Absolutely!! I’ve had my share of that lately, and it’s exhausting.

Some years ago I applied for a job. I presented a test, and I thought I did well. Then, 3 days after, I saw the same job posted in my university board (April 17th was the date, just after I took the test). It was heart-breaking. Some weeks passed, and I got a job offer from another company. I accepted the job , and then the “re-posted ad” company called me to offer their job. But, I had already accepted the other company, I told them. Then the lady got a little angry and said :”You were the only candidate”, “Do you know someone who can make this job?”………………………..

What’s really getting to me are all the interviews I have been on where it’s blatantly obvious they have no intention of hiring me. The worst is when they’re contrary buttholes (acting like every well-thought and well-spoken answer you give them is stupid), or, like the interview I had a couple of weeks ago, though I was a good fit I could tell by the interviewer’s lack of questions and some of his word choices (when he handed me the company packet he said “Oh, um, they wanted me to give you this stuff.”) that he had already picked someone else. He also eluded to the fact that I was competing against two internal applicants, which usually means you’re screwed. Don’t get me wrong, at least he wasn’t a jerk, but still.

Oh, and I naver, ever get contacted by the comany if they didn’t pick me. No email, no phone call. Ever.

True i agreed

So I wasn’t too surprised to see the job reposted (on Craigslist, so after it ran for 30 days already, I assume it will now run for another 30 days). None of those 3 things (the expressed disappointment about applicants’ failure to follow directions, the failure to get back to me within a week as promised, and the reposting without even the courtesy of an email saying something like “we need more candidates) makes me think that the company would be a good place to work.

ARGH – yes no kidding!!

ARGH – yes that’s exactly right.