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[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

idk if you wanna interview me at least give me a call or at least an email, companies that just send you a notification to the website you applied through are dumb

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

Oh, in that case I agree with you. Although, if I were putting in all that legwork, I'd like to think I'd be checking my replies on a daily basis. But yeah, it's pretty standard to email or call someone if you want an interview with them. LOL. Just arbitrarily throwing out a date and time means they don't respect you or your schedule at all, and you probably don't want to work for them.

[–] root_beer@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was applying for postdoc fellowships while doing a gig as an adjunct prof (do not recommend); I got an email from a PI who wanted to set up an interview, followed by couple more that told me that I need to respond to emails if I want to get a job anywhere in academia. All of these were delivered in the span of one lab session I was teaching. I told her as much and she told me I needed to stop wasting her time. I told her that, with that attitude, it looked like I dodged a bullet.