Job Interview/Situation Dilemma (Poll)

[fhm555]

The only fair fights are those you win. In today's reality and with limited choices, exploit every advantage you have available to you. Everyone else does.

 

[Reo]

I'm in the "reach out" camp, especially since the interview went okay and they'd be reaching out at this point. I recently applied for a job at a company I worked for five years ago but for a much better position than I had. I was qualified for the position and mentioned to two people who work there, one a close friend, the other a neighbor, that I was applying. They both talked to the hiring manager about me, even letting it slip that the hiring manager said that my resume was one of their top three. Unfortunately, I basically bombed the interview. I prepared as best I could but they hit me with questions that I wasn't anticipating about experiences that haven't come up in my career thus far (even though I met every requirement both experience wise and education wise in their listing). My friend and I are still fine but I feel like my neighbor has been avoiding me a bit. Perhaps he's worried I'll ask for follow up information or for the neighbor to get me feedback. Who knows.

Long story short, if you reach out before the interview, be prepared to have potential awkwardness arise if you perform poorly in said interview.

 

[FingerDub]

Do it. If anyone found out and said anything to me, during the interview process or after hire, I would say to them, "I find solutions. I'm willing to do what it takes and did it."

DONT HATE THE PLAYER, HATE THE GAME

 

[Gaolee]

Go for it! And bring carrots. You never know when they might come in handy.

 

[pedroims]

if you dont do it somebody else will do it. It is not a crime but a way to secure the beacon in your table.

 

[Downunderwonder]

Right. As I mentioned in a later post, it's a friend of a close family member. He previously offered to pull some strings if I ever needed it.

Who offered, the friend or the close family member?

 

[placedesjardins]

So here's the situation...

You've interviewed for a job. It goes alright, but it's a competitive thing with a lot of "who knows who" factoring in. There's a chance they mostly had their mind made up before you even got there. After the interview, you're unsure whether or not you're going to get the offer. You know someone very high up (like, really high up) who you can reach out to for help, but that person isn't very popular amongst the people you'd be working with.

Generally, I feel it's totally fine to get a little help from who you know. The concern here is... reaching out to this person sort of goes above your potential future boss's head. May not be the best start to a working relationship. What if you were going to get the job anyway? On the other hand, you may not get it at all.

You have your own merits to qualify for the job, I think, so if contacting this guy can give you an edge, do it.