Reply to: I just accidently gave away the game to another agent

[Vandalay]

Got my fingers burnt in 2009 when I had a great interview at Barclays, only to be told the budget hadn't been signed off. Ever since I always ask the agent to confirm this before interview, otherwise it tends to be a waste of time for everyone involved.

[oscarose]

Thankfully I've got an offer from the same company in a different office. Start tomorrow.

Bit more travel but i got a higher rate out of them to compensate.

Pretty pleased with that. A very good rate for a young lad like myself.

Well done and good luck.

[Robinho]

Thankfully I've got an offer from the same company in a different office. Start tomorrow.

Bit more travel but i got a higher rate out of them to compensate.

Pretty pleased with that. A very good rate for a young lad like myself.

[oscarose]

Contracting’s a funny old game at times. I was interviewed for a contract a few weeks ago, offered it and then retracted 2 days later due to ‘lack of budget’ and you think why go through the whole process without having approved budget?! It’s a kick in the balls when it happens but you soon recover. Picked up something else soon after anyway. Good luck with your next one.

[Robinho]

You're completely right guys.

This is the name of the game and you have to take the rough and the smooth of contracting.

It just seemed a particularly brutal 2 days so i fancied a vent.

[northernladuk]

'Failed' interviews. Speak for yourself. 35 knockouts out of 36 interviews for me.

Doesn't that mean you failed one?

[MarillionFan]

It's no fun this happening but I have to say, that is contracting for you. If we all posted our cancelled/failed/pulled interviews the forum would sink under the weight.

Chin up and plug on.

'Failed' interviews. Speak for yourself. 35 knockouts out of 36 interviews for me.

[Scrag Meister]

What a tulip week.

The interview i had tomorrow has now been cancelled.

I've gone from having an informal offer and a backup interview, to nothing in 2 working days.

Sorry to hear this, very frustrating for you, but as NLUK says it's the name of the game. Keep going, and GL.

[northernladuk]

What a tulip week.

The interview i had tomorrow has now been cancelled.

I've gone from having an informal offer and a backup interview, to nothing in 2 working days.

It's no fun this happening but I have to say, that is contracting for you. If we all posted our cancelled/failed/pulled interviews the forum would sink under the weight.

Chin up and plug on.

[Robinho]

What a tulip week.

The interview i had tomorrow has now been cancelled.

I've gone from having an informal offer and a backup interview, to nothing in 2 working days.

[Robinho]

Can't believe this. The tulips dragged it on for a week and then said "they couldn't get the role signed off".

Suspect i was being used as backup to a contractor who was yet to extend, or something like that.

Thankfully i saw through there nonsense and have other interviews lined up.

[Robinho]

There was no deception, we started chatting about the weekend and the football and then it was just sheer coincidence that the conversation we started having about this other position fit in perfectly with the job i was after. Eventually he said something that conflicted and i said, hold on i spoke to x at y last week and they said blah blah. Then the penny dropped.

Anyway, i spoke to the legit agent today and they're drawing up the contract now.

[Wanderer]

Wires were crossed, names were mentioned then after about a minute of conversation i realised it was not the agent about this job but another one i spoke to last week.

Phone up the client and tell them the slimy agent from agency obtained confidential information from you through impersonating another agent. Say you have told the agent that the information was confidential and was obtained through deception but you are letting the client know as a "courtesy" in case the unscrupulous agent tries to contact them...

[blinko]

He probably asked you have you been on any interviews lately,

you reply yes

he asks where and what were the names and you reply XYZ and ABC

He now goes in and gets an exclusive on that job and you get nothing for it and the HR hate you because they have a recruitment consultant pestering them all day.

[Robinho]

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