how to spot a bait and switch job on a interivew
how to spot a bait and switch job on a interivew
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Recently I had a phone interview with HR, for a Senior R&D Mech-E position. Its a small outfit US headquarters, but part of a larger EU company that make metering flow valves, which I have very little experience with. I sent over some portfolio examples to HR and it impressed the hiring manager enough that I have an interview tomorrow. From what I was told by HR its a newly created R&D position, for product development and working closely with R&D engineers in the EU. The role will require overseas travel to oversee the manufacturing developmnent of products developed in the the state. Besides the traqvel and the morning commute the position sound interesting, but again I have little if any experience in metering flow valves.
One concern I have is repeating the same mistake again. At my present company and last both Mech-E positions have been sort of bait and switch to some extents. Promises of role and responsibilites were different after accepting the offer. For example, were I currently at, it was explained on the interview what I would do, but when I started after 6 months it turned out to be a support engineering role, they needed someone to create ECO and update BOM's for the contract manufacture. So my question is what are some of tell tale signs to be on the look out for during an interview for a possible bait and switch job, or is it not possible to spot this?
One concern I have is repeating the same mistake again. At my present company and last both Mech-E positions have been sort of bait and switch to some extents. Promises of role and responsibilites were different after accepting the offer. For example, were I currently at, it was explained on the interview what I would do, but when I started after 6 months it turned out to be a support engineering role, they needed someone to create ECO and update BOM's for the contract manufacture. So my question is what are some of tell tale signs to be on the look out for during an interview for a possible bait and switch job, or is it not possible to spot this?





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In my current role, I act as a "front line recruiter" to go to job fairs and interviews with our recruiters to be able to address specific engineering questions/day to day life/etc that engineers may ask. I take my role seriously and never try to mislead the candidates, which I do hear the recruiters do (out of ignorance I assume).
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