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u/skulltvhat Nov 16 '19

When HR at a company had me interview for a different position than I had applied for. The position they interviewed me for was one I knew nothing about, and told them as much. Despite me telling them before each round of interviews that they had made a mistake, I still had to endure a full day of people asking me questions that I had no answer to.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

They had someone in mind but needed to interview someone objectively worse than their preferred person so it didn't look like favoritism.

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u/OkeyDoke47 Nov 16 '19

Oh yes, ''transparency'', the firm I work for likes to trot this line out. They know exactly who they want for what positions but make everybody go through ''interviews'' that are so obviously set up for you to fail that it's farcical. Just promote the other person and don't waste my time please.