It’s a Friday before a long weekend so let’s go with an anecdote.
Just to give you a little background – I had previously talked with this applicant and allowed him to set the time for our phone screen (2 days later). I called him at the set time, reintroduced myself and reminded him of the reason for our call. He quickly cut me off with this comment:
Can you call back in an hour or two because I am busy at the moment?
He then said thank you and hung up before I could respond.
To top it off, this sales position was for a long sales cycle, relationship sale. Needless to say, that was not the type of approach we desired for this position. However, my curiosity for this train wreck was piqued so I called the candidate about 2 hours later to see if he was available.
I received the same response from him that he was busy and again asked that I call him back at another time. I didn’t call him back.
Absolutely true – a few days later I received an email from him asking why I did not call him back.