Last fall I had a company reach out on indeed. Seemed like a good offer with the only downside being a two hour round trip commute. Phone interview with the COO for about 30 minutes. Later that night Im asked to take an assessment. At this point I’m turned off. I have a bachelors and 15 years professional experience. A few days later it’s interview time. When I get there I’m asked to fill out a second application and wait. I’m now asked to come into a small room with a glass wall. I’m facing both the COO and another individual. I’m then more or less retold the job description, asked if I though I could do the work, blah blah blah. I’m not asked about past performance, nothing about my resume or college. And that’s pretty much it. I’m asked if I have questions, which at that point how could I not, but I really just wanted to leave. So I asked the generic question and figured I could slip out like a thief in the night… Nope.
I’m now being paraded around the office to each staff member there. I was brought into a video sales meeting of about 10 people and forced to introduce myself. I was welcomed to the team by the HR director and finally told, no. Just No, by the finance director when introduced. No other explanation, I was introduced and her response was immediately, No. I finally get to my car and braved the hour drive. After I get home, my wife and I laugh about the ordeal not knowing what happened.
Then they Ghost me.
No response to my attempted communication. Utter silence.
Until…
Present day.
I woke up last week to an invite to apply for a job on indeed. To my surprise, it’s the same position, at the same location with an invite from the SAME person. I applied. How could I not. A chance to tell them off face to face.
A few days later, I am contacted again for dates and times I can phone interview. They still haven’t connected the dots at this point. I replied yesterday. This world is a wild place. I hope I get a chance to tell this company to shove it.