Difficulty with job interviews.

[drm604]

8. I hate job hunting.

A few weeks ago I had an in person interview for a very good position at a company within easy commuting distance. The job was very much like what I was doing in my last postion; a combination of development and IT support. I interviewed with 4 high level people (all at once, in a conference room), including the IT director, and HR. If the CEO had been in that day, he would also have been in the meeting.

After I got home I called the recruiter and he told me that they told him that they loved me and that I was exactly what they were looking for. All that was needed was for me to meet with the CEO so that he could pass on me and that was probably just a formality. This all happened on a Friday and he said he would call me early the following week to give me a time for that meeeting.

So Wednesday comes and still nothing. Then the recruiter calls and asks if I'd be willing to accept contract-to-hire rather than direct hire. I said that was fine and he said he'd get right back to me. He didn't.

I called him a few days later to see what was happening and he said that they were still working on the contract. At this point I was getting concerned.

Finally, after a few more days I called the recruiter again. This time he told me that his contact at the company told him that "upper management" had said that they were not hiring anybody for any reason at this time.

WTF? Why were they even interviewing? What gives them the right to screw with people like that?

I hate job hunting.