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I got an interview call from a company after a friend referred me for a vacancy in his team. The call was from team manager and not any HR personal. One interview for upcoming week was scheduled. Since my current employer does not support WFH (Work From home), I scheduled the interview for morning and informed my manager that I would be running late. After waiting for good half an hour I came to know through my friend that the person who called me was on emergency leave.
3 days later without any warning they sent me a coding test to complete within 24 hours. This was on Thursday. I had a release on Friday and had to work overtime on Thursday and didn't get any off time to complete the test and the link expired.
I fell the company should have asked me about my availability before sending a test like this especially on a weekday.
My question is how to reply to them now.
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I got an interview call from a company after a friend referred me for a vacancy in his team. The call was from team manager and not any HR personal. One interview for upcoming week was scheduled. Since my current employer does not support WFH (Work From home), I scheduled the interview for morning and informed my manager that I would be running late. After waiting for good half an hour I came to know through my friend that the person who called me was on emergency leave.
3 days later without any warning they sent me a coding test to complete within 24 hours. This was on Thursday. I had a release on Friday and had to work overtime on Thursday and didn't get any off time to complete the test and the link expired.
I fell the company should have asked me about my availability before sending a test like this especially on a weekday.
My question is how to reply to them now.
interviewing communication new-job
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10.1k75170
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If this is an example of how they organize themselves, do you really want to join them?
– Solar Mike
1 hour ago
Somya - I'm guessing this is in India...correct me if I'm wrong.
– Sourav Ghosh
1 hour ago
add a comment |
I got an interview call from a company after a friend referred me for a vacancy in his team. The call was from team manager and not any HR personal. One interview for upcoming week was scheduled. Since my current employer does not support WFH (Work From home), I scheduled the interview for morning and informed my manager that I would be running late. After waiting for good half an hour I came to know through my friend that the person who called me was on emergency leave.
3 days later without any warning they sent me a coding test to complete within 24 hours. This was on Thursday. I had a release on Friday and had to work overtime on Thursday and didn't get any off time to complete the test and the link expired.
I fell the company should have asked me about my availability before sending a test like this especially on a weekday.
My question is how to reply to them now.
interviewing communication new-job
edited 1 hour ago
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asked 1 hour ago
SomyaSomya
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I got an interview call from a company after a friend referred me for a vacancy in his team. The call was from team manager and not any HR personal. One interview for upcoming week was scheduled. Since my current employer does not support WFH (Work From home), I scheduled the interview for morning and informed my manager that I would be running late. After waiting for good half an hour I came to know through my friend that the person who called me was on emergency leave.
3 days later without any warning they sent me a coding test to complete within 24 hours. This was on Thursday. I had a release on Friday and had to work overtime on Thursday and didn't get any off time to complete the test and the link expired.
I fell the company should have asked me about my availability before sending a test like this especially on a weekday.
My question is how to reply to them now.
interviewing communication new-job
interviewing communication new-job
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If this is an example of how they organize themselves, do you really want to join them?
– Solar Mike
1 hour ago
Somya - I'm guessing this is in India...correct me if I'm wrong.
– Sourav Ghosh
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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If this is an example of how they organize themselves, do you really want to join them?
– Solar Mike
1 hour ago
Somya - I'm guessing this is in India...correct me if I'm wrong.
– Sourav Ghosh
1 hour ago
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2
If this is an example of how they organize themselves, do you really want to join them?
– Solar Mike
1 hour ago
If this is an example of how they organize themselves, do you really want to join them?
– Solar Mike
1 hour ago
Somya - I'm guessing this is in India...correct me if I'm wrong.
– Sourav Ghosh
1 hour ago
Somya - I'm guessing this is in India...correct me if I'm wrong.
– Sourav Ghosh
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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Yes, it was unexpected and should have happened in a better way.
Reply to them in a way which
- Lists the previous incidents happened (uninformed cancellation, no heads up etc)
- Still shows a positive attitude to resolve the issue and get going forward
- Sounding confident and not desperate for the job.
Something along the lines of:
"Hello, I'm sorry to inform that I could not complete the coding test you sent me.
However, I'd like to also inform that the previous interview which was scheduled did not take place, without any prior information. The follow up test, also showed up without any prior notice, thereby I could not take proper actions.
