I just finished an interview for a job I applied located in another city. I think the interview went well – I don’t have any results yet – but the interviewer told me that if I succeed in this first round I will be asked to do the second one face to face at their office.
Now, I applied for this job because I’m willing to relocate to this other city, but asking to take a flight + finding an accommodation for 1-2 nights just seems too pretentious to me, just for an interview.
How is it that they are ok with conducting the first round online but not the second one? This is a sit-in-a-office kind of job btw, nothing special, probably with an average salary too, and I don’t even know if there will be a third round either.
So I’m asking you folks, what would you do? Should I consider it or just ditch it?
I’m not sure if I’m being too judgy. The problem here is not the money btw, I can afford the trip easily but hearing this in 2023 feels like a huge red flag.
What do you think?