Is this what hiring practices are like these days?
Anonymous
Is this what hiring practices are like these days?
I recently completed a phone interview at a behavioral health facility. There are some red flags that are making me rethink the viability - not to mention employee satisfaction of the job.
The person who has not interviewed me twice, once by phone and once via video, would not be my direct supervisor. Nor does her role play a part in the department that I would head up. She stated that she feels it's important for her to oversee hiring even though she then has very little to do with employees as she works strictly in another department.
She spent most of the phone interview and the video interview talking, and asked me very few questions. At the end of the vidoe interview she invited me to a 3rd interview, in-person. She stated that it would be an all day process where I would meet with all directors, including the one I would potentially be replacing.
I can appreciate wanting to get a lay of the land from both sides of the aisle - they all get to meet me and I get to meet all of them... but it feels presumptive to think a candidate can set aside an entire day on such short notice.
There have been other red flags. She asked to conduct the screening in the evening. She stated during that call that while "most work" can be completed during the work day, there will be times when I will need to be available afterhours to speak with clients. But in the same breath she alludes to the idea that the agency supports a work-life balance.
During the day-long interview, I will be attending staffings with clinicians where they will be discussing patient information - which feels like a HIPAA violation.
Lots of red flags and I get the sense they do not have healthy professional boundaries. Part of me, that has a slight curiosity about this odd situation, wants to attend the interview to see how the agency really operates. I can get a good sense - thanks to my profession - of who employees are and what the climate of the office will be like.
Has anyone else experienced this? Has anyone else completed a day long interview like this? What are everyone's general thoughts about this type of ask from a potential employer?
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