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Employers attitude.

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Lallydallydune · 22/11/2024 11:25

An employer contacted me earlier this week.

They'd seen my CV on some website (I'd forgotten it was there, I'd been on that website a long time ago).

They sent me an email asking me to do an online interview for a position.

The positon seemed good. I decided to do the interview.

The onlie interviewer was so rude. After grilling me about different things for a while.

He said

"Why did you apply for this job". I said

"I didn't. Are you aware that the company contacted me and asked me to interview"

He then said "why should we hire you over all the over people that applied for this job"

. I again said "the company contacted me to do the interview for a start. Then I did answer the question and I listed my "qualities".

He was so rude. And I couldn't understand why he kept saying "why did you apply for this job" aggressively, when the company had sent me an email asking me to interview.

Why ask someone to do an interview and then be rude to them? I felt upset afterwards.

Weird experience

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divinededacende · 22/11/2024 12:22

His wording and tone sound like they were out of line and you probably wouldn't want to work for them based on that alone but I'm voting for you being unreasonable because your response tells me you objected to being asked the question at all. It was completely valid for them to do that.

The recruiter asked you to apply, presumably because they thought your CV was interesting but they didn't offer you a job outright. You chose to proceed, indicating you'd be interested in the job. It's not unreasonable for an interviewer to ask what attracts you to the role and/or why you'd want to work for the company. No, you didn't technically apply, you were invited to but your response was pedantic.

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