no, you can’t get a job without an interview
Here’s another hint, jobseekers… You’re not going to get very far in your job search if you can’t be available to interview.
I received an email today from a guy who told me that he had recently switched jobs, hoping that it was going to be a step up for him, only to find that the job wasn’t a good fit for him after all. But he has only been there a month, and doesn’t have any leave yet, so he can’t be available to interview. He can leave early every Friday for the rest of the summer, though, so he can come meet with me to register after 3:00 PM on Fridays in August. Keep in mind that with his location, it would take him an hour to GET to me on Friday, so the meeting would be at 4 PM.
I do not have ANY clients willing to take someone on for a long-term assignment without at least one, and more likely two in-person interviews. If you can’t make yourself available to interview, you can’t do a job search. Period.
Also, do you really think you’re going to get the best of my attention at 4:00 on a Friday afternoon in August? Even if I didn’t have a daily commitment at 4:45 (which I do), I don’t know anyone who does their best work at that time.
And yes, there are plenty of recruiters out there who would stay late to interview a great candidate, but frankly, this guy was not that kind of superstar.