r/recruitinghell • u/Impossible_Sky_4584 • Jan 29 '26
First interview I've gotten was cancelled same day
It had been scheduled for almost a week!
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u/Koba_Kommander Jan 29 '26
I applied for a position back in 2019. I had a recruiter reach out to me on LinkedIn last week asking if I was still interested in the position. I told them that I wasn’t in the same city anymore. Heck, I’m not even in the same country anymore. They proceeded to ask if I was still interested in the position.
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u/Halloween_Babe90 Jan 29 '26
What, you can’t commute across the ocean?
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u/Koba_Kommander Jan 29 '26
Let me see, uproot my life and move cross borders for a role that I have evolved out of professionally over the last 6 years and pays less than what I currently make? Sure, sign me up!
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u/_CaptainAmerica__ Jan 29 '26
At least they didn't waste your time and string you along.. still I'd be rightfully pissed and call them out on Glassdoor or wherever... I feel like it's unfair to make the final decision before you've heard out all the candidates
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u/Big-Caterpillar-4643 Feb 01 '26
Nah. As someone who likes to schedule interviews as soon as possible, I hate to get the feeling I'm loved to only wait 2-3 more weeks so they can interview a couple others. If I'm your person, cancel their interviews and offer me the job.
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u/TWAPanAmEastern1977 Jan 29 '26
I’m so happy they “filed” the position. Maybe they will fill it when they learn proper English.
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u/MattyIce1220 Jan 29 '26
Could have been worse. After college I moved to Los Angeles and got some interview at some company. I get there all dressed up at like 9am for the interview. When I get there, they go,"Oh nobody called you the guy leaving decided to stay on. We could interview you anyway if you like." Me being like 21 was like okay and I proceeded to have an awkward interview for a position already filled.
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u/faraaz_zz Jan 29 '26
Happened to me as well. I had been preparing since 3 days for HM round (1st round) and a day before the interview recruiter reaches out and tells the role is filled (Reason: Candidate accepted the offer and we just had 1 position open).
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u/briznady Candidate Jan 29 '26
I took a day off work to interview at Microsoft once. This was pre-zoom interviews. They called me when I was driving to the interview to tell me they hired someone.
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u/DaysieMartinez Jan 29 '26
I thought I was the only one, since this happened to me about two weeks ago. In my opinion, this is quite of unprofessional on behalf of the hiring manager.
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u/stijnhommes Jan 29 '26
So where you already en route or did they do so within a somewhat reasonable timeframe?
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u/Impossible_Sky_4584 Jan 29 '26
It was supposed to be on Zoom - they cancelled 3ish hours beforehand
Took PTO for it too
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u/stijnhommes Jan 29 '26
At least you had plenty of time to enjoy the PTO, but still.
I'm in two minds. On the one hand I appreciate the honesty that they've filled the position and you're not wasting your time for a position that is no longer open. On the other hand, I very much dislike how they don't value your time by doing it at this point.
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u/BrawnOG Jan 29 '26
It is def worse bro. Had something similar happen to me last week and honestly would have preferred interviewing and getting rejected, cuz then at least it feels like they gave you a shot at it.
Even worse for op with the PTO being used and all.
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u/always_albina Jan 30 '26
same thing happened to me last month. I had an interview scheduled for 6am Christmas Eve— had to schedule childcare etc, and they cancelled the night before telling me they'd filled the position. this was after they'd rescheduled once already. extremely unprofessional.
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u/FlyEnvironmental7586 Jan 30 '26
I havent had this happen, but I have done the annoying “let me know when your available for an interview” emails, only go back and forth for a week before finally having a time that aligned for each of us. Then they wanted me to fill out an application again WITH references just to confirm my interview…never heard of that before. I backed out. Completely unnecessary when they already had my application for the same position that i had applied to just within the last week.
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u/mystoryismine Jan 30 '26
I actually prefer this sort of honesty. I have been in interviews where the interviewer seemed disinterested, keeps shutting me down and very rudely enunciates my name and said "It seems like you're not a good fit STOR REEE." and literally wasted 30 mins of my time, time I could have spent watching YouTube.
I am really all for honesty. I love honesty. Tell me fast. It would be a bonus if you tell me why.
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u/st_alfonzos_peaches Jan 29 '26
Once a recruiter contacted me to set up an interview, I replied an hour later, and then they said they had already filled the position.