check-an-interview-invitation

name	check-an-interview-invitation
category	get-hired
description	Check an interview invitation for legitimacy, logistics, preparation requirements, access needs, and unsafe requests. Use when a candidate receives a meeting link, assignment, or request for personal information from a recruiter or employer.

check-an-interview-invitation

Verify the invitation before sharing data or installing software.

When to use

• Use for email, calendar, messaging, video, assessment, or travel invitations.
• Escalate suspected impersonation instead of confronting the sender through the same unverified channel.

Procedure

1. Compare sender name, domain, reply-to, links, and thread history with the employer's official site and prior verified contact.
2. Confirm the role, interviewers, date, time zone, duration, format, platform, stage, and expected preparation.
3. Verify unfamiliar links or software through an official contact path before opening or installing them.
4. Treat requests for payment, gift cards, banking credentials, identity documents, remote access, or secret material as stop signals.
5. Confirm whether recording, automated analysis, or a work sample is involved and ask how data will be used.
6. Request accommodations through the stated channel without disclosing more medical detail than needed.
7. Reply with a concise confirmation and any material logistics questions.
8. Save the verified invitation and official contact details separately from the message.

Done

• A verified invitation report records sender, official source, role, schedule, platform, interviewers, preparation, and access requirements
• Suspicious links, software, payments, identity requests, or recording terms are resolved through an independent official channel before proceeding