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.

13 Responses to “no, you can’t get a job without an interview”

  1. hitesh says:

    i want get a job i m BCA last year student its time no regular collage i m free now and i want get a job by simple interview i want my job place in utter pradesh india . i have also cpu inside cabinate hardware knowledge,
    window installing & formating window work on xp,vista ,ms office,i can do data entry work, if any job for me near utter pradesh ten inform to my mail hitesh.2842@rediff.com

  2. raman says:

    plz. give me a job in IT field

  3. Get Fit says:

    Now is the time to get fit!

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  5. Bala says:

    I need a data entry operator
    Data entry

  6. suren says:

    pls give me a job call center (inbound) or IT field

  7. S says:

    then i guess ill just kill myself

  8. rs says:

    i want the job in travels feild i have a 2 years experience in this line

  9. kalpana says:

    shutup!
    why cant i get job without interview?
    y u always afraid people by d name of interview.
    And in interview u people always asked FALTU questions.
    kalpana

  10. kalpana says:

    plz give me job without interview

  11. i have done intermediate

  12. Kongkon Banik says:

    I am B-tech from WBUT in Electronics and communication engineering. I need a job in Kolkata. It is very importent for me.

  13. Kongkon Banik says:

    I am B-tech from WBUT in Electronics and Communication stream. I hove no experience.. I can do evrey thing for my company. But the job should be like as an engineer.

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