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Have you ever had a job interview and, for one reason or another, you got a really bad feeling about the whole thing.

It’s almost like your gut is telling you to slowly back away from these folks and get out of there as fast as possible.

Maybe you can call it intuition, but one thing’s for sure: there’s no mistaking that feeling!

The woman who wrote this story got a bad vibe during a visit to an office for a job interview and she talked about how she handled the situation.

Don’t let people waste your time.

“Today I walked out of an interview after I had been sitting for almost 20 minutes.

I live a little over an hour away and even had the courtesy to let them know ahead of time that I would possibly be late due to traffic. They said that was okay. I got there with maybe two minutes to spare, the receptionist invited me to have a seat and someone would be right with me.

Cool.

She waited and waited…

So I waited, checked with the receptionist at the ten minute mark, and they said that they would be out in a minute. By fifteen minutes, I got a little annoyed. By twenty, I went to my car to take a phone call from my partner. Very brief.

As I was going back, I got a call from the interviewer asking if I “just walked out”, and I let her know it was to answer a quick call.

She then asked if I was still interested in the interview (by this mark, it was almost 25 minutes) and it’s not what she said but the way she said it that really bothered me.

Let’s just forget about it!

So after a moment of silence on my end, I said “No. Thank you for your time.”

I hung up and left.

Could I have handled that better?

Possibly, but my time is very important to me. These same people rescheduled the interview twice before due to “something coming up”.

Had I made them wait 20+ minutes, it would’ve been completely unacceptable.

She’s been through this before!

This isn’t a first time thing. I have had hiring managers “forget” about the interview, ghost me before or half way through and recently got sent an offer letter just to have it rescinded after I already signed it.

Moral of the story, do not let these people waste your time. If they don’t value your time, they certainly won’t value you as an employee or an individual.”

And here’s what folks had to say about this on Reddit.

This person weighed in.

Another individual shared their thoughts.

This Reddit user spoke up.

Another person weighed in.

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And this individual spoke up.

This interview was over before it even got started!

And it’s probably a good thing that she didn’t even bother wasting her time with these folks.

Always trust your gut, folks!

She knew right away that this place wasn’t gonna be worth her time!