If you showed up at a interview and was told....... (employer, job)
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by the receptionist-"The interviewer wanted me to let you know she is in a meeting and will not be able to see you today and would you be abloe to return tomorrow?"
Of course my answer was-"probably not" since the interviewer assumed that I had no other options and it also gave off the message that they had the person they wanted.
We have been having this debate at work and I was being made fun of because I decided to leave and not return to the interview the following day.
So how many people on this board whether you had a job or not would have returned to the company the next day after showing up on time for the initial scheduled interview.
Depends. How inconvenient is it? When were you told? What impacts did would the interview have had (missed work that day)? Was recovery possible (head back to work)? Where is the interview with respect to where you would be that day?
It all depends. So, my answer is yes, I would if I could.
Oh how moronic can you possibly be - of course I would have rescheduled. If the next day was seriously not going to work for you another day could have been offered up. But to blow your opportunities just to be a stubborn a## and make an assumption they already had someone is just dense.
My take on things, especially these days, if you are invited to an interview you go, if for anything, experience. You get a chance to answer the questions and meet the people and improve your technique. You never know what happened...her child could have been sick.
by the receptionist-"The interviewer wanted me to let you know she is in a meeting and will not be able to see you today and would you be abloe to return tomorrow?"
Of course my answer was-"probably not" since the interviewer assumed that I had no other options and it also gave off the message that they had the person they wanted.
We have been having this debate at work and I was being made fun of because I decided to leave and not return to the interview the following day.
So how many people on this board whether you had a job or not would have returned to the company the next day after showing up on time for the initial scheduled interview.
I know this doesn't answer your question, but I find it ironic that a company can be so disrespectful to an applicant that they can't even find the time to call you and let you know the interview is canceled.
If you showed that kind of disrespect, you never would be considered for the job.
I find it ironic that a company can be so disrespectful to an applicant that they can't even find the time to call you and let you know the interview is canceled.
If you showed that kind of disrespect, you never would be considered for the job.
I've been in the position of the employer and recall clearly all hell breaking loose and having to sit in on a conference call and it was 5 minutes before the interview I had scheduled and I had no way of getting a hold of this woman in that span of time and had the administrative assistant apologize on my behalf and talk to the interviewee about reschedualing the interview. She did reschedule and ended up being the person I hired. I've left that company some time ago and she sill works there.
I have to say, some people aren't in a position to be stubborn and over value themselves which is a fatal combination, especially in today's job market.
by the receptionist-"The interviewer wanted me to let you know she is in a meeting and will not be able to see you today and would you be abloe to return tomorrow?"
Of course my answer was-"probably not" since the interviewer assumed that I had no other options and it also gave off the message that they had the person they wanted.
We have been having this debate at work and I was being made fun of because I decided to leave and not return to the interview the following day.
So how many people on this board whether you had a job or not would have returned to the company the next day after showing up on time for the initial scheduled interview.
My response would very much depend on the delivery of the message. If the excuse was, "I'm so sorry, but (the interviewer) was unexpectedly called in to an emergency meeting. We tried to reach you but you must have already left the house, could we possibly reschedule for tomorrow, I'm so sorry, etc." then I might reschedule.
If it was hypothetically posed as bluntly as TVSG says it was (and with all due respect he leaves out so much when he posts anywhere on CD) then, yes, I would have a problem since my time is valuable. Under those circumstances I would have asked how long the emergency meeting would last and if it would be worth my waiting. And I would segue from there.
Unlike TVSG I wouldn't have said, "Probably not" and, Grasshopper, that's a very childish and unmeasured response at best since the explanation hypothetically given (but delivery unqualified) certainly does not necessarily indicate that the company had already hired someone or was deliberately wasting your time.
As long as you remain in your little and very narrow cocoon you will never understand that life is made up of a series of grey tones and not in absolute black and whites.
Your fellow workers don't have to be Einsteins in the raw to pick holes in your logic. Only you fail to see it and so your position was challenged although I doubt you were "made fun of" except in your own mind.
And you're a career counsellor who works with ex-cons in an effort to put them back into the workplace.
Business happens even when we, the all important job applicant, are waiting for an interview. Sure I would go back. From the OP's question they wanted to know if he could come back the next day. They are giving you the choice here. You could not come back. You could come back the next day. You could make another appointment that does work for you and them.
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