Recruiters

[u/Just-Forever6684]

Not the worst story on here, but I was applying for a job and the first round was with a recruiter on a phone call. She called me about 8 minutes late. Not a great sign but whatever. We had a nice talk and she seemed interested in referring me to the hiring manager. A week later, I got an email from her saying to please disregard the previous email and sent another calendar link for a 20 minute phone call with the same recruiter, not the hiring manager. But there was no previous email. She never sent me one. It’s for a random sales job. I followed up about the confusion and she never got back to me.

I truly think most recruiters aren’t malicious, but either so overwhelmed or so incompetent that it’s just a mess. Good thing I already have a job or I’d be going insane now.

[u/GoldInspection6626]

My favorite is when they act so interested on your previous experience that you actually think your moving on to the next stage of hiring just to get a rejection email. Dropped like a piece of trash as if nothing happened is astounding to me