Job Interview Story

[dfrecore]

So I went to my interview yesterday, it went well, lasted 3 hours, it was 3 person rotating panel interview which was interesting, but I'm most definitely intrigued.

The biggest issue I noticed is everyone brought up my degree, but since this job is mid entry level, they kept asking me if I was just using this as a stepping stone to transfer into Corporate in 3-5 years. Obviously that would eventually be a goal of mine, But I downplayed it as I didn't want having my degree actually effect the job offer.

I have a feeling they will extend an offer by next week, but time will tell, never really thought my degree credentials actually ended up being a small diversion/concern to my experience.

What's really strange to me is that they were basically asking you to stay put in this job for like...forever?!? I mean, who worries about you wanting to move up in 3-5 YEARS? If I hired someone who DIDN'T want to move up or do something a little bit different in that amount of time, I'd be worried about that! Who expects someone to never want to move up? That's just weird!

If they were worried you'd want to leave in 3-5 months, I could see the problem, but wanting you to commit to 3-5 years of no upward mobility is nuts.