I am expecting to have the interview / test re-conducted and the timings to be confirmed well in advance this time so that I can plan my work accordingly. Please let me know when is a good time to discuss about the availability and put something in the calendar so it works smoothly for all of us.
Regards, Somya"
In case they comply, you can go ahead. However, if they do not seem to receive the response well, it's a red flag about the company culture they maintain, where time is not valued. I'd think twice then before making progress on associating with them.
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Yes, it was unexpected and should have happened in a better way.
Reply to them in a way which
- Lists the previous incidents happened (uninformed cancellation, no heads up etc)
- Still shows a positive attitude to resolve the issue and get going forward
- Sounding confident and not desperate for the job.
Something along the lines of:
"Hello, I'm sorry to inform that I could not complete the coding test you sent me.
However, I'd like to also inform that the previous interview which was scheduled did not take place, without any prior information. The follow up test, also showed up without any prior notice, thereby I could not take proper actions.
I am expecting to have the interview / test re-conducted and the timings to be confirmed well in advance this time so that I can plan my work accordingly. Please let me know when is a good time to discuss about the availability and put something in the calendar so it works smoothly for all of us.
Regards, Somya"
In case they comply, you can go ahead. However, if they do not seem to receive the response well, it's a red flag about the company culture they maintain, where time is not valued. I'd think twice then before making progress on associating with them.
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Yes, it was unexpected and should have happened in a better way.
Reply to them in a way which
- Lists the previous incidents happened (uninformed cancellation, no heads up etc)
- Still shows a positive attitude to resolve the issue and get going forward
- Sounding confident and not desperate for the job.
Something along the lines of:
"Hello, I'm sorry to inform that I could not complete the coding test you sent me.
However, I'd like to also inform that the previous interview which was scheduled did not take place, without any prior information. The follow up test, also showed up without any prior notice, thereby I could not take proper actions.
I am expecting to have the interview / test re-conducted and the timings to be confirmed well in advance this time so that I can plan my work accordingly. Please let me know when is a good time to discuss about the availability and put something in the calendar so it works smoothly for all of us.
Regards, Somya"
In case they comply, you can go ahead. However, if they do not seem to receive the response well, it's a red flag about the company culture they maintain, where time is not valued. I'd think twice then before making progress on associating with them.
answered 1 hour ago
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Yes, it was unexpected and should have happened in a better way.
Reply to them in a way which
- Lists the previous incidents happened (uninformed cancellation, no heads up etc)
- Still shows a positive attitude to resolve the issue and get going forward
- Sounding confident and not desperate for the job.
Something along the lines of:
"Hello, I'm sorry to inform that I could not complete the coding test you sent me.
However, I'd like to also inform that the previous interview which was scheduled did not take place, without any prior information. The follow up test, also showed up without any prior notice, thereby I could not take proper actions.
I am expecting to have the interview / test re-conducted and the timings to be confirmed well in advance this time so that I can plan my work accordingly. Please let me know when is a good time to discuss about the availability and put something in the calendar so it works smoothly for all of us.
Regards, Somya"
In case they comply, you can go ahead. However, if they do not seem to receive the response well, it's a red flag about the company culture they maintain, where time is not valued. I'd think twice then before making progress on associating with them.
answered 1 hour ago
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Yes, it was unexpected and should have happened in a better way.
Reply to them in a way which
- Lists the previous incidents happened (uninformed cancellation, no heads up etc)
- Still shows a positive attitude to resolve the issue and get going forward
- Sounding confident and not desperate for the job.
Something along the lines of:
"Hello, I'm sorry to inform that I could not complete the coding test you sent me.
However, I'd like to also inform that the previous interview which was scheduled did not take place, without any prior information. The follow up test, also showed up without any prior notice, thereby I could not take proper actions.
I am expecting to have the interview / test re-conducted and the timings to be confirmed well in advance this time so that I can plan my work accordingly. Please let me know when is a good time to discuss about the availability and put something in the calendar so it works smoothly for all of us.
Regards, Somya"
In case they comply, you can go ahead. However, if they do not seem to receive the response well, it's a red flag about the company culture they maintain, where time is not valued. I'd think twice then before making progress on associating with them.
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