Diary Friday 18th May 2018

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Back from the dreaded and useless job interview. The four day course which I passed was leading to this nonsense. I’m pretty sure I failed. Still not told who the company are - that is only released if I'm successful enough to reach the follow up interview apparently. I got there in plenty of time and had to be approved by the agency rep - he was turning away anyone dressed badly or who didn't have their CV's. I got through, feeling like I'd got past the bouncers to get into a nightclub. He asked me to give him an assessment of the other candidates I’d met during the course, which I refused to do. It's not my job to ruin someone else’s chances. The interviewer started telling me what the company does, the city by city locations of its offices, that its split between the warehouse and its admin - they import goods from abroad for distribution to major supermarket stores etc. It seemed to go pleasantly enough until he hit me with a memory test. He asked me what his name was, as he'd told me when I went in. I forgot. He asked me which towns he'd told me they have branches in - I remembered three of the four, Preston, Manchester and Birmingham. He told me he needs people to be 100% and that I'll find out how I went on next Wednesday but I think it’s pretty obvious he already decided I'm down with early onset Alzheimer's or too many lapses in concentration to consider so I think it is safe to say game over. I asked him the name of the company. He told me that is only shared at the next stage with successful applicants. I now no longer care who the company is. Apparently, they need people with photographic memories, willing to report other staff for any failings or mistakes and a no question asked attitude. I feel sorry for any of the course candidates who pass the unexpected tests. Arthur Chappell