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Absolutely inappropriate! Especially if the interviewER (I believe the
interviewEE was you) is from an agency. This could be one of the methods they
use to find out which companies have vacancies.
Your answer was very professional and the best way IMO to handle the
situation.
Suzette Seveny
Markham, Ontario, Canada
sseveny -at- petvalu -dot- com or suzette -at- yesic -dot- com
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Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while, I was a suspect.
Ivan Gelicall wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> I just had a telephone interview and the interviewee asked me: Are you
> interviewing with other companies currently? Who are those companies?
>
> I found these questions completely inappropriate, but rather than lose my
cool
> I answered politely that I would like to keep that information confidential
> so as to protect the other companies.
>
> Am I wrong are those questions legit?
>
> Thoughts anyone.
>
>
