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    • KatieK
      Katie @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said:

      I've had easily 25% of interviewers and sometimes companies pull no shows. The treatment of interviewers is so awful that I think a lot of people don't feel that they owe you anything because they forget that people and companies are individuals and not a pool.

      I've had a similar no-show rate from companies as well, particularly a large financial firm - which was surprising. Guess their IT folks didn't have it together.

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      • art_of_shredA
        art_of_shred
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        Personally, I would be very wary, regardless of the reason. I've seen it enough times to become somewhat jaded, I guess. If there is an excuse or emergency right out of the gate, it often is a glimpse of things to come. There are just too many of "those people" who seem to have never-ending drama. Sometimes they have very legitimate drama, but I still think I know who causes it in those cases. Be your own judge, but don't pull that with me and expect a job offer...

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @Katie
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          @Katie said:

          @scottalanmiller said:

          I've had easily 25% of interviewers and sometimes companies pull no shows. The treatment of interviewers is so awful that I think a lot of people don't feel that they owe you anything because they forget that people and companies are individuals and not a pool.

          I've had a similar no-show rate from companies as well, particularly a large financial firm - which was surprising. Guess their IT folks didn't have it together.

          Often those are recruiters masquerading as financial firms. I've had Teksystems set up an entire fake office to pretend to be Bank of America in Albany. They used an empty floor in a building where BoA had another floor to look legit.

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          • KatieK
            Katie @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said:

            Often those are recruiters masquerading as financial firms. I've had Teksystems set up an entire fake office to pretend to be Bank of America in Albany. They used an empty floor in a building where BoA had another floor to look legit.

            Teksystems - I vaguely remember that they are suspect. It's good to be able to reference headhunting firms any know which to avoid.

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            • NicN
              Nic
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              So did you find out what happened? That reminds me of my interview with Spiceworks story. I got stuck in Houston due to weather, and they couldn't guarantee that I'd get a flight the next day. I went and rented a car and drove instead and got in at 3am for an interview the next morning. I think that story helped seal the deal 🙂

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              • NetworkNerdN
                NetworkNerd @Nic
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                @Nic said:

                So did you find out what happened? That reminds me of my interview with Spiceworks story. I got stuck in Houston due to weather, and they couldn't guarantee that I'd get a flight the next day. I went and rented a car and drove instead and got in at 3am for an interview the next morning. I think that story helped seal the deal 🙂

                Yeah, I remember reading about your story - a very good one indeed. It certainly showed how bad you wanted to get the job and that it was important to make the interview.

                In this case, I actually called the guy yesterday afternoon at 3:40 PM to see if all was well or if there was some kind of miscommunication with HR about the time (since we rescheduled once). I was only able to leave a message. There has been no word today...at all. I've been encouraged to call one more time to make sure the fellow is ok / at least find out what happened.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
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                  We had a guy go silent for a month once. Turns out it was a horrific car accident.

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                  • NicN
                    Nic
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                    We had that happen with one of the members of the Webroot community. Vanished off the community, nobody had heard from him. We all assumed he'd gotten fed up or we'd offended him. Turns out he was in a really bad car accident.

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                    • PSX_DefectorP
                      PSX_Defector
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                      Guess I should post more, lest all you think I am face down in a ditch covered in rum and stripper glitter.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @PSX_Defector
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                        @PSX_Defector said:

                        Guess I should post more, lest all you think I am face down in a ditch covered in rum and stripper glitter.

                        Why wouldn't we just assume you are in a ditch with a charged phone?

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                        • PSX_DefectorP
                          PSX_Defector @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          @PSX_Defector said:

                          Guess I should post more, lest all you think I am face down in a ditch covered in rum and stripper glitter.

                          Why wouldn't we just assume you are in a ditch with a charged phone?

                          Because the strippers stole it.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
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                            They do that.

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                            • JoyJ
                              Joy
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                              Seems he is not interested Or he find better than your offer and feel shy to call.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
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                                At this point it is probably safe to assume that he turned down the job or something happened and he has given up.

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                                • C
                                  Carnival Boy
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                                  I had a candidate turn up late and he never apologised. So I knew straight away that I wouldn't employ him. But annoyingly, I still spent half-an-hour going through the motions of an interview. Why did I do that?

                                  This begs the question, if you know very early on that a candidate has failed an interview, do you end the interview early or do you go through the motions to avoid any embarrassment?

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                                  • alexntgA
                                    alexntg @Carnival Boy
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                                    @Carnival-Boy said:

                                    I had a candidate turn up late and he never apologised. So I knew straight away that I wouldn't employ him. But annoyingly, I still spent half-an-hour going through the motions of an interview. Why did I do that?

                                    This begs the question, if you know very early on that a candidate has failed an interview, do you end the interview early or do you go through the motions to avoid any embarrassment?

                                    If you're 100% sure, I don't see any reason to keep going with the interview. Just make sure not to do it with your 2nd-5th candidates, just in case the leader doesn't take the offer. As an interviewee, I've ended interviews early.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
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                                      I always end early if I know.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        I always try to provide a lot of feedback. Technical or otherwise.

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                                        • NaraN
                                          Nara @NetworkNerd
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                                          @NetworkNerd said:

                                          @Nic said:

                                          So did you find out what happened? That reminds me of my interview with Spiceworks story. I got stuck in Houston due to weather, and they couldn't guarantee that I'd get a flight the next day. I went and rented a car and drove instead and got in at 3am for an interview the next morning. I think that story helped seal the deal 🙂

                                          Yeah, I remember reading about your story - a very good one indeed. It certainly showed how bad you wanted to get the job and that it was important to make the interview.

                                          In this case, I actually called the guy yesterday afternoon at 3:40 PM to see if all was well or if there was some kind of miscommunication with HR about the time (since we rescheduled once). I was only able to leave a message. There has been no word today...at all. I've been encouraged to call one more time to make sure the fellow is ok / at least find out what happened.

                                          Have you heard anything? I have popcorn on standby.

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                                          • NetworkNerdN
                                            NetworkNerd @Nara
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                                            @Nara
                                            There has still be nothing. I have no clue if the guy is still alive. This is after 2 calls with left messages and and e-mail. I won't contact him again but do hope he is alright.

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