One of the dodgy agents I am registered with always state in their communications that they have "interview slots already arranged with the client for <date> (usually tomorrow, or the next day)".
What is this all about?
I can see that it encourages people who are available immediately to apply (but surely they are going to do this anyway) but what else is it for?
I've actually replied to a couple stating that I was available immediately, but didn't even get a return phone call. And when I do get through to them, the pre-booked interview date has passed, so it's obviously a scam.
I really don't get it. It seems to me to be self defeating. After I have learnt that this "interview slot" is a fiction, I start to think "what else in the ad is fiction"?
And the one that I have in my in-box today is in a location that isn't great, so I'm going to want a telephone interview first. Yet they (claim) that they want to fill a face to face slot for tomorrow. So as I'm not prepared to do that (assuming I believe it) I won't even bother to apply for a job which might, if handled more slowly, be suitable.
Can anyone explain all this?
tim
What is this all about?
I can see that it encourages people who are available immediately to apply (but surely they are going to do this anyway) but what else is it for?
I've actually replied to a couple stating that I was available immediately, but didn't even get a return phone call. And when I do get through to them, the pre-booked interview date has passed, so it's obviously a scam.
I really don't get it. It seems to me to be self defeating. After I have learnt that this "interview slot" is a fiction, I start to think "what else in the ad is fiction"?
And the one that I have in my in-box today is in a location that isn't great, so I'm going to want a telephone interview first. Yet they (claim) that they want to fill a face to face slot for tomorrow. So as I'm not prepared to do that (assuming I believe it) I won't even bother to apply for a job which might, if handled more slowly, be suitable.
Can anyone explain all this?
tim
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