Sitting on interview committees......

I think that's normal. Not everyone is a professional job seeker lol I like when employers set expectations for the interview, give valuable information about the process, and feedback after the fact.

Great question...

Personally, I've always struggled to prepare for interviews as I have no idea what style the interview will be, even when interviewing for a promotion, the styles have been very different than I expected.

The one I thought I had no shot at was the easier and to my surprise we basically a one on one and we talked about Excel the entire time as they needed an excell person and that's my specialty in this new group.

The direct promotion right above where I was, which I thought would be the easiest, was 3 person group, and there basically was no back and forth, instead they just asked questions, I tried to answer and got silence in return. And they were asking about extreme niche part of the job, in which I think no one at my level would have experience in that yet, as that was almost two promotions above level type thing.

Not learning the basics about the organisation you've applied to. I work at a university and we've had ones who have no idea about student numbers, the way the faculties and schools are organised, what courses we offer etc.

All stuff a few minutes on the website would have told you.

I'm moving to a new job soon and they contacted me after I initially rejected the offer of a job. Part of the thing they said was that they had loads of applicants but no one had done any of the prep I had about understanding the organisation. Just bizarre to me.

Interviewing people is enlightening. You see what's out there or not out there. I usually focus on potential.

As Division Director, I interviewed prospects, but I was fortunate to have an outstanding HR person who screened all applicants. She gave me the top three or four, so by the time they got to me, they were prepared and at least met the basic qualifications.

No, secretary doesn't like when I hang around the office about once a month she'll ask if I want to sign checks.