Depends on how desperate you are and what the job market's like. Job interviews aren't the place for giving in to that sort of request out of 'selflessness' - they're negotiating tables where you need to come out with either something you're ok with, or nothing at all (if you can afford for that to happen). This is your life and your time that you're going to give them so they need to pass muster with you as much as you need to with them. The interviewer is NOT your manager until you give him permission to be your manager. The ball is in your court.
If your experience is in IT support and you can afford to walk away without a job this time, don't go into cleaning, because you'll be spending a large part of your life doing something that's not in line with your career goals and you'll have to put it on your resume when you could be putting an IT job from a different company on it instead.
Remember that until that contract is signed, your prospective manager has no authority over you and the interview is a business negotiation between equals with potentially compatible interests. That's my advice.
Is this not a test from the manager?
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Depends on how desperate you are and what the job market's like. Job interviews aren't the place for giving in to that sort of request out of 'selflessness' - they're negotiating tables where you need to come out with either something you're ok with, or nothing at all (if you can afford for that to happen). This is your life and your time that you're going to give them so they need to pass muster with you as much as you need to with them. The interviewer is NOT your manager until you give him permission to be your manager. The ball is in your court.
If your experience is in IT support and you can afford to walk away without a job this time, don't go into cleaning, because you'll be spending a large part of your life doing something that's not in line with your career goals and you'll have to put it on your resume when you could be putting an IT job from a different company on it instead.
Remember that until that contract is signed, your prospective manager has no authority over you and the interview is a business negotiation between equals with potentially compatible interests. That's my advice.