24. Friends Like That?
Did an interview at a university a while back for a faculty position. At the point of the interview process where I met other members of the department’s faculty, they were telling me about and laughing at two previously interviewed contenders for the position. They were obnoxiously cruel, insensitive, and boorish as they mocked the previous interviewees.
Their behavior around a total stranger who was also interviewing for the position told me everything I needed to know about them as professionals, human beings, and potential future ‘friends’.
I was offered the job… I took a different position at a different university. Never looked back.