Should I cancel this interview? Forum

[Anonymous User]

Currently, I'm a first year associate making $50k. I'm not actively looking for a new job, but I randomly got a phone call from the DA's office - civil division. The salary range is 78-83k. Without thinking it through, I agreed to an interview. It would require me to leave work two hours early, but I'm planning to tell my boss that I'll make up for it by coming in two hours earlier in the morning and skipping lunch. That's if I decide to go.

Is this worth it? In the past three months, I've had three interviews and absolutely no luck. I feel like employers blindly schedule interviews. That is why I stopped looking. But this is the DA's office. It is my dream job. I am just tired of getting my hopes up and wasting so much time. I've only worked at my current job for 7-8 months. I never took a day off but I left a few hours early one time for an interview. It ended up being a complete waste of time. I felt horrible because I absolutely hate missing work.

How do people manage to schedule job interviews when they're working 9 to 5? My boss is flexible but I feel uncomfortable about leaving early.

[Anonymous User]

Absolutely do not cancel. I had many “eye, dental, and doctor” appointments when trying to get the heck out of my last firm job. You might get some crap, but don’t ask your boss for the time, rather, tell your boss you have an appointment and you have to go. It’s very unlikely they’ll object.

[Anonymous User]

You should definitely go. You do not want look back in a few years and ask yourself “what if I went to that interview...”

[nealric]

How do people manage to schedule job interviews when they're working 9 to 5? My boss is flexible but I feel uncomfortable about leaving early.

Get over it. People have to leave the office from time to time. There's no need to be a slave to the clock.

[nixy]

I don’t even understand why this is a question. Why would you cancel an interview for your dream job? How do you think people actually get new jobs without taking time off from the jobs they have while interviewing?

[northwood]

Absolutely take the interview . Go to work a bit early, work through lunch or stay late Friday next day rteonto make up the time difference.

Best of luck. It’s yiur dream job, why foreclose on the possible opportunity to get the job of your dreams???

[omar1]

Do you have sick days/hours you can use? Call in sick and skip the day. Spend the time prepping for the interview since it's your dream job. GL!

[albanach]

We're interviewing for an in-house counsel at the moment.

It pulls a bunch of lawyers out of their work day. If you're being interviewed there was something about your resume that meant we were interested enough to disrupt work for a whole bunch of people from VP down.