Terrible experience - IT Graduate Farmfoods Employee Review

1.0
Sep 11, 2024
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NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE

Cons

Applied for the IT graduate position in Solihull. Had a phone interview with the infrastructure manager C4rl Fitz3rl4d who was extremely unprofessional. The job was advertised as 28000 for an IT graduate no particular experience just knowledge required in certain areas. Mr knows it all C4rl questioned my certifications and said: How did you obtain this certificate even I don’t have it. He then continuously asked me about my certifications even went as far as saying that my LinkedIn does not have a certain certification that I claim to have on my CV. He also said: I don’t normally ask technical questions during phone screenings but I will do this for you because I’m curious about your CV. He then asked questions about the different between a proxy and a static firewall. He also asked about: how would you protect a LAN. He said: I don’t expect you to know, I just want to know what they have been teaching you in those certificates. He had a very condescending attitude. He also question my previous degree which was not IT related and asked me why I didn’t just apply for a job in my new company. He also asked me what I was doing before university. Overall, the phone interview had no structure and he did not focus on the company nor the requirements of the role. The interview was him just proving his superiority over someone who applied for a graduate job and lacks experience. No feedback was provided and he just ghosted me. I have nothing to gain by posting this, I just want to make future candidates aware

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