So a recruiter calls me on Friday about a job at a firm. We schedule a skype video interview today. We talk for 15 min. everything goes well and she says she is going to get "Nicole" who works for the firm in here.
She comes back 2 min. later and says Nicoleis eating lunch, she will call you in 15-20 min. I say great, blah blah, and hope this all works out kind of ordeal. 20 min. go by and no call. 1 hour goes by and no call. 2 hours go by and no call.
I finally pick up the phone and call the recruiter explaining that I had never received said call. The recruiter just goes like, "oh yeah we actually just submitted your resume." I say what about the call from Nicole, and she says hopefully you hear back tomorrow.
Honestly what is this shit? These recruiters bother and bother you when in actuality they don't give a fuck about your existence. I just wasted two hours sitting here waiting for this call, and I am not even going to be informed that it's not going to come? Why wouldn't she pick up the phone and just tell me what is going on?
Had a similar experience last month.
Applied for a job that, in addition to being something that I do, actually seemed pretty cool and in my wheelhouse. Plus, I'm pretty qualified for it. I get an email back within a day or two asking for a phone interview. We have it on Friday, it goes great, she says come in next week for an interview, what day works for you? I say Wednesday, she says great, see you then, I'll follow up with a specific appointment time later.
Flash forward to next Tuesday and she still hasn't gotten back to me, so I shoot her back an email saying I'm looking forward to coming in but still haven't heard what time? She emails back with "The process is still ongoing, I'll let you know in a day or so." But...what? The interview is in less than a day!
So Wednesday comes and goes and I hear nothing. A week goes by, I call 'em up to ask about still coming in, just reaffirming I'm excited to meet with them. She sounds half-startled to hear from me at all but gives me the same "We're still working through the process, I'll get back to you in a few days."
So another week goes by, still nothing, so I decide to write them off. Would have been a cool gig, but fuck it, they're either clearly not interested or maybe were at some point but decided to go with someone else and instead of just telling me that straight up, they're opting to string me along with these false promises for whatever reason. So I figure that opportunity has dried up.
Three weeks later I get a new email from the same company, but a different recruiter, simply saying "Thanks for expressing interest in the position, can you send me your portfolio?" What the fuck! I just did this step already a month ago! But I send it along, re-introduce myself, while also putting in there that I was actually supposed to come in for an interview, just to remind them that I'm further along in this whole thing and that this isn't/shouldn't be step 1 all over again.
And a couple weeks go by, nothing, I email back to follow up, another week goes by and again nothing.
The moral of this story is fuck HR.
