I've been with my current employer for 5 years, and am very happy, but I've started getting several recruiters contacting me on LinkedIn with job opportunities. I read through most of them and politely decline, but I had one recently that interested me so I replied to the recruiter on LinkedIn and said I'm interested in learning more about the position. She responded back and asked when would be a good time to call and chat about it, and I said she could call me that evening after work.
I got a call from her that evening after I got home, and after a few brief introductions and basic stuff like "tell me about what you've been working on" it went into full-on phone interview mode. "Describe a situation where you did this..." "Tell me about the most challenging project you worked on and how did you solve it...", etc. Needless to say, I didn't do well. I was completely unprepared for a string of interview questions. She emailed a few days later and said they won't be moving forward with me.
I haven't been on the job hunt for over 5 years now, and I guess my question is: is this normal? Saying "when would be a good time to chat about the job?" does not equal "phone interview", to me, at least.
I got a call from her that evening after I got home, and after a few brief introductions and basic stuff like "tell me about what you've been working on" it went into full-on phone interview mode. "Describe a situation where you did this..." "Tell me about the most challenging project you worked on and how did you solve it...", etc. Needless to say, I didn't do well. I was completely unprepared for a string of interview questions. She emailed a few days later and said they won't be moving forward with me.
I haven't been on the job hunt for over 5 years now, and I guess my question is: is this normal? Saying "when would be a good time to chat about the job?" does not equal "phone interview", to me, at least.