A woman is sparking an online debate after saying she ended a virtual job interview early because the interviewer was “very rude and dismissive.”
In a post on Reddit’s “Am I Overreacting,” the woman explained that her virtual interview was with an employee in a high-ranking role at the company, describing him as “the boss of the position I was applying for.” But from the start, she said that the interviewer seemed “quite dismissive” of her her work history.
“He asked me if I have project management experience, which I did and I started to narrate it, pointing out some significant stuff,” she wrote. “The thing is, he kept interrupting me, and not letting me speak. He seemed to be enjoying himself, and grinning with my reactions when I was interrupted by him.”
As the interview continued, the woman said he “kept saying that he didn’t understand what I was saying” and that things reached a tipping point when he said she had “no understanding of the theory and principles of the role.”
“I’m in project management,” the woman added, noting that she’s worked in that field for 14 years.
Finally, after enduring several interruptions and dismissive remarks, the woman decided to cut the interview short.
“I ended the interview 30 minutes in, saying that I’m not a good fit and to drop me out,” she explained. “I was quite cutting, because at this point I was pissed off.”
As she ended the video call, the interviewer attempted to speak, but she quickly shut it down, telling him that she didn’t want to continue.
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Following her abrupt end to the interview, the woman said that other people who work at the company reached out to her, saying that she “should not have done that, because he’s a senior guy, and it reflects poorly, etc.”
In response, she pointed out to others at the company that “the interview was not going anywhere and that the interviewer was VERY RUDE AND DISMISSIVE.”
Now, however, the woman is left wondering if she overreacted by ending the interview prematurely.
Commenters on the woman’s Reddit post quickly jumped to her defense.
One commenter recommended that the woman report the interviewer on the anonymous company review website, Glassdoor.
“Call the guy out by first name, and say he was extremely rude, dismissive, and demeaning during the interview, and that you’d advise prospective applicants to seek employment elsewhere, unless they gain satisfaction through being abused,” the commenter advised.
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Others agreed, saying that the Redditor was “totally in the right.”
“Also how does it reflect badly on you to say ‘I’m not a good fit. Thank you goodbye,’ ” the commenter wondered. “Even if your tone was cutting, that is completely professional.”
As another commenter summed things up, “sounds like you had a lucky escape.”
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