months of interviewing, I was just told I got it. Has this employer already hired someone for the job I interviewed for? I applied for a position I thought I would be a great fit for, and after a very rocky phone screen with a recruiter, I somehow managed to snag an in-person interview. I received the offer letter.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Plus, job searches can take a lot longer than people think they will, which could have real implications for your finances. I recently had the experience of sitting in on an interview for an open position at my organization, which has a number of issues up and down the ladder. Interviewers want to do third interview at a coffee shop.

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JULY 6, 2020

Should I talk about my SAT scores in my cover letter and interview? My parents have repeatedly encouraged me to bring up my SAT score in cover letters and interviews. While my score was very high, it feels weird to me to bring up a test score from nearly a decade ago in an interview. To everyone else it will look strange.

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MAY 4, 2020

I was working in finance for a small trading firm, and the managing partners hired two professional photographers to come in and take headshots that would be displayed on the company website. There’s no guarantee I’ll get an interview anyway, but is this red-flaggy enough for me to withdraw if asked for an interview?

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Great Place to Work

MARCH 22, 2017

We think about the big flashy things like TV advertising and things like that. You just don't hear people talk about loving people in an interview and I truly found that very connecting. When you think about email as a way to reach your customers, it is the most cost effective way to do that. We don't always think about that.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2016

The job was advertised as permanent, and I applied. My close friend, who works in a different agency, applied for it but didn’t say anything to me until interview appointments were sent out. Her reasons were pretty poor, e.g. if I got the job, my regular position would be open and they would use the interview process to fill it.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

I’ve been trying to find a new job since about 2012 to no avail (I don’t even get interviews). If you’re unemployed for a year or multiple years, what will that mean for your finances and ability to support yourself? I have been in my company for nine years. It’s my first employer out of graduate school.

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Great Place to Work

MARCH 22, 2017

We think about the big flashy things like TV advertising and things like that. You just don't hear people talk about loving people in an interview and I truly found that very connecting. When you think about email as a way to reach your customers, it is the most cost effective way to do that. We don't always think about that.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The disappointing CATIE and STAR*D studies T he two sane authors of the first chapter of the 1065-page textbook noted that naturalistic studies—which they did not reference but mentioned by name, CATIE, STAR*D, and Storebø 2016—have shown smaller effects than those the drug companies have advertised. STAR*D was also financed by the NIMH.

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Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

His Get Attitude podcast won a Communicator Award for Diversity & Inclusion for his 8:46 Interviews Stories of Black America. As a keynote speaker, she has shared the stage with many influencers, including a recent interview with Venus Williams. Jolie Glassman. Owner, life coach. James Langabeer, Ph.D., Jeremy Larson.

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MAY 14, 2015

There is currently a manager post open at my organisation which has been advertised externally and internally. The interview process starts with an assessment day which I’m assuming will be group work on scenarios. If you are successful at this stage you then move forward to the interview round. Is this fair?

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MARCH 13, 2019

During this process, the HR manager and my manager heavily advertised the company’s “summer hours” benefit — basically, salaried staff have the option to leave for the day around 1 or 2 PM every Friday between Memorial Day and Labor Day. That surprised me, since it had been so heavily advertised during my hiring.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2020

They plan to get married when they are done with school and he has a background in accounting and finance with experience working for a bank. How can I ask about staff turnover in an interview? I have an interview with an organization I really admire. But you can ask! Is that turnover, or staff growth, or something else?”

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Work Life

JANUARY 19, 2025

My experiment asked an urgent question: Could I run Birk Creative , my advertising agency, continue to build my professional brand, and find and earn new business, without my iPhone and Pixel, with littleif any social media engagementall from a rudimentary flip phone? An interview you did on a podcast. Photos and artwork you made.

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