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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Hey, just looking for some opinions on this.
I have a job interview scheduled for tomorrow and came down with something last night. Fever, headache, sore throat... I am expecting to still be showing symptoms tomorrow.
My first inclination is to take some medication and suck it up. I'm afraid if I call to reschedule, it will sound like an excuse to get longer to prepare. I am also afraid that they are interviewing people all week and they might just cancel or see me as creating a problem before even getting hired.
But on the other hand, who wants to be locked inside a room with a sick person for an hour or have someone bring a contagious illness into a highly populated work place....
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Depends how sick you are.
If its a sore throat, headache and some stuffiness, then take whatever over the counter stuff you normally take when you are sick (DayQuil, Advil Cold and Sinus, etc) and go to the interview. Make sure to bring your own Kleenex and bring something to drink if you need it to ease your throat when talking.
If you are very sick where you are coughing every minute or two and are needing to blow your nose every few minutes, then stay away. That interview won't go well. The interviewers won't want to be in the room with you and you're illness will be what everyone is focused on rather than your resume or the position. If you're coughing up a lung tomorrow before the interview then I would call and tell them you got sick and it got bad overnight. Try to suggest to reschedule for later in the week or inquire if you can do a phone interview or make some other arrangement.