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Do I mention this in the interview

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Yuja · 18/01/2026 19:01

I was contacted via LinkedIn by a recruiter about a job in my field. I have put ‘open to work’ on in the background as I am on a fixed contract that is ending in March - they haven’t yet been able to guarantee extension or permanent so I need to look around to protect myself.

When the recruiter contacted me she said it was for an X Manager post, with an ‘up to’ salary that is in line with management roles in this industry. I am looking for a step up so expressed my interest, spoke to her, gave her my CV. She went back to the company who want to interview me in a few days. On receiving the interview invite it was titled X Trainer instead of X Manager. I went back to the recruiter who said ah yes, well I was clear with them that what the role entails is more in line with a manager role but the internal designation remains Trainer. apologies for the confusion. I’ve accepted the invite anyway as I need a job regardless, however, I’ve been a bit misled in the run up to this which I’m a bit salty about. I’m also surprised that the salary she has cited would be in line with an X Trainer role in a company of this size (it’s much smaller than my current place of work which wouldn’t pay that for an X Trainer)
my question is do I raise this at the interview ie the recruiter did say this was a manager role when she contacted me, is it?! (More politely of course) or do I just leave it and see what happens after interview if I get to another stage?

this is the first time I’ve ever used a recruiter to secure an interview - I’ve always applied directly before.

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HarvestMouseandGoldenCups · 18/01/2026 19:07

I would, yes.

Yuja · 18/01/2026 19:10

Thank you @HarvestMouseandGoldenCups you would just say something like ‘this was sold to me as a Manager role with a salary of around X - can you confirm that this is what I am interviewing for here?’

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HarvestMouseandGoldenCups · 18/01/2026 19:24

Something like that. Or ‘For clarity, I was told this was a manager role but then later the term trainer was used. Can you confirm what type of role it is, if management of people/teams is part of the role and what the salary range is’.

An interview is for both sides to see if they are a fit. Not just the company.

Sometimessmiling · 18/01/2026 19:29

Agree with the answers. The interview process is for both parties.

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