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Originally Posted by spike021
This happened to me a couple weeks ago.
I was supposed to do two interviews each on two separate days. One hour each.
So I join the first of two calls on one day. Wait 15 mins. Interviewer never shows. I email the recruiter to tell them. They call me and apologize, apparently the guy was out sick that day, etc. but I can still do the second one at 1pm and reschedule this one. So I say sure that's understandable and reschedule for the following Thursday. Thursday morning comes around. I get an email basically saying the interviewer I was supposed to talk to has construction going on near/at his house today, it'll probably be too difficult to have a clear conversation. Would I like to reschedule? Now I'm getting a bit annoyed but figure I'll just try to take it anyway because I need more interview practice. So we reschedule for the following week. The day before I'm supposed to talk to the guy, the recruiter emails me again saying that day he has a doctor appointment scheduled and won't make it.
At that point I just give up. Say I get the job, I would have to work on the same team as a guy who clearly didn't want to talk to me for a one hour call??
So I just send a very professional rejection email to the recruiter phrased almost exactly like how I get them usually as an interviewee.
She replies back all pissed off, saying this isn't how interviews usually go for them, it just didn't work with the guys schedule, she'll just have someone else do the interview, etc.
So I stopped replying altogether.
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I would have done the same thing. Your time is just as valuable as theirs, if not more because you have options. I'm not sure of your field or your level, and it doesn't really matter. I take a different approach when I look for a new job. I have variations of my resume targeted to the position which I am applying. I leave out anything that doesn't fit where I want to go even if it was a big part where I have been.
In a way I envy your situation. Shoot for the moon. Take risks. Reinvent yourself. You have nothing to lose. Don't let them get you down. They only know you from a piece of paper. Make that paper stand out so they will never forget you.