Received an interview invitation, after responding to the email I was told it was a mistake...

Hello,

I faced a strange situation a few days ago and I was wondering if anybody has ever heard of similar situations?

I received an interview invitation from a known financial services company a few days ago. After responding to the email with the times that work best for me, I received an email back that there was a "glitch" in the system and that I wasn't supposed to receive the first email...

Do things like this happen often in such companies? I was really disappointed but nicely thanked them for their time...

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A couple weeks ago I received a voice mail wondering why I didn't confirm my interview date with a BB, when I was never contacted in the first place. I still don't know whether they called me by mistake or somehow never sent me an email invite in the first place.

 

Happens man, i was actually offered a position, and then they said 'ha woops nope budget issues sorry have a nice day.'

My drinkin' problem left today, she packed up all her bags and walked away.
 

You guys are right, I have nothing else to do but to keep on... glad it wasn't my only interview invitation... I guess everything happens for a reason :)

Kenny, your situation is even worse :(

 

Thats rough situation. Keep your head up and move on to the next one. As always...the best advice one can give is Network, Network, Network

XX
 

lol happens to me as well @ bbh

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