Sucks, I know that feel.
Wouldn't it be nice if they were just up fucking front in the first place?
I had a similar situation. Blew off work for an interview, didn't have key experience they were looking for, didn't have a chance in hell. I flipped out on the recruiter over the phone.
posted by Commander of AwesomeTurns out it was a rejection and they wanted to give me reasons to why. Essentially said I didn't have enough Sales exp. Which is true, I have no sales experience, nor do I have any interest in sales. I thought it was more of an internal facing ops role and it was not. All well, thems the breaks.
Sorry to hear. Sounds like a miscommunication that wasted everyone's time.
posted by gutSorry to hear. Sounds like a miscommunication that wasted everyone's time.
I think it was more of they were figuring shit out as they went along. Thought they were looking for "X", as they talked to more candidates it became more clear they needed "Y" sort of thing. I should have known as the project they had me do ws outside of my general skillset, should have started the conversation then. Live and learn
I've had to do this once, but it wasn't for anything usable. They wanted to know if I had the necessary skills working with email-based HTML, so they gave me a bit of homework. However, it was an old promo they'd run in the past, so I wasn't creating anything new that they could use today.
If anyone asks for work on current projects for free, the answer is no. I've only had to say it once, and the way I said it was along the lines of, "That's certainly something I'd be happy to do after joining the team and starting work." I work for cash, bitches.
As far as leads, though, I usually keep those pretty close to the vest even after I do join an employer. I've acquired them over 10 years. I'm not going to let an employer scrape them and/or damage my reputation with them.
Give them your mixtape.
