I applied to a well known mid sized tech company (around 3,000–5,000 employees) and received an email to schedule a call with a recruiter. Since it’s the EOY, I’m more available, I sent over a wide range of availability to make scheduling easy. I didn’t hear back for a few days. I just assumed things might be slow due to the holidays.
A few days later, out of the blue, the recruiter emailed asking if I was “free now.” This caught me off guard since I expected a confirmation or at least a calendar invite. I replied that I wasn’t available and asked to schedule for the next day at his preferred time.
The next day came, and I felt fully prepared for the call. The time arrived, silence. No call. I waited 15 minutes, thinking the recruiter might be running late or may have been in a situation where he could not make it. I followed up, offering to reschedule. An hour later, I got a response, I was expecting some sort of apology or explanation, but instead it was another “Are you free now?”
At that point, I felt my time wasn’t being respected and decided to withdraw my application. I believe recruiters leave the first impression for a company and how they operate.
Has anyone else had similar experiences? How did you handle them?
TLDR: Recruiter was unprofessional and didn’t value my time, so I withdrew my application.
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r/cscareerquestions I applied to a well known mid sized tech company (around 3,000–5,000 employees) and received an email to schedule a call with a recruiter. Since it’s the EOY, I’m more available, I sent over a wide range of availability to make scheduling easy. I didn’t hear back for a few days. I just assumed things might be slow due to the holidays. A few days later, out of the blue, the recruiter emailed asking if I was “free now.” This caught me off guard since I expected a confirmation or at least a calendar invite. I replied that I wasn’t available and asked to schedule for the next day at his preferred time. The next day came, and I felt fully prepared for the call. The time arrived, silence. No call. I waited 15 minutes, thinking the recruiter might be running late or may have been in a situation where he could not make it. I followed up, offering to reschedule. An hour later, I got a response, I was expecting some sort of apology or explanation, but instead it was another “Are you free now?” At that point, I felt my time wasn’t being respected and decided to withdraw my application. I believe recruiters leave the first impression for a company and how they operate. Has anyone else had similar experiences? How did you handle them? TLDR: Recruiter was unprofessional and didn’t value my time, so I withdrew my application. submitted by /u/5oClutch [link] [comments]
I applied to a well known mid sized tech company (around 3,000–5,000 employees) and received an email to schedule a call with a recruiter. Since it’s the EOY, I’m more available, I sent over a wide range of availability to make scheduling easy. I didn’t hear back for a few days. I just assumed things might be slow due to the holidays.
A few days later, out of the blue, the recruiter emailed asking if I was “free now.” This caught me off guard since I expected a confirmation or at least a calendar invite. I replied that I wasn’t available and asked to schedule for the next day at his preferred time.
The next day came, and I felt fully prepared for the call. The time arrived, silence. No call. I waited 15 minutes, thinking the recruiter might be running late or may have been in a situation where he could not make it. I followed up, offering to reschedule. An hour later, I got a response, I was expecting some sort of apology or explanation, but instead it was another “Are you free now?”
At that point, I felt my time wasn’t being respected and decided to withdraw my application. I believe recruiters leave the first impression for a company and how they operate.
Has anyone else had similar experiences? How did you handle them?
TLDR: Recruiter was unprofessional and didn’t value my time, so I withdrew my application.
submitted by /u/5oClutch
[link] [comments]