Early exit | When you should walk out of a job interview

The recruitment process can be a long and laborious experience for professionals.

This is the case as from a simple, and often relatively generic, job description written on a recruitment site or a company site doesn’t tell you all that you need to know to ascertain if you’d be a good cultural fit, whether you truly have the skills required to exceed in the role or if you believe there to be a truly prosperous opportunity within a firm.

Logically, the biggest fact-finding mission within the job-hunting process is upon being accepted for an interview. Almost immediately, candidates gain a sense of the company. Firstly, from a visual perspective, secondly by observing the office pre and post-interview, and thirdly when discussing the role with the recruiter within the company.

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However, due to this massively information-rich initial meeting, it can sometimes become apparent before even finishing the process that you simply won’t be a good fit. So, what do you do? Time is precious, you undoubtedly have other interviews in the pipeline and time spent in an interview for a job that you specifically don’t want is time spent away from being able to conduct research, practising for other interviews and even hunting down other opportunities.