I interviewed for a healthcare CTO monday.i was asked back to do a deeper dive on specific areas they wanted covered. I researched and prepared a powerpoint preso with notes on these areas. I actually cut out some material as i had accumulated 20 pages. when i arrived the internal exec recruiter said the CIO and interim CTO were unavailable and i would interview with the exec director, interim CIO and a programming staffer.

I brought my laptop and opened the preso. the exec director had been the one to coach me on what was to be covered. he took the lead in the interview and proceeded to only cover one of five topics and wandered aimlessly through the interview…

the other two were equally at sea and covered competency based questions which i answered completely. I was a wee bit taken aback they were so underprepared and had not addressed the areas i was told they would as well as been on point with the subjects they had covered. in many cases they asked question whose answers would only be known to an existing employee!

i look forward to your thoughts
Kathy