Job Interview Story

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What is your degree? How was it brought up? I'm not sure I understand. Did they think that since you had a degree you were overqualified for the job? If i'm understanding correctly they are concerned that you will not be satisfied with the job.

I've found that if people consistently think someone is overqualified for a job, they usually are. Maybe you should see if they have any jobs at a higher level that you can apply for. At certain levels/industries the difference between a bachelors and anything less is significant.

With that said, a step up is a step up. Overqualified or not, a step up is a step up. Congratulations! This sounds like a good problem to have. It's much less awkward than the question I used to get ("what do you mean you didn't graduate?") and the attitude that came immediately after.

BSBA in General Management, my degree was brought up as the h.r. lady from corporate emailed all 3 interviewers my resume, so they were looking that over as they were interviewing me. My interview actually went 30 minutes over schedule, which I take as a good sign.

I don't feel I'm necessarily overqualified, its just that they were basically asking me in a roundabout sort of way, will you be committed to company or look to bolt the first chance you get, since I'm entering into a blue collar industry where not everyone necessarily has a degree. But again, I've very drawn to this company as they are very unconventional, they actually empower their employees, and my skill set matches up very well with the team they got in place.

I'm like every overachiever though, I can't stand doing the same job for more than X amount of years as I like to be passionate in the work that I do, and my last company seemed to pigeon hole me without really caring about the operational deficiencies, as this company is actually willing to take feedback and apply it to better the organization. That is like way more important to me than making more money.

The last guy to interview me actually mentioned he lost 2 of his guys to corporate, one had been there 5 years and the other one 9 years. So definitely opportunities to move up as sales, growth is rapidly increasing. I feel his message was more like you have to put in your dues first before moving up, he also kind of mentioned don't expect anything to be given to you, that I'd have to take the initiative to take on more responsibility and eventually move up in the company, which I respect. I have a feeling I should know early next week, if a job offer is going to be extended, then I'll have quite the decision to make, as of now, I'm leaning towards taking it. You can't compromise working for a big name company just because they pay well vs. having terrible management, I learned from my last company, I'm only going to pull the trigger on a company if its an ideal fit, and they have excellent management in place as that can make a whole world of difference.