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So Much Cause for Apprehension

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So Much Cause for Apprehension 1. "We Want to Make the Hiring Decision Quickly" 2. "You're the First Candidate We're Talking To" 3. "We're Going to Hire Someone to Help You, Next Quarter" 4. "You'll Be a Change Agent in This Role" 5. "Industry Experience Isn't Important to Us" 6. "I Need Someone Who Can Replace Me Down the Road" 7. "There Were No Viable Internal Candidates" 8. "We Have a Great Training Program" 9. "We Don't Have Office Politics Here" 10. "We Haven't Nailed Down the Salary Range Yet" 11. "I'm Not the Principal Decision-Maker" 12. We Focus on Results, Not on Face Time" 13. "We Want You to Present to Our Team, to See Your Presentation Style" 14. "The Pay Isn't Great, but the Benefits Are Amazing" 15. "We're All About Work-Life Balance" 16. "You're the Leading Candidate" 17. "We're So Virtual" 18. "We Just Need to Check Your References" 19. "The Holdup in the Process Is (Someone's Illness, Vacation, Etc.)" 20. "You'll Hear from Us This Week"

So Much Cause for Apprehension

By Liz Ryan

They’ll dissemble, evade, and misinform, although not necessarily with malice or cunning. Sometimes the interviewers themselves have been kept in the dark or misled about the reality of the jobs they need to fill. Just the same, you need to prepare yourself with some maneuvers of your own as well as some coping mechanisms. Click ahead to learn what you’ll come up against on the job hunt.