Unprofessional Interview

[cocky21]

I never have had too many gripes with enterprise in the past. I was offered a position with them about a year ago when I finished college, however I declined and I decided to go to grad school instead. I never thought much of it until I was contacted by a recruiter a few weeks ago. She called me around 5:00 pm on a wednesday night and basically begged me to come in for an interview, THE NEXT DAY, which was about an hour and half drive away. I was currently debating taking another job which had been offered to me. I wouldn't have even considered going, but I have some friends where I live, that work for e-rac and they convinced me that it would be worth my while to listen to what she had to say. I arrived at the interview about 30 minutes early and had to wait about an hour past my interview time before the recruiter even talked to me. The interview went well, as far as I could tell, and it ended with her telling me how much money I could expect to make. Although I really wasn't too interested in working for e-rac, the recruiter did push me to a point that I would consider a job offer. She told me that an area manger would call me in a couple of days to set up another interview, so I asked the other company who offered me a job to have a couple of days to thinkk about it. On saturday mornig I received a letter from the recruiter I talked with saying she was very impressed with my credentials but they didn't have a position for me at this time. The kicker is that the letter was dated a day before I came in for the interview. It pissed me off that I drove to an interview, as a favor to a friend, and was completely dicked around. It's obvious to me that they had no intention of hiring me and I doubt I would have accepted a job anyway, but why drag me down for an interview under the guise of making me a great salary offer when you don't want to hire me anyway. Anyway, just my two cents, take it for what it's worth.
ps. I ended up taking the job I was offered initially which pays better, has more room for advancement, and is about 100 times more laid back.

Originally Posted by cocky21

I never have had too many gripes with enterprise in the past. I was offered a position with them about a year ago when I finished college, however I declined and I decided to go to grad school instead. I never thought much of it until I was contacted by a recruiter a few weeks ago. She called me around 5:00 pm on a wednesday night and basically begged me to come in for an interview, THE NEXT DAY, which was about an hour and half drive away. I was currently debating taking another job which had been offered to me. I wouldn't have even considered going, but I have some friends where I live, that work for e-rac and they convinced me that it would be worth my while to listen to what she had to say. I arrived at the interview about 30 minutes early and had to wait about an hour past my interview time before the recruiter even talked to me. The interview went well, as far as I could tell, and it ended with her telling me how much money I could expect to make. Although I really wasn't too interested in working for e-rac, the recruiter did push me to a point that I would consider a job offer. She told me that an area manger would call me in a couple of days to set up another interview, so I asked the other company who offered me a job to have a couple of days to thinkk about it. On saturday mornig I received a letter from the recruiter I talked with saying she was very impressed with my credentials but they didn't have a position for me at this time. The kicker is that the letter was dated a day before I came in for the interview. It pissed me off that I drove to an interview, as a favor to a friend, and was completely dicked around. It's obvious to me that they had no intention of hiring me and I doubt I would have accepted a job anyway, but why drag me down for an interview under the guise of making me a great salary offer when you don't want to hire me anyway. Anyway, just my two cents, take it for what it's worth.
ps. I ended up taking the job I was offered initially which pays better, has more room for advancement, and is about 100 times more laid back.

Sounds like a strange situation. But at least you knew the place was fucked up before you got into deep.

Originally Posted by cocky21

I never have had too many gripes with enterprise in the past. I was offered a position with them about a year ago when I finished college, however I declined and I decided to go to grad school instead. I never thought much of it until I was contacted by a recruiter a few weeks ago. She called me around 5:00 pm on a wednesday night and basically begged me to come in for an interview, THE NEXT DAY, which was about an hour and half drive away. I was currently debating taking another job which had been offered to me. I wouldn't have even considered going, but I have some friends where I live, that work for e-rac and they convinced me that it would be worth my while to listen to what she had to say. I arrived at the interview about 30 minutes early and had to wait about an hour past my interview time before the recruiter even talked to me. The interview went well, as far as I could tell, and it ended with her telling me how much money I could expect to make. Although I really wasn't too interested in working for e-rac, the recruiter did push me to a point that I would consider a job offer. She told me that an area manger would call me in a couple of days to set up another interview, so I asked the other company who offered me a job to have a couple of days to thinkk about it. On saturday mornig I received a letter from the recruiter I talked with saying she was very impressed with my credentials but they didn't have a position for me at this time. The kicker is that the letter was dated a day before I came in for the interview. It pissed me off that I drove to an interview, as a favor to a friend, and was completely dicked around. It's obvious to me that they had no intention of hiring me and I doubt I would have accepted a job anyway, but why drag me down for an interview under the guise of making me a great salary offer when you don't want to hire me anyway. Anyway, just my two cents, take it for what it's worth.
ps. I ended up taking the job I was offered initially which pays better, has more room for advancement, and is about 100 times more laid back.

This post makes no sense. Did you drop out of grad school? Why else did you even interview for a job at ERAC? Did it occur to you that there was likely a mistake in he dating of the letter and that you did not meet Enterprise's low standards? Sounds like you're a whiny crybaby who couldn't even get a second interview at a car rental company.

You were probably OVER-qualified and they felt you would realize the job salary is BS

I don't understand why you have a gripe with Enterprise, when all you did was interview with the recruiter. I don't like defending the company, but they didn't do anything. Maybe the recruiter should've fully checked out your credentials, before trying to land you an interview with ERAC. You are obviously overqualified for an MT position.

[mussolini]

Originally Posted by Unreggie

I don't understand why you have a gripe with Enterprise, when all you did was interview with the recruiter. I don't like defending the company, but they didn't do anything. Maybe the recruiter should've fully checked out your credentials, before trying to land you an interview with ERAC. You are obviously overqualified for an MT position.

apparently not overqualified if he dropped out of grad school