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Don't know if anyone's had anything like this happen, but this happened to me the other day.
So I was offered an interview at program X for Jan 22. Program X is on the west coast. I had an interview at program Y on Jan 21. Program Y is in the midwest. I called program Y and asked if they had any other dates available currently, to try to make the travel a little easier. I ONLY asked if there were any dates available that's all. So, then I get an email from program Y saying that they moved me to Jan 4 (a date I cannot make) because the date was open. Keep in mind, I never asked to be moved, I only asked if there was anything available. So I respond and say that won't work, I'll just keep my date on the 21st. Program Y then says.."Will any other dates work?" So naturally now I'm thinking...wtf, they just moved me and now they can't find a place for me. So, I send probably 2 more emails just asking what the situation is and call their office and leave a message as well trying to figure out what the situation is..anyways I don't hear from them for a few hours.
A few hours later, the secretary/PC calls and absolutely rips into me for a good 2-3 minutes. She says things like "You asked me an open-ended question, and I did what anyone would do" "You're making way to big a deal out of this", "We get over 5,000 applicants and I don't have near enough time to talk to them all individually" "Don't call this office again" I literally didn't say anything for the whole 2-3 minutes. Then after she was done I started to say "sorry" but she hung up before I could finish saying that one word.
The main thing was, She had moved my interview back to the 21st, she just never let me know that had happened. Anyways..I just don't really know what to make of this situation. I've been going over it, and I really don't feel like I did anything wrong, there was no way for me to know what the situation was as they never really let me know. But, I could be wrong I guess.
Anyways just wondering what you guys think about this. The program is a good program I believe. A place I was considering ranking somewhere near 5-8. I guess the main thing is, is my run in with this secretary/PC something that could actually effect how this program ranks me? Is it something I should try to explain briefly at the interview? Anyways, sorry for the long post. Let me know what you think.
So I was offered an interview at program X for Jan 22. Program X is on the west coast. I had an interview at program Y on Jan 21. Program Y is in the midwest. I called program Y and asked if they had any other dates available currently, to try to make the travel a little easier. I ONLY asked if there were any dates available that's all. So, then I get an email from program Y saying that they moved me to Jan 4 (a date I cannot make) because the date was open. Keep in mind, I never asked to be moved, I only asked if there was anything available. So I respond and say that won't work, I'll just keep my date on the 21st. Program Y then says.."Will any other dates work?" So naturally now I'm thinking...wtf, they just moved me and now they can't find a place for me. So, I send probably 2 more emails just asking what the situation is and call their office and leave a message as well trying to figure out what the situation is..anyways I don't hear from them for a few hours.
A few hours later, the secretary/PC calls and absolutely rips into me for a good 2-3 minutes. She says things like "You asked me an open-ended question, and I did what anyone would do" "You're making way to big a deal out of this", "We get over 5,000 applicants and I don't have near enough time to talk to them all individually" "Don't call this office again" I literally didn't say anything for the whole 2-3 minutes. Then after she was done I started to say "sorry" but she hung up before I could finish saying that one word.
The main thing was, She had moved my interview back to the 21st, she just never let me know that had happened. Anyways..I just don't really know what to make of this situation. I've been going over it, and I really don't feel like I did anything wrong, there was no way for me to know what the situation was as they never really let me know. But, I could be wrong I guess.
Anyways just wondering what you guys think about this. The program is a good program I believe. A place I was considering ranking somewhere near 5-8. I guess the main thing is, is my run in with this secretary/PC something that could actually effect how this program ranks me? Is it something I should try to explain briefly at the interview? Anyways, sorry for the long post. Let me know what you think.