SyanticRaven

I asked that last question and my interview ended dead there. I was told it is very unprofessional to ask anything about other candidates, even if it is just for self evaluation.

I changed it from that day to

"Is there any reason at all that you would hesitate to offer me the job? If so, I'd appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns head-on before we finish."

I think it sounds much better and doesn't get their back up. And I appreciate honesty. I just don't think the interviewers do. Most seem to expect the same key phrases or answers.

My work (IT Web Dev) said that to me too "You have to figure it out, its not our problem the system broke. Otherwise it will be considered correct"

I had offered to build their HR system (it was simple) they choose a cheap pay monthly service that kept nullifying accrued days.

So I emailed back that I had accrued the maximum full allowance up to that time based on hours worked and my email records show no days taken, so instead of having no holidays like the erroneous system says, I have 22 days.

All of a sudden it was HRs "Policy" to check and correct any discrepancies through manual review. After manual review, I had 22.25 days.

I also had my CEO try to explain a 24 hour clock to me when for black friday I claimed 28 hours overtime for the week.

Well it went like this:

Boss: "Why do you have 28 hours of overtime?"
Me: "Those are the hours you requested I work over and above my usual shift"
Boss: "There are 28 hours there"
Me: "Yup, you requested a lot of work"
Boss: "Thats not possible"

... skip boring confusion part ...

Boss: "you cant work 28 hours in a 24 hour day, and 8 of those hours are your shift"
Me: "I know how the hours in a day work, this is overtime for the full week not one day"
Boss: "Your not understanding, there are 24 hours in a day, 24, no higher"
Me: "This is beyond frustrating, I'm a scientist and an engineer, I know how a 24 hour clock works - I said for the week, read week I am not discussing this any further just read the clock-in system hours I have recorded, remove 40 hours from it and pay me for all time over it."
Boss: "Bet it says 14"

Low and behold they paid me 28 hours and I moved job soon after.

Ahh, that is a new truth. Thank you for that. It seems much more sensible than anything else I have been told.