A woman has sparked an online debate after waiting 30 minutes for a virtual job interview – when the recruiter failed to show up.
Sragavi Pattanaik, a pre-med student at the University of Maryland, posted a TikTok joking about the situation under her control. @sragvipattanaik.
The clip has already been viewed by more than 940,000 people, who flocked to the comments to share their own experiences.
In the video, he filmed himself waiting for the Zoom call, laughing awkwardly as he stared at his laptop screen.
Alongside the clip, she wrote: “Staying on an interview call without showing up for 30 minutes because I’m poor and desperate.”
A woman has sparked an online debate after waiting 30 minutes for a job interview after the recruiter failed to show up.
Meanwhile, the video’s title simply read: “It’s tough here.”
But it seems like this is a common problem, as most viewers agreed with the student and took to the comments to share their relatable experiences.
One commented: “I sent an email after waiting 30 minutes and they responded with a rejection.”
A second wrote: “I went to an interview where the manager was two and a half hours late, I waited and she didn’t give me the job.”
Meanwhile, someone else advised: ‘After a couple of minutes, email the recruiter or coordinator!’
But Sragavi explained: “I did it, that’s why I stayed for 30 minutes in case they saw me.”
Another curious viewer urged her to “drop the company name,” and someone else added that they would “email them to thank them for the job offer and ask what my start date would be.”
One angry job seeker joked: “The job field is so ridiculous that I interviewed online, got rejected, went to a hiring event for the same place a week later and was hired on the spot.”
Sragavi Pattanaik, a pre-med student at the University of Maryland, posted a TikTok joking about the situation under her name @sragvipattanaik.
But it seems like this is a common problem, as most viewers agreed with the student and took advantage of the comments to share their relatable experiences.
Someone else asked: ‘What if the interview is just to see what you would do if the interviewer doesn’t show up?’
Another disappointed person chimed in: ‘I waited like 45 minutes and emailed around 20 minutes in and was completely confused. Not even an apology or anything.”
However, one commenter with a positive experience recalled: ‘Listen, I once waited in a lobby for 3 hours for an interview. Three hours.
“But I got the job and because of that experience I got an amazing job and now I can apply to medical school because I have a ton of PCH.”
Another agreed, writing: ‘I did this and got the job!’
But someone else advised: “Send an email after five minutes and if there is no response in 10 minutes, send it.”
Taking the situation into account, another viewer joked: “Do you have the 10 years of experience needed to join the Zoom call?”
The debate comes just after a boss claimed that new university graduates in the UK have become so adapted to working from home that they don’t even go to the office for an interview.
The UK’s post-lockdown work-from-home boom has seen employers scale back their facilities, blaming “entitled” and “quietly leaving” members of Generation Z who entered the world of work remotely and They supposedly resist changing their habits.
Bosses have offered ridiculous perks like pool tables and office pets to attract staff to work, but a new survey suggests younger staff regard them as “useless” and want support and benefits directly linked to their personal development.
Studies conducted throughout 2023 suggest that younger workers who started their careers from their bedrooms during the coronavirus pandemic actually want to be among their coworkers, but only if they feel their work is worthwhile.
Other employers and experts say members of Generation Z are dedicated workers at heart, but a generational shift in their attitude toward work means they want to be valued as employees before they get used to going to the office.