Thank you Anuradha and Minal for sharing your experiences.
I totally agree with you both as searching for a job is not a cake walk these days. I used to wonder everyday after seeing so many jobs in various job portals and why still people are unable to find a job. May be what you said is correct Anuradha. They want to attract more hits and more members. Coming to the role of consultants, I would like to hear from those who are in this field as to how they are going about it. Is it just for the sake of building data bases they are coming with advts and job postings or they are really having the requirements. The views and experiences of all recruitment consultants are most welcome in this regard.
Similarly, as mentioned by you Anuradha the scenario of selection or interview process is not less than a fiasco. I want to share my personal experience in this regard with you and all my friends here.
I have attended for a discussion in a well reputed company recently for a senior position (of course through a consultant). I was made to wait for nearly one hour on the day of discussion and I was given the application blank which took me not less than one hour to complete. Then after submitting the application, I was made to wait for another half an hour and after that I was called for discussion which took almost 45 minutes. After discussion, I was assured that there will be another final round of discussion with Managing Director and then it will be finalised. Oh! I thougt it's great. Then I waited...waited..waited....for almost 15 days but there is no response. So I called up the concerned person one fine day who has discussed with me and he replied that it was not yet discussed with Managing Director so he will get back within 2-3 days. So I waited and waited again. No response. Then I called up the consultant who said that he will revert back immediately. That immediate thing has happened after another cool wait of 2 days and the consultant exploded the bomb finally. The company does not want to recruit now so the position is kept in abeyance. This is the real one which happened in my case may be two months back in Hyderabad.
From this everyone can easily understand how some consultants and companies are taking the candidates on a roller coaster ride in the name of interviews and discussions which not only a waste of time but it creates a lot of stress among the candidates. If they get the job after all that mental trauma it is acceptable but facing the music after so much effort is something which hurts the person a lot.
So, with that kind of bitter experience behind me, I totally agree and endorse your views Anuradha and don't worry we are sailing in the same boat.
Let's hope for good times and keep our fingers crossed.
Cheers!
Pradeep

i totally agree with you Anuradha and Minal ... as i am also on the same side looking for a job opportunity since a long time