I would just say I'm sick and go or had a family emergency, something they would never question,that's if the interview company wouldn't give me enough notice to interview.
My interviews for my current job were out of state and during the interview process I ended up in a situation where I was on the same flight as my manager and if I didn't figure that out it would have been the most awkward thing ever because I totally lied to him about why I was going to be absent.
It can get expensive though, many times I had to pay my own way to these interviews and there would be no reimbursement, I considered it an investment though, small things compared to what a new job would provide me.
I would also put "willing to relocate" on your resume next to your current city and state at the top of your resume. You can also try putting down a relatives address who lives in that state but when you get calls you'll be stuck having to explain it/ they won't give you a lot of turnaround time to show up.
I did the out of state interview thing for more than a year feel free to ask any questions you may have.
Did you have any luck landing the jobs? Were companies generally receptive to the idea of you going from one state to another? How much time in advance did you receive before the interview? I didn't want to keep popping up and randomly taking a day off here and there, it would look suspicious. I'm in finance. Trying to relocate from Texas to New York. I'd imagine once I start to get interviews, they'll fall on random days and times. It'll look suspicious if I'm taking off days like that.
I'm kind of concerned because who's to say they won't choose a similar applicant that's already in their area. I guess that's for me to find out.
It was mixed. Some places once they found out my situation it would be a hard stop after that, and they'd move on to other applicants.
Other places would move forward but the amount of time for notice I got was usually 2-3 days. The most I ever got was a week advance notice for my interview.
I also ran into a lot of bad luck because I was using my grandmothers address so people would think I'm in the area and say "Come in tomorrow early AM" and I would have to end that myself.
At a point I also thought I was being suspicious but I didnt care, I wanted out of my current situation badly.
My last time doing this for the job I have now there were frequent back and forth trips to NYC and even once they called me at 6 PM and asked if I would be willing to come back the next day, luckily I had taken two days off in advance. For my last interview it was done via webcam because they knew what kind of pressure they were putting on me to keep going back and forth, but IDK how common that is.
I'm also in finance and I think if theres any field thats receptive to the idea of out of state applicants, its finance, they know about the allure of working in NYC finance VS other locations.
I definitely think its worth the effort and time it takes to finesse an out of state job search, it does get rough at times though I wont lie.
What are the chances that you'd be on the same flight, the mystery of life.
I know right. Luckily I went into his office and started asking questions about his flight because I'm paranoid like that and just thought I should cover my bases. I left the building went outside and called the airline right after that
