Glassdoor Blog: The call or email comes in – the company you were hoping would contact you wants you to come in for an interview. The recruiter or hiring manager asks, “When could you come in to see us?”
While you may think to immediately turn to your calendar to throw out a few dates and times that work, remember your interview is a chance to a give a presentation that influences and persuades an employer as to why you’re right for the job.
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Alright, I'll bite here. This article makes it seem like there is no really good time to schedule an interview, save for from 10-11 and 3-4 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, which, at every place I've ever worked, are prime working times when I personally wouldn't want to be disrupted to interview a candidate with an oddly specific interview time request. I know this is purely anecdotal, but I also think there's frequently an assumption that many candidates are interviewing on their lunch breaks from their current jobs, and having an interview at a non-lunch-break time would seem to subtly indicate that you are either currently unemployed or that you don't care very much about inconveniencing your employer in search of a new opportunity, neither of which are particularly flattering traits in a prospective employee. Ultimately though, I think that if you're nervous enough about your qualifications etc. to lose sleep over choosing your interview time, it may be time to work with someone on your interviewing/presentation skills in general.
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