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So I was interviewing at company X, through recruiter A. It all went well - one of the best feedbacks I have ever received actually, but then they went quiet for a bit... only to have the recruiter A call me about 3 days later and tell me that apparently the project they had planned to get me on, was a no go for a while and that they would contact me again within a month or so.

Meanwhile, recruiter B called me up and sent me to company Y and asked me what my situation was at other interviews. I said that I was interviewing at company X and that they came back to me and said the project is delayed and they'll contact me within a month or so.

Recruiter B starts a rant about how he hates when companies do that and that he, as a recruiter, would loose trust in that company if something like that happened.

And now company Y goes quiet for 2 days. Recruiter B calls me and says exactly the same thing.

So naturally, I say - "ah that's a shame, you must be loosing trust in company Y now."

He pauses and says - "Well umm"... another big pause. "I see what you mean, but umm..." another pause and this awkward silence.

"thanks", I said and I hung up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  • 6
    There needs to be research done on recruiter brain structure and cognition! I’ve read all sorts of crazy shit surrounding these fascinating creatures on devrant and we are overdue for one
  • 7
    @TeachMeCode ha ha. I would also love to read the findings of such research.
    Also, imagine if a techrecruiterRant platform existed. I wonder what they would be complaining about.
    "I have an awesome position to fill, it’s so awesome it just can’t be refused. But I contacted 400 devs about it and nobody responded. FML"
  • 4
    @black-kite lol! Recruiter: this one idiot dev applied for my senior role but damn do these people even read the requirements?? We need 5 years of JSON programming experience and he didn’t even mention JSON in his resume!
  • 5
    @TeachMeCode one of my cousins was a recruiter and now an HR.

    Most lost case of human sanity, that I have seen.

    A high level of narcissism and extreme selfishness with absolutely no regard for other people.

    I no longer like to hangout with her.
  • 3
    At least the recruiter understood the hypocrisy in the situation.
  • 0
    @black-kite Sound like MLM shit.
  • 0
    @TeachMeCode json programming WTF ??????
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