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Im not sure if this is the right forum for this, please feel free to move, mods
I just had an odd interaction with a private practice recruiter:
Im completing my training this year and have tentatively taken a position but not signed a contract. A few days ago I was contacted by an in-house recruiter for a private group in my ideal location. I accepted the offer to interview and told them a few dates that were open in my schedule. They chose one of them, after which I realized conflicted with a required lecture.
I asked them to change the date within 24 hours of the offer and tentative interview date selection and the response from them was the offer was withdrawn. I dont think it was unreasonable to contact them and ask to try to reschedule an interview as soon as I realized the conflict, yet they seemed offended. I called the recruiter and asked "what gives." The recruiter then explained to me that they apparently have already interviewed someone else and offered that person the job. After offering an interview to me, they gave the other candidate a 10 day deadline to respond, which would expire before the my initially scheduled interview.
I feel like I was really invited to interview more as leverage to get the other person to commit and they clearly were not that interested in me if asking for another interview date is enough for them to withdraw the offer entirely.
I am interested to know if anyone else has had similar experiences. Is this a common tactic?
I just had an odd interaction with a private practice recruiter:
Im completing my training this year and have tentatively taken a position but not signed a contract. A few days ago I was contacted by an in-house recruiter for a private group in my ideal location. I accepted the offer to interview and told them a few dates that were open in my schedule. They chose one of them, after which I realized conflicted with a required lecture.
I asked them to change the date within 24 hours of the offer and tentative interview date selection and the response from them was the offer was withdrawn. I dont think it was unreasonable to contact them and ask to try to reschedule an interview as soon as I realized the conflict, yet they seemed offended. I called the recruiter and asked "what gives." The recruiter then explained to me that they apparently have already interviewed someone else and offered that person the job. After offering an interview to me, they gave the other candidate a 10 day deadline to respond, which would expire before the my initially scheduled interview.
I feel like I was really invited to interview more as leverage to get the other person to commit and they clearly were not that interested in me if asking for another interview date is enough for them to withdraw the offer entirely.
I am interested to know if anyone else has had similar experiences. Is this a common tactic?
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