@Chrispydelic 558602 wrote:
I have emailed the main office back and told them that I will be unable to attend as my car is being fixed but that I could make it to the Cambridge branch if possible. Waiting for a reply.
Just don’t want to get sanctioned for not going to an interview that has been offered.
I’d check the email has been received (Govt ones often go to group email boxes and/or can get knocked back / accidentally deleted in a variety of ways) but that seems like a totally reasonable explanation and if they really wanted to they have the facility to call or email VOSA directly who would confirm there was a recent MOT on your car. It is also well known and proveable in East Anglia that it now costs more to travel to London by train at peak times than to drive there.
Also TBH this company sounds suspect, where