A woman has sparked debate online after waiting 30 minutes for a virtual job interview, when the recruiter failed to show up.
Sragavi Pattanaik, a premedical student at the University of Maryland, posted a TikTok joking about the situation under her handle @sragvipattanaik.
The clip has already been seen by more than 940,000 people, who flocked to the comments to share their own experiences.
In the video, she filmed herself waiting on the Zoom call, laughing awkwardly as she stared at her laptop screen.
Alongside the clip, she wrote: ‘Staying onto a no-show interview call for 30 mins because I am poor and desperate’.
A woman has sparked debate online after waiting 30 minutes for a job interview, after the recruiter failed to show up
Meanwhile, the caption of the video simply read: ‘Rough out here’.
But it seems this is a common issue, as most viewers agreed with the student, taking to the comments to share their relatable experiences.
One commented: ‘I emailed after waiting 30 minutes and they replied with a rejection’.
A second wrote: ‘I went to an interview where the manager was 2.5 hours late and I waited and she didn’t give me the job.’
Meanwhile, someone else advised: ‘After a couple of minutes, email the recruiter or coordinator!’
But Sragavi explained: ‘I did, that’s why I stayed the 30 mins in case they would see’.
Another curious viewer prompted her to ‘drop the company name,’ with someone else adding that they would ’email and thank them for the job offer and ask what my start date would be’.
One angry job-seeker quipped: ‘The job field is so ridiculous that I did an online interview, got rejected, went to a hiring event for the same place a week later and got hired on the spot’.
Sragavi Pattanaik, a premedical student at the University of Maryland , posted a TikTok joking about the situation under her handle @sragvipattanaik
But it seems this is a common issue, as most viewers agreed with the student, taking to the comments to share their relatable experiences
Someone else questioned: ‘What is if the interview is just to see what you would do if the interviewer doesn’t show up?’
Another disappointed person chimed in with: ‘I waited like 45 minutes and I sent an email around the 20 minute mark and I was just completely ghosted. Not even an apology or anything’.
However, one commenter with a positive experience recalled: ‘Listen, once I waited in a lobby for 3 hours for an interview. Three hours.
‘But I got the job, and because of that experience i got an incredible job and now can apply to med school because I have a ton of PCH’.
Another agreed, penning: ‘I did this and got the job!’
But someone else advised: ‘Email after five minutes and if no response by 10 mintues, dip’.
Making light of the situation, another viewer joked: ‘Do you have the required 10 years experience in order to join the zoom call?’
The debate comes just after one boss claimed that new university graduates in the UK have become so adjusted to working from home they won’t even come into the office for an interview.
The UK’s post-lockdown work-from-home boom has seen employers downsize their premises, the blame pinned on ‘entitled’ and ‘quiet quitting’ Gen Z-ers who entered the world of work remotely and are allegedly resistant to changing their habits.
Bosses have offered ludicrous benefits like pool tables and office pets to lure staff into work, but a new poll suggests they’re considered ‘useless’ by younger staff who want support and benefits directly tied to their personal development.
Studies conducted throughout 2023 suggest younger workers who started their careers from their bedrooms during the coronavirus pandemic actually want to be among their co-workers – but only if they feel their work is worthwhile.
Other employers and experts say Gen Z-ers are dedicated workers at heart – but a generational shift in their attitude towards work means they want to be valued as employees before they’ll make a habit of coming to the office.
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