LAC Group Interview Questions

This was one of my first interviews after graduating college. I had a phone interview and two in-person interviews. Interviews were professional and great practice for me as a new professional. The in-person interviews were professional but still comfortable, so I was not too nervous. The recruiter did a great job explaining the company to me and answering all of my questions.

After confirmation, my phone interview was supposed to take place at 1030 and I called on time and was met with you have joined the conversation but you are the only one here. This went on until 10:55 and finally the recruiter connects and say I just sent you an email at 1041am and apologies for being late. First, it was only after I finish the most derogatory interview ever that I saw the email it stated" You must don't check your email regularly". This was even more confusing because the last email we agreed to was 1030 and he said I should receive the instruction to the phone conference Wednesday night. I checked my email so much that I know the instruction came at 5:15AM Thursday morning. He assumed for some reason I would not be checking and would not see the 515am email this explains the 1041am email. Now, after talking to him I am even more inclined that he had preconceived notions of me before speaking to me. The first question was why you leave your job, I explained to him that I retired after 33 years as librarian in DC Public School. He then began to say how he could not help me get a job back with DC Public School. I explained to him that I retired and was looking for something different. Then he proceed to ask me why I don't have a job already with my credentials, I explained my husband passed and I retired to find myself and was now ready to get back in the work force. That is when he said I don't mean to sound harsh and this may hurt your feelings but I have people with a better background than you and proceed to share with me how Directors of librarians are looking for the same job and would I be interested in being a Tech because my last years were not as a ref librarian. I shared with him I have a minor and a Masters Degree in Library Science, I have worked for 33 years in DC Public Schools five years in DC Public Library as a reference librarian and one year with National Library of Medicine so why are you offering me something that requires no education. He not once ask me a reference question, he never gave me the opportunity to tell him something about myself. He said a lot off condescending remarks to me but these are the ones that had me asking why did you call me in the first place. I am a librarian with many reference courses an any senior MLS Librarian know reference because that is what we do, it is like riding a bike once u know u know.

I was contacted via email for a telephone interview. The call did not come at the scheduled time. After I emailed them inquiring about the interview it was rescheduled. Once again, there was no call.