[Anonymous]

I was contacted by a small accounting firm that specializes in not for profit and governmental auditing. I aced the phone interview on 4/20 and was told i would know early the next week whether or not the hiring manager would want to interview me. After not hearing anything by Wednesday, I wrote it off and just kept going on with my search. On Friday 4/28 around 2:30 i received a phone call asking if i would like to interview. I said yes and asked when because i would have to take time off from my current job since this company is 3 hours away. The HR woman i spoke with (which is NOT the same one who phone interviewed me) said she would call me back by the end of the day. At 5:00pm she said the interview would be Wednesday 5/3 at 1pm. I accepted and she said she would email me a confirmation. I never received a confirmation and around 1pm yesterday 5/1 I called her to explain that I had not gotten a confirmation and wanted to make sure that there was nothing important in that email. She stated that they company had been hacked over the weekend and that Wednesday was not a good day to be interviewed. I explained to her that I need a set date and time since I have to take off of work in order to be interviewed. She said she would get back to me by the end of the day. At 5pm she left me a voicemail stating that the interview would be tentatively scheduled for Friday and that she would get back to me today 5/2 by late morning to finalize it. Its now almost 2pm and i have heard nothing.

Is this just a waste of my time? She doesn’t seem competent enough to do her job. I really do not want to drive 3+ hours (its construction season in PA) for there not even to be an interview.

Also, I question that if i did not reach out to her in regards to not receiving the confirmation email, would she have even let me know that Wednesday was not a good day?

This makes me think this company may not be a great place to work.

I would appreciate any input. Thanks!!

[TommyTheCat]

are you happy with your current job? If so I would write this new opportunity off as a not-so-good-opportunity. If you are hating your current job and need to get out then different story….

[Anonymous]

I do need to get a new job and was contacted by another firm for a phone interview. So hopefully the other firm works out. But I just want to make sure I'm not being to harsh on the company. I had a bad experience with an audit firm. They were not doing ethical things. So I left after 3 months. I just feel that if it is so hard for them to schedule and interview for me, how would working there be?

[mtaylo24]

@AshleyL. Congrats on the opportunity. You might want to edit out the firm's name on this public forum.

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[Anonymous]

@mtaylo24 I did. Thank you. I didn't think about that before I wrote it.

[Missy]

I'd say them being hacked supposedly is reason enough to move on.

Licensed Massachusetts Non Reporting CPA since 2012
Finance/Admin/HR Manager

[Anonymous]

Good point @MLA11692. So how do I professionally tell them that I'm not interested? I do not want to give myself a bad reputation.

[Missy]

Its rare anybody gets a reputation for stopping the interview process but I suppose it can happen.

Just thank them for their time and consideration and let them know at this time you've chosen to pursue other opportunites.

Licensed Massachusetts Non Reporting CPA since 2012
Finance/Admin/HR Manager

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