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      Purchasing Interview

      13 Jul 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Burlingame, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Lahlouh (Burlingame, CA) in Jul 2017

      Interview

      Phone, then if qualified they set up an interview on location. Upon arrival I was told that I would be meeting with 6 people at various stages of the day, total interview time was 5 straight hours.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      Well asked about my previous experience which I have about 15 in print, packaging and fulfillment. As I told them what I did at the 2 previous companies they had a hard time understanding what I did. I guess if you always worked for the Mfg. plant it is hard to understand working at a packaging broker where you manage many projects through your vendor base. Anyways a lot of clarifying and still not sure everyone got it.
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      A lot of the questions were the standard job related questions, I have a unique background in that a lot of the services they offer I have learned early in my career and managed quite successfully, that type of background is rare amongst sales reps because most sales people take orders and move on and want repeat business, but in the marketing arena there is a ton of management on each and every project since you rarely get repeat type of business and you have to stay engaged from cradle to grave to see a project through. Once I started talking about that experience that I managed as a salesman throughout my career and is one of the biggest challenges for any Mfg plant to offer to customers, that's why packaging brokers usually get that type of business, the questions about that type of service stopped and I started to get technical questions about machinery, now if I was applying for a machine operator position this is a 100% valid question, but I am applying for purchasing and I can manage 3rd party outsourced jobs that are sent out all days long. I was left with you have the right attitude, which upon hearing that meant you really want to hire somebody that you can direct, not someone that can enhance. See part of enhancement is streamlining processes and eliminating internal mistakes or oversights which I did all day everyday on my decisions as well as manufacturer's decisions so delays or issues were avoided or at least manageable as to not let a customer down. Having someone to direct is to tell them the issue and just fix it and continue to fix issues and its not your concern on how the issue was created only that it needs to be fixed and we move on, no questions asked.
      1 Answer

      Question 3

      Last question was we are going to get together and discuss this with the team, since I was there 5 hours. I followed up the next day with a thank you email for there time and 2 days later followed up with a nice email asking for a time frame on a decision. I got no response from anyone on my email, which speaks a lot not about the company cause this is a good company, it speaks a lot about the 2 people I sent the emails to!
      1 Answer