A man revealed the “immature” and “unprofessional” response he received from a recruiter after a job interview in which he noticed several glaring red flags.
The American applied for a position at a small public relations firm in Los Angeles, but quickly realized that the company was not for him.
He sent an email thanking the interviewer (who would have been his boss) for her time, but said he would move on to other job opportunities, only for her to respond with a scathing email ridiculing his skills and personality.
“Hey LOL, I offered it to someone else this afternoon after you left,” the recruiter said. ‘I ended the interview with you early because you were not qualified and did not want to guide you. Very sorry!
“So you know, what I did was an interview protocol to talk about a job with someone and ask them to come back and see if that’s what they want to do.”
A man revealed the ‘immature’ and ‘unprofessional’ response he received from a recruiter
The woman continued: ‘As I interviewed other people, it was obvious that you were not right. I was just being nice. I wish you the best of luck in finding the right career choice!
The original email was professional and direct.
‘It was a pleasure meeting you this afternoon!’ the applicant’s email said. ‘I appreciate you taking the time to talk to me. So as not to waste your time, I’ll follow up now and let you know that I don’t think I’m looking for the position.
‘I wish you the best of luck in your search for a new candidate and hope you have a great weekend!’
He revealed on Reddit that the strange email was not the first red flag.
“She was so crazy that throughout the entire interview she was constantly checking her phone and overall was incredibly unprofessional and rude to me,” he said.
“I knew almost immediately that it wasn’t a good fit, but she told me, ‘go home and think about work and let me know if you’re interested or not,’ which I wasn’t.”
“But I figured it’s good to be nice, so even if I don’t want the job, I’ll send this follow-up email, LIKE SHE SUGGESTED I DO. Imagine my surprise when I got this response.”
Many pointed out that the email seemed like that of an immature person who had been rejected.
‘He told me ‘you can’t break up with me, I’ll break up with you first!’ vibrations,” said one.
‘Why is she treating you like you rejected her after a first date?’ asked another.
“This is wildly unprofessional and someone who reacts like this should not be in a senior position at any company,” one man wrote.
‘She’s definitely someone who struggles with the fear of rejection. “That hiring manager couldn’t handle the rejection and had to pretend that he had rejected the candidate first to protect his fragile ego,” said one woman.
One shared a similar experience with a recruiter.
‘I had a phone interview a few weeks ago. The tone of the interview was pretty positive until I was asked if I was interviewing elsewhere, I was honest and said I had a few interviews coming up and was waiting to hear back from a few.
“Their tone suddenly changes and they say, ‘Okay, I also have a lot of interviews with potential candidates this week, so you’ll hear from us next week,’ and then it ended abruptly.”