How would you react if you went on a job interview and found that one of the interviewers was someone you hated?

Wow. Do they hate you, too? I guess just suck it up and be polite and professional as usual.

I’d walk away, hands down. Not worth the angst.

Well, if you can’t handle 15 minutes worth of interview because you don’t like someone, then you probably can’t handle any job where you have to interact with other people. I would still take the high road and stay professional.

^ has nothing to do with handling the job, and everything to do with being true to oneself.
If I strongly dislike someone I choose to not be around them if at all possible so why would I willingly subject myself to something like this scenario? An exercise in futility, not because I couldn’t handle it, because I wouldn’t WANT to handle it. A perfectly fine and acceptable choice.

I’d finish up the interview just to be professional, but it would be a huge red flag to me that the company would even put somebody who can’t be impartial into the interview. I wouldn’t go to work for them even if I did somehow get the job.

Depends on how desperate I want the job. The interviewers are normally HRD people (and rarely the head of other department) so I believe I will mostly likely won’t have to deal with them directly in working environment on daily basis. I also believe that people will usually prioritize professionalism during interviews rather than personal emotion.

I’m with @Coloma. No thanks.

“Professionalism” is overrated IMO. It’s one thing to be professional, do a god job, have integrity in your work but entirely another to be a slave to bullshit. Nope, not I.

But often that’s what work is. You have to be a slave to other people’s bullshit. If you can’t handle that to a certain degree, don’t expect to be employed.

It depends on how senior their role on the panel was, and I would be surprised if they offered me the job.

If they did I’d need to weigh up how closely I’d be working with the person I dislike and how that would affect my working day.

I would act no differently than if I liked the person. I’d be friendly, greet them, ask them questions like I’d ask anybody else, etc.

As far as the job goes, it would depend on how closely I’d be working with them and how badly I needed/wanted the job. Maybe they work there but will end up leaving in a short while, which would be great.

@Dutchess_III This wasn’t about me.

@Dutchess_III That’s exactly why I have been self employed for the last 12 years. haha

But even when you’re self employed you have asshole customers to deal with. haha

^ No, my regular clients are all good people, I’m too old now to put up with bullshit. If you’re an asshole I quit, on the spot. :-)

I’d most likely go ahead with the interview.

All of my butlers feel this way…bless

What do you do @Coloma? What do you have clients for?

@Dutchess_III I was in a biz. partnership for years doing home staging and now I do pet/ranch/house sitting. Am booked solid starting this Thurs. through the end of May with more dates imminent. I also babysit a 10 year old girl and have been watching her since she was 7 several afternoons a week. Good pay for both and no workplace drama. :-)

I ran a daycare for many years. I was supporting me and the kids with it, so I had to put up with a lot of BS from different parents.
When we owned our own small engine business we had to put up with bull shit. One asshole even sued us. Asshole. He got a sign in his honor. The sign said, “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason.”

I would probably walk away