How to interview after starting new job?

manbearpig:

When I was doing it at my old firm, I scheduled all my interviews at 8am, or 5pm. So for the few days where I would come 30mins late, or leave an hour early, it was no big deal.

While this seems pretty straight-forward... wouldn't this make things a little difficult on your interviewers? I mean, what if they say "we're looking to bring you in on a 1st round interview, you'll be meeting with 3 people, it should take about an an hour and a half, etc." Wouldn't your interviewers kind of be annoyed they may have to stay late one night and interview someone to accommodate him? I feel like this may indirectly ruin your chances because it gives the interviewers a reason to start the interview off in a foul mood.

there is always lunch hour, just tell your buddies that you need to run an errand

Excellent question.

I can usually roll in at 9-9:30, so I've tried to snag 8 am interviews (if people are in the office that early) and be in a little later than normal. Otherwise you just have to bite the bullet and take a long afternoon (or an entire day if you get asked to come back for the super round).

Be creative with your excuses. There's always being sick--but I've heard apartment hunting, magazine photoshoot, lunch with a foreign diplomat, charity work (I don't recommend this one...pretty sleazy to throw poor people under the bus).

Fact is, unless you tell people outright that you're interviewing, they have little documented evidence against you with which to cut you out of a deserved bonus. Just pray that you aren't stuck with a vindictive comp committee.

do analysts have any time to go for dental and medical checkups?

the question is whether they can drag themselves from flight sim and solitaire to leave the office

Spread them out as much as possible, and vary the excuses like doctor appointment, long lunch break, going to the gym (only if you do this regularly), etc. There's not much else you can do.

People are going to figure you out. If you're looking for another job, and people refuse to meet you after work or on the weekends, your secret isn't going to remain that way for long.

As suggested, try to plan them in advance, ask to have the interviews on Mondays/Fridays so you can ask for a long weekend, and use your holiday time accordingly. You can 'go to the doctor' once. You can 'go to the dentist' once. You can take a sick day once. You can have a friend/relative 'unexpectedly' come into the city once.

If you are a salesman/relationship manager/anyone with client contact, you can say you're going to meet a client for a long lunch/coffee/drink/early dinner.

If you're an analyst/associate in M&A, no one is going to miss you in you're gone for an hour or two, but they may wonder where you are if you're absent all day.

If you're a trader, you're going to have a rough time. In this case, when your boss asks you where you're going, just tell him you're going to bang his wife/daughter (depending on how old he is), and they 'need the dick now.'

don't worry too much, resumes and job apps are held in confidence (unless you're Aleksey Vayner)... list a cell phone contact and a Yahoo or Gmail address. Also, if you're using recruiters state your preference for lunch time when you can get away, or evening calls- recruiters add a false sense of urgency in that they need to talk to you 2 or 3 times during the work day, in reality, they don't.

Jobs are really tough to get right now, so it's important to keep your current position and not alienate your supervisor. Looking shady is definitely one way to do that (with email and IM, there is hardly any reason to use a telephone at work these days haha)

Interested in hearing responses to this as well. My group works pretty serious hours and I literally don't know my own schedule at this point. I've often wondered when I would ever have time to interview somewhere.

Take sick days, doctor appointments, family emergencies, etc.

I usually try to schedule an interview during a lunch hour (or after lunch).

Depends what the position is. Have heard of interviews conducted over dinner.

Not ideal but it's doable, I think it depends on the firm and group though.

I wouldn't mention anything until there are timing conflicts. Keep it dl until you know that you're gonna have something that's worth telling your current employer about. You wouldn't want to start telling them you're looking elsewhere before 'elsewhere' has even told you they want you.

Thats not a good idea, it doesn't seem like you would ever be called on considering the type of work you said you do, but still... should they expect to be able to get in touch with you and/or expect you to do something, you'll be out of touch. Its better to just claim a family emergency requiring travel to such city.

The key to successfully lying is to keep as much as possible close to the truth. That way you don't have to remember all the shit you made up since you know that everything you told the other person is based on reality except the one component you want to hide.

You think lying about a family emergency is better than being sick? Challenge.

Go with sick. It's easy. Didn't answer your cell? At the doctor/asleep/whatever. Call them back later. Phones work in other cities. I've done this several times using sick, visiting clients, etc. Sick is way easier.