@SideWinder
How did the interview go?
Thank you for asking.
So came in quite excited, fully prepared with research on the company, scenarios of customer support etc etc. Rapport was gained but they came across very new to hiring. Some of the questions seemed very strange (what type of manager am i?) for a temp role. They also kept on saying things like you'll have no progress for at least a year, maybe stay on after 3 months (realised this lined up with stamp duty closing so think the role was to do with that). They also didn't seem interested in a work culture/too busy...all in all, i don't think they knew how to hire. They also said they had never trained remote before...which surprised me for a tech team position interviewing end of November. We've all been remote for a while.
They were meant to say either way the next morning (interview was a Monday and said i would be starting Thursday! So needed time to release myself from my freelance role i have at the moment) but they didn't. I chased Tuesday afternoon and agency said no news. Then said EOD Tuesday....then Wednesday AM...and still nothing. Bizaare.
I think they are "too busy" to hire which is mental...why advertise, why go through the agency 3 weeks ago who kept me in the loop.
TL;DR version: It went well but on reflection, i dodged a bullet from a very unorganised team who seem very inexperienced in hiring.
Current role is progressing very well, wonderful people, brilliant training AND manager said he is pushing to keep us all on! We shall see!