Originally posted by masonryan
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You have conveniently overlooked your deception to the client, as you had to "get your story straight", and needed to be coached to say only positive things, and to have a "story" to explain why you were looking to switch from contracting to permie.
Nobody likes to be deceived.
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As for the unoriginal interview and tests, companies like to present themselves as forward thinking, and having some nonsense metric for interviews allows them to tick that superficial box.
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Interview responses have to be generic and non-committal, sadly.
These days, what with the potential for claims for unfairness or prejudice, companies need a vague and meaningless way to reject candidates. You've been rejected, they want nothing more to do with you. They are not going to leave themselves open to be sued by a dead horse.
As has already been said, permie roles attract a percentage of salary as commissions, so would want to get you the most.
If another candidate has accepted a lower salary, that person will always be a useful fallback candidate.
Ultimately, the clientco may prefer the lower salaried candidate.
Blaming the recruiter won't change this.
Using Occams Razor, that is, arriving at a conclusion using the least assumptions, such as deception, ulterior motives, cheating, etc;
maybe you simply were not the best candidate.
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