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I was contacted by a small company at its headquarter for a job interview. There was no mention of any reimbursement and I accepted the job interview request without any questions. The salary is going to 20-30% lower than what I know I can get/have been earning if I can just get through a job interview process successfully without messing something up. However, I know I can't be too picky right now so I've sending my resume to various places such as this one. How would you handle this? It's nearly 3-3.5 hours spent in my car round trip.
If I was unemployed, had the gas money and wanted the job yes.
Depending on the company and how that initial phone call went though...
I'd ask them about a video conference call option.
Who knows?
That may just be the 'out of the box forward thinking' they're looking for.
That really is dependent on how it all played out prior to that "Let's set up an interview" moment.
video interviews are really not a good substitute for the real thing. they'll do in a pinch, but it's much better to just get there in person if at all possible. the technology just isn't there yet - these things are often glitchy, you have to choose between looking at the camera (and giving the impression of looking the interviewer in the eye) or looking at the other person on the screen and looking like you're looking away from them, there can be sound sync issues, etc. and it's just not possible to connect in the same way that you do in person.
i've turned down offers to do video interviews and opted come in person before - it just depends on how interested i am in the job and where i am in the interview process.
in the end i think i'm better off where i ended up, but i am pretty sure i lost out on a job offer because i had an inside connection and they opted to do my main interview on the phone rather than having me come in.
I don't think most places would reimburse you for 90 miles. I wouldn't drive that far to work, personally, unless it was a kick a** job. I can barely stand driving 13 miles.
I was contacted by a small company at its headquarter for a job interview. There was no mention of any reimbursement and I accepted the job interview request without any questions. The salary is going to 20-30% lower than what I know I can get/have been earning if I can just get through a job interview process successfully without messing something up. However, I know I can't be too picky right now so I've sending my resume to various places such as this one. How would you handle this? It's nearly 3-3.5 hours spent in my car round trip.
I have, and I did not expect any sort of reimbursement. Why would you expect them to pay for your gas, that makes no sense. Mine was 130 mile round trip for an interview. I also had to go back and do tests, still with no guarantee of the job. So I drove it twice before I found out I got it. Not once did it even occur to me that I should be reimbursed...that's absurd.
Is it worth it to you? Do you want to work? Then do it. But I bet you that if you were to ask them to give you gas money, you wouldn't get the job.
It depends how appealing the job is to you and do you want to live there. Many times a company will be interested in local candidates only. That is why a few candidates use their relatives address on the resume. If you are renting, you can mention that in the interview. This way they know you are willing to move closer.
So ask yourself, do I want the job and will I be able to move there? Honestly, 90 miles is not that far for them to reimburse your miles. 200 miles is a different story.
video interviews are really not a good substitute for the real thing. they'll do in a pinch, but it's much better to just get there in person if at all possible. the technology just isn't there yet - these things are often glitchy, you have to choose between looking at the camera (and giving the impression of looking the interviewer in the eye) or looking at the other person on the screen and looking like you're looking away from them, there can be sound sync issues, etc. and it's just not possible to connect in the same way that you do in person.
i've turned down offers to do video interviews and opted come in person before - it just depends on how interested i am in the job and where i am in the interview process.
in the end i think i'm better off where i ended up, but i am pretty sure i lost out on a job offer because i had an inside connection and they opted to do my main interview on the phone rather than having me come in.
interesting, a study just came out that backs up my hunch about video interviews:
I went pretty well. I only had my laptop so I had to minimize his face to scan my resume, normally I have a multi monitor set up. We will see if I advance there is a F2F
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