'It's turned into a no-win situation': Recruiter Gets Slammed for Complaining About Applicant Rejecting an Extra Surprise Interview

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
May 4, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

Job hunting is one of the most thankless and humiliating tasks that many of us will ever have to go through. The process of growing a personality shiny and corporate enough that we will receive the privilege of getting paid is painful. 

Considering how incompetent some employees are, the whole process doesn't even work that well half of the time. Interviewers aren't always the best placed for their jobs, either, as has been underlined by a recent tweet from a recruiter complaining about a job applicant flaking on them. The reason they had done this was because they had been asked to attend a further interview after being told that they were already done.

Needless to say, Twitter users were not impressed with this lax approach to the jobseeker's time and attention. We all know that finding work can be stressful enough without those who have power over it changing up the rules.

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    Font - NotAFanOfArmchairTAFolks @JessicaWisdom1 I told a candidate their last interview was their last one. I was wrong. I told them sorry, blah, blah. They emailed me back and said they feel like they are done interviewing and can answer questions via email. It's now turned into a no-win situation. #interviewing
    via JessicaWisdom1
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    Rectangle - gray7@ghoulpunk 3d i think it's time that we start mocking interviewers more than we already do. really make it widespread. i want these people to feel ashamed when they play with people's lives like this.
    via gh0ulpunk
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    Font - Dezmanian @DezManian_ 0.0 *** If it's 3+ interviews I'm not even interested in the position. Nothing is ever that fkn serious. I can only be fake for 2 interviews max and that's a stretch.
    via DezManian_
  • 04
    Font - BoolsHaving @booishaving Companies: No one wants to work anymore! Also Companies: The interview process is 5 interviews, one of which is with a 6-person panel and takes one full hour. The pay is $12/hr, and no benefits.
    via booishaving
  • 05
    Font - Whitney @MxHeartCookie I just feel like people who are hiring forget that they are getting paid to interview people and the people being interviewed are not.
    via MxHeartCookie
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    Font - Afro-African @cocoasehnel And what's so nasty about this is that candidates will go through all these hoops just to be ghosted in the end. So now I've done 16191919 interviews just to have to chase you for an answer or get no answer at all?
    via cocoasehnel
  • 07
    Font - zackfoxenjoyer @gatoradewussy8 We need to start passing legislation to punish you people. 6 rounds of interviews and a take home assignment for a no is malpractice.
    via gatoradewussy8
  • 08
    Font - Zah-kah-ree-yah @KamikaZaky Some advice: If an employer can't assess your fit for a role in 2-3 interviews, they don't care about your time and probably will continue to not care *if* they decide to hire you.
    via KamikaZaky
  • 09
    Font - MrsBundrige @MrsBundrige "People don't want to work"... it's this type of unnecessary nonsense that's causing people to give up. The ineptitude of HR and org management forcing people into multiple rounds of interviews is absurd.
    via MrsBundrige
  • 10
    Eye - Kristy Yamacoochie @brownandbella Even the way you blah blah'ed thru telling us this is enraging
    via brownandbella
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    Font - Naima Cochrane @naima The digital instead of in person interview has companies wilin'. I've heard of more 4, 5, 6 round interviews in the last 3 years than I ever have previously. It's like companies look around and say "Ok; who else should they talk to?" just because they feel like they can.
    via naima
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    Font - death's favorite girl @aballerinadoll Having people do initial resumes, then reupload it to your own site, having 2-3 assessment tests and 3-5 interviews for a job is not only exhausting and mentally taxing impacts personal income coming from their current job and might loose them interviews with other companies
    via aballerinadoll
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    Font - Kia Richards @KiaRichards_ Good for the candidate for having boundaries. It's a red flag that your team is not organized and didn't communicate with the candidate how many interview rounds there will be ahead of time.
    via KiaRichards_

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