Of an interview.

I RECENTLY got an opportunity to be interviewed by one of the leading commercial banks of Pakistan for a middle-tier position. I was really looking forward to it as the position I had applied for was of huge interest to me.

Sadly things didn't turn out to be the way I had thought. In fact the experience left me quite disturbed and disappointed with the way I was interviewed.

Firstly, I was made to wait for exactly half an hour despite requesting the interviewer a day before to schedule it earlier as I would have to rush back to work. Strangely none of the interviewers cared to even apologise for it.

Secondly, after I was called for the interview, none of the panelists cared to introduce themselves nor asked for tea or water.

Thirdly, the office guard interrupted us twice in the middle of the interview as there was a fire drill scheduled at the same time. The second time when the poor guard came he was actually shooed away by the recruiter in a rather rude manner. Being on the 20th floor and seeing the HR professionals completely ignoring...