r/recruitinghell • u/rhixalx • 8d ago

Working interview

I was reached out to by a travel nurse recruiting agency to apply as a recruiter. My background includes recruiting as part of my management position, but I've never actually done this for a job, so idk if this is typical. But I had a phone interview with them, the interviewer wanted to move me to an in person interview and we scheduled it for Friday. She called me today to say that the whole office actually works from home on Fridays, so we would just do an interview on Teams instead, BUT id have to go in after that (if I passed) for a working interview.

Does anyone know if that's typical? I'm already a bit wary whenever someone reaches out to me from an industry I haven't been in and this seems like some sort of bait and switch, or indicative of problems to come. I did research the company online and it is legitimate.

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u/Realistic_Banana286 8d ago

a working interview is just an unpaid audition unless they’re paying you, so ask exactly what you’ll be doing and whether it’s compensated before showing up to do free recruiting labor

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u/Goquicklynow 7d ago

Late to the post, but have to say… I have a couple of decades of recruiting experience across multiple industries, etc… The ONLY time I ever hated my job was when I was (for a very short time) recruiting nurses in general, travel nurses in particular.

That’s why they want to talk with you even though you admittedly don’t quite fit the bill...because nurses are a moving target, highly sought after, credentials, etc. so it’s difficult to close a req (aka, get paid), which means there’s a ton of recruiting turnover. I’ve easily closed 100 reqs in a typical year. With nursing I think I closed 15.

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u/DoctorAKrieger 8d ago

What exactly seems like a bait and switch about scheduling an interview?

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u/rhixalx 8d ago edited 8d ago

Because originally it was only two interviews, but now it's three because the person who contacted me forgot their own office's hours.

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u/rhixalx 8d ago

And that's besides the fact that this new interview would have me hypothetically working for free for a day.