I have two job titles listed in this post because when I was called for a brief phone interview I was told that my background and education make me great for a project manager role, but when I showed up to the interview they told me they don't like starting people as PMs so at best i would have to be an Assistant PM (a job most people hold just a couple years out of college). My experience from military, construction, engineering, and project management with a Masters in PM, and a PMP over qualify me for their APM role. The first interview was with some project managers and a Director of mission critical projects. I was told by their Senior PM that they would reach out that day or the next with a phone call for the next interview. A week later I followed up. Another week later they scheduled another in-person interview with different project managers, one "new hire" PMs from the previous interview. I was told for the first interview I would meet the Area Manager and conduct a site visit. This did not happen. They also said they spoke with my previous boss at the local government office and he said he'd rehire me (and then other things we will get to soon). The second interview is where the site visit occured. The field staff were comfortable calling my "tour guide APM" gay in front of me. I do not care if it is construction work. I worked in construction half of my career and there is no need to be unprofessional, especially in front of an interviewee. This needs work. I told the APM I guess there is no HR out here and he said no there isn't. The company also told me they provide a vehicle stipend instead of a company truck and fuel card for APM and PM roles. The project I would have been assigned is 1.5 hours from their office and the $800/mo. would not compensate for my insurance, mileage, maintenance, fuel costs, loan amount with interest on vehicle, etc. Please see the interview questions. It was apparent to me that I was not seriously being considered for the role based on those. Also, I used to work in local government and was required to work with companies like this to enforce WZ closures and collect permit fees. This also came up during the interview. Again, unprofessional.
