If Ford wants to attract new talent to the city of Detroit, they need to revamp their interview process.
After submitting my information through the company website I was contacted by email to set up a phone interview. The phone interview was interesting, straight to the point, and increased my interest in the position. A week later, I received confirmation that I would be flown out for a one on one interview. Ford HR sent travel instructions and a case study to prepare for the 2 part interview.
2 days prior to departure I received and email informing me that the interview process would start at 10am (please note that I was coming in from the west coast). Perfect I thought.
Upon my arrival in Detroit, I received another email informing me that the interview was scheduled for 6:30am the next morning! (3:30 am for me) First of all, who interviews at 6:30 in the morning? Due to the time difference I was unable to go to sleep until 2 am local time... Basically, I was working on just under 3 hours of sleep and no food (they didn't even provide snacks, fruit, or cereal). Needless to say that my performance was less than average....
Had an offer been extended I would of immediately declined the position. This is no way to treat people, especially if you are trying to get them to move to beautiful Detroit.
Dear Ford, thank you for wasting my time and your money.