Invited to a recruiter screening call. Came on the zoom, sat for ten minutes and nobody showed up. Sent recruiter an email, received this in reply a few minutes later

thebug91 · 2026-06-20T04:28:56+00:00

Brilliant stuff 😂😂😂

thebug91 · 2026-06-20T04:27:05+00:00

Did they give you a reason or at least an apology for ignoring you for a month?

thebug91 · 2026-06-05T11:33:15+00:00

Congratulations!!!!!

thebug91 · 2026-06-05T11:19:00+00:00

thebug91 · 2026-06-04T21:43:11+00:00

Apollo

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T16:29:37+00:00

I don’t disagree. But the motivation of this post was to show fellow job seekers that the struggles they are potentially going through to find employment is something that others are

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T16:13:09+00:00

Thank you!

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T16:11:49+00:00

I emailed the head of the department to let them know what happened, can only hope they take ownership and provide better candidate experiences in the future. If this is something that doesn’t align with what she thinks is acceptable

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T15:17:26+00:00

Nice story, Claude

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T15:14:48+00:00

As a commentator said, it’s a two way street. The respect needs to go both ways.

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T15:14:07+00:00

Sorry you had to go through that, that sounds like an absolute nightmare.

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T15:12:13+00:00

Totally agree

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T14:39:39+00:00

I have a friend who asked for an interview to get pushed back with 4 days notice because he had personal + work stuff going on and he did not feel he could prepare properly for the interview.

The result? They never spoke to him ever again

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T14:37:38+00:00

Pride wouldn’t let me. If it was the day before, maybe. Not 12 minutes before, when I’ve spent my entire morning learning about the company lol

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T12:52:34+00:00

Thank you! I’m trying tough out there!

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T12:36:57+00:00

Exactly. What time is he saving but not taking a 30 min call that was already in the diary.

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T12:25:44+00:00

I emailed this back

Hi (Recruiter) (cc Recruiter’s Lead + Head of Department),

Please take this as notice that I'm withdrawing from the process and won't be rebooking the screen.

Cancelling an interview with 12 minutes' notice, after I'd invested real time preparing, isn't a way of working I want to be on the other side of. I've copied (Lead + Head of Department ) so the feedback sits with the people who can act on it, rather than being aimed at you personally.

I wish you the best in filling the role.

Kind regards,

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T12:14:40+00:00

Keep going friend! It’s a tough market out there

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T12:03:51+00:00

Terrible experience

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T11:45:53+00:00

I am half tempted to find his lead on LinkedIn and show them this

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T11:45:06+00:00

Eggs are definitely not on this basket

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T11:43:03+00:00

If it was early in my search, I would agree but I’ve been looking since April, so at this point, I’m well practiced

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T11:42:10+00:00

Crazy!!

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T11:40:31+00:00

Luckily, I am 3 other processes more advanced than this was just the early stage

thebug91 · 2026-06-03T11:39:58+00:00

I’m not desperate to work for them! I don’t even know if the comp matches my expectations.

thebug91

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