Jose Rodriguez Review of Mazuma Credit Union
Pretty disappointed with the hiring process of Maz...
Pretty disappointed with the hiring process of Mazuma Credit Union. I had initially only heard great things from members but have heard that it's pretty difficult to get hired into management there so I made sure to prepare extensively with background research and preparing some important questions to ask. I had a 2-hour long interview with VP of Retail Service Delivery Josh Wooley, an HR recruiter and a branch manager where the ENTIRE time I was the one asking the questions to properly understand what obstacles a new manager might face, and the entire time Josh was typing on his laptop and rarely ever looked at me. After the interview, Sarah, the HR recruiter (who was OUTSTANDING) told me I did a great job and I would be hearing from them soon! Well, long story short, 2 weeks later I received "the email" that said they weren't interested. I absolutely know that I am the right man for the job and even gave specific examples of how I was able to overcome challenges in my current management role and grow the bank's deposit balances by $3million and small business loan production by $900k in ONE year, these were examples that were very similar to the challenges I was told their open branches were facing now. And what was even more disappointing than that, during the interview, I was even told that the current manager was hired in an impromptu interview OVER LUNCH! And I'm thinking to myself afterwards, I've got 13 years of experience in banking and management and I have extremely close ties to the community in which these branches serve in, and I wasn't hired after a 2-hour LONG interview in which I asked 95% of the questions... yet someone was hired over an impromptu interview at LUNCH. Not sure that's a fair/equal employment opportunity. I think there might need to be some changes made so that the "RIGHT" people can have an opportunity at being hired and truly making a difference at Mazuma!

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