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Hey Recruiters, Please don’t call unannounced in the middle of the day and expect an immediate phone interview.

This has happened to me twice. I am more than willing to give you a quick phone interview, but I AM AT MY JOB DURING THE DAY. I can take 5-10 minutes out of the workday if it's scheduled, but if you call me without any fore-warning I am usually in the middle of doing something. The first time this happened, I chuckled when asked what time they could call back because I was in the middle of doing a big project – to which the recruiter took as an insult and basically just hung up on me. Is your skin that thin that you can't deal with a little chuckle? The second time I asked for them to phone back in an hour – that was an hour and a half ago. Now I'm sitting here on reddit with the time I carved out posting this post. Seriously recruiters,…


This has happened to me twice. I am more than willing to give you a quick phone interview, but I AM AT MY JOB DURING THE DAY. I can take 5-10 minutes out of the workday if it's scheduled, but if you call me without any fore-warning I am usually in the middle of doing something.

The first time this happened, I chuckled when asked what time they could call back because I was in the middle of doing a big project – to which the recruiter took as an insult and basically just hung up on me. Is your skin that thin that you can't deal with a little chuckle?

The second time I asked for them to phone back in an hour – that was an hour and a half ago. Now I'm sitting here on reddit with the time I carved out posting this post.

Seriously recruiters, step up your game. I get that you guys are having a hard time finding people, but an iota of professionalism would be nice.

/Rant

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