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If you apply for a job and then later find out that due to certain circumstances (scheduling reasons for example), it just won't work out for you, but you are called in for an interview, do you go ahead with the interview anyway, or do you respectfully decline it?
If you already know that place isn't going to work out there isn't a lot of good that comes from going ahead. I have talked to people about work (a specific project in that case) that I honestly knew from the description that was not what I did, and I just let them know. There was no problem.
In their rush to avoid something which doesn't seem right or interesting, too few recognize a job interview as a 'sales opportunity.' Of course, if one's unemployed schedule is simply too busy to allow interviews for a job one might not like, there is probably a good reason one is unemployed. On the other hand, if one is working (the best time to look for a job), the question: "Is one interviewing on their own time, or on their current employer's time?
I think OP meant that the potential job's work schedule won't work, not the interview schedule.
OP, unless you have nothing else better to do, then decline.
Well from the looks of it, I will have no choice but to be interviewed by her because I am looking to be interviewed for a promotion. They are wanting to kill three birds with one stone though. They want all of the candidates to be interviewed by three of the interviewers who are looking for the positions needed to be filled and go from there. I will just answer the questions the best way I can and if the job is offered to me, then I will have to respectfully decline their offer and pray that I get the promotion that I truly want.
Being a pharmacy technician, I have applied for pharmacy technician positions with retail pharmacy chains. I have received calls from store managers liking my resume and my experience, but they did not have pharmacy technician positions available at their stores. They were seeking to fill needs in register operation and stocking. My state's board of pharmacy and code of laws are strict in requiring pharmacy technicians to work only in pharmacy at any pharmacy location. Working outside the scope of practice does not work out.
If you apply for a job and then later find out that due to certain circumstances (scheduling reasons for example), it just won't work out for you, but you are called in for an interview, do you go ahead with the interview anyway, or do you respectfully decline it?
Decline it if you feel for any reason the position would not work for you. Why waste their time or yours? I once declined an interview after driving past the neighborhood/bldg where I'd be working. I was new in town and not familiar with the area, but after doing some research, I learned the area was very unsafe. In fact, one of the worst in the city. I thanked them for the consideration, but immediately withdrew my interest.
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