Recruiter and hiring manager bash me for leaving an interview after they join 10 minutes late
I had a virtual interview scheduled today at 2pm. I put my little shirt and blazer on and am sitting in the meeting room at 1:57pm. I wait until 2:07, then message the recruiter asking if I have the correct meeting link.
3 minutes later, the hiring manager hops on the call and I see she’s actively on the phone with someone else. She muted herself and holds up 2 fingers asking me to wait 2 minutes. My cameras on so I just keep a neutral face. After 2 minutes I did leave the call and email the recruiter again. “She has joined, but it looks like she is still wrapping up the previous interview. Please let me know if we'd like to schedule or if I can hop back on before 4pm today. Thank you!”
The recruiter calls me and asks what happened and why I left. When I told her I decided to hang up and offer to reschedule after being told to wait past 2 minutes, the recruiter says “uh, I think she meant wait on the call”
I was flabbergasted. I told her yes, I did send you an email just offering to reschedule. She asked me to hop back in the teams room so I did. The manager looks PISSED before she sees me on the call, then says I’m so sorry, I haven’t been feeling well etc and fell behind on this call. I said no worries that’s not a problem.
She asked me twice why I left the call after she said☝️hang on for one minute then ✌️two minutes. I said yes I saw that, but I did message the recruiter offering to reschedule. (I didn’t mention anything about me already waiting 10 minutes past the time)
The manager asks a third time why I left the call, and says “were you confused? I’m just trying to understand why you left after I asked you to wait” and I said i wasn’t confused, I thought you needed to reschedule. And she says 🙃 no I did not need to reschedule
The interview consists of he asking me to tell her about myself, and then she asked if I had any questions. Recruiter texted me this 30 minutes later.
I can’t believe that all just happened
Edit: The recruiter sent me a copy-pasted message recommending that I send the manager a thoughtful thank you note. get outta here
For everyone asking, I left the call because i felt it disrespectful of my time to be 10 minutes late and then not even join ready. I am not desperate for a job right now thank God. I am currently employed