# what would you do? Job interview scenerio

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-job-interview-scenerio/597303>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 23, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-job-interview-scenerio/597303 "2011-09-23T04:18:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-job-interview-scenerio/597303/1 "2011-09-23T04:18:34Z")

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Let’s say you get a phone call on Monday from a clothing store, and you determine you have an interview at 6pm on Tuesday.

You go there at 5:55 on Tuesday and find out the interviewing manager isn’t there. So, no interview. You leave your name and phone number.

do you:

1. wait for the manager to call you before you do anything
2. call the store the next day to confirm the interview
3. go next Tuesday at 6 pm  
There may be other choices, but lets try to limit it to these three

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**Author:** ![AndyLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-job-interview-scenerio/597303/2 "2011-09-23T18:33:09Z")

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I’ve actually had this happen twice so far to me. I’ve gone in for interviews and the lady wasn’t in. No one bothered to tell me.

I would call and ask to speak to the manager but not tell them who I am. Once I know he is there, then call back and state who I am.

I wouldn’t go in, as it puts the manager on the spot and they might not be uncomfrotable.

In both cases where I went in for an interview and was stood up, what I did was issue a follow up email and call the next day. One lady I never got through to and the other said, the job was already filled.

One thing I learned about this “new economy,” is very few companies have any interest in showing you any courtesy. I can’t tell you the number of interviews I’ve been on, where the interviewer has answered their cell phone and taken a personal phone call.

But I wouldn’t go in. you don’t want a face to face confrontation. If it was an honest mistake the interviewer may feel so uncomfortable it may hurt your chance. If you call and leave a message and he was sincere, he’d at least phone you back to say, come in later on or that the job is no longer available.