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I’m interviewing now and there are too many to limit to just one. Sadly, I learn a new one at least once a week.When one of the first questions out a potential employer’s mouth is “How much do you currently make (or did you make in your last job)?”. a) That’s personal information; b) Why is that relevant to this job? I’m assuming they are quite different with different challenges, etc. and c) do you really want to hire a CFO who is dumb enough to give away his price upon first meeting him/her? How is that going to work when that CFO is trying to sell your business or raise capital for you?“Hi, I’m Cassidy/Montana/Zac/Brittany/Colt ”. The names have nothing to do with the red flag but I’m talking about the 24 year old “talent acquisition specialist” attached to that name who’s been with the company for 4 months and who will conduct the initial interview (granted this is usually a phone interview but still). I’m going to rant a bit because this seems to be common in the US especially with start-ups that are at the point where they need a CFO. Look, if you own or founded the company and you’re looking for a CFO or other CXO, you might want to get involved directly rather than leave it to the newest person on your team who a) understands the least about your business and b) probably has no idea what a CFO, COO, or other CXO really does because he/she simply lacks enough experience to determine a good CXO from a bad one. This also goes for using a headhunter with little knowledge about the role. I can not stress this enough. I can only imagine how many strong candidates slipped away because their initial interview with a company was with someone who knows very little and determined that that very experienced candidate’s skill set was not a “100% exact match” with with some random job description your company is using. I’m positive it’s happened to me and happens to others. If you are the CEO, President or Owner you really need to own the hiring process for any CXO because it’s f&ck*ng important! I actually had one headhunter tell me last month that the CEO of an established company did not want to get involved in the CFO search at all (GIANT RED FLAG!).What’s your full name, birthdate, full home address, social security number, etc., etc., etc. before you’ve even had a chance to do anything but read the job description. This type of request should come at the end of the process when the new-hire is joining your company not when you are arranging an introductory initial phone call to discuss the role.A very big red flag is if the company often stresses that they are in an “at-will” state. (for non-Americans reading this: in the US 49/50 states have a legal classification called “at-will” employment which allows employers to fire any employee at any time for any reason other than for things like gender, age, race, etc. which they all do any way but just they say the firing occurred due to poor job performance). Any employer that continually brings this up during an interview should be viewed very suspiciously because they are, in effect, saying “we can fire you any time we want” which to me isn’t the best way to start an employer-employee relationship.For senior roles, and somewhat related to item 4 above; “we don’t do employment agreements”. Excuse me, but you’re asking me with my 25 years of experience to come here and do a good job for you and you operate in an at-will state so to entice me you really need to comfort me with some form of security so yes I’d like an employment agreement. This has happened a couple of times and one guy even told me that there would be no employment agreement but then mentioned that he has an employment agreement because he negotiated it with his investors. No thanks.

Did you apply on your own or did someone help you? You need to see an immigration attorney right away, and have them request in writing for an interview. The (new) attorney should also FOIA your files, and get a record of what was submitted for the asylum application if you did not apply on your own or no longer have the records. If there is no response to interview request, then the attorney would need to initiate a mandamus action in district court with regards to the asylum application.

When I applied to medical school I was very competitive for medical school in general and marginally competitive for elite medical schools. I think you could apply to 5 medical schools for the initial price and then it became prohibitively expensive for me. I never thought at the time to ask my parents for help with the money for applications at the time.However, the story starts before the application. Nothing is more important for medical school admissions than the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). I spent an entire summer immersing myself in medicine, medical literature and a very good Princeton review class. I took my first mock MCAT and got a marginal Score. Two months and four practice tests latee my MCAT score came back 98th percentile! This is when I knew I was going to be a doctor!College was difficult for me, I took almost 20 hours per semester as I was taking the honors corriculum a biochemistry major and had a math and physics minor.Bottom line. I had none of the volunteer hours and extracurricular activities that Ivy League schools want. So I wasn’t surprised when I didn’t get an interview from Yale and Harvard, even though my numbers were better than average for their schools.However, my state school was very quick to get back to me with an interview invitation.My interview went very well. I felt I hit it off with the doctors I interviewed with. I felt confident they would offer me a spot in their class.I also received an interview request from a private California medical school. Things went very well there as well. The gentleman I interviewed with basically offered me a scholarship.So a couple of weeks after my first interview, my mom called me that I had a letter from the Medical College of Georgia! I drove home the next day and opened the letter. My parents had already opened it!I was accepted!It was a wonderful feeling. I was so excited. Yet, it was expected. Really the day I knew I was going to be a doctor was the day my MCAT results came back, but holding the acceptance letter in my hands was a feeling I will never forget.