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      Director, Purchasing Services Interview

      May 18, 2014
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Palo Alto, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) in Aug 2013

      Interview

      The worst experience ever: unorganized, long interviews, no action/follow up, lots of internal politics that comes through from the interviewers comments, arrogance (you should feel honored to be interviewing here -- don't waste your time. Employees and managers are not aligned or on the same page when interviewing. Management is not forthcoming/honest about the true working situation of the department, quality of the employees, or about the goals of the job.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Can we get more references -- after three references and complete back ground, credit, history check -- really?
      1 Answer
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