I got an email from a recruiter about a position that seemed interesting, and decided to take a call from her to get more info. During the call, we mostly discussed my background and reasons for looking for change. I just followed up because I realized we hadn’t actually talked about the role - she proceeds to tell me that I’m not a competitive candidate for the role (because I didn’t go to a T10 law school) and that she’ll reach out about opportunities that come up that “could be a good fit for me.”
Totally fine for her to feel that way, but what an absolute waste of everyone’s time. All of the information that would make me not a “competitive candidate” is publicly available. Also, who cares if I’m not — wouldn’t you want to just throw my name in to see if, even in the low chance I am considered, that you get a slice of the pie? Feels like I got bait and switched into a power trip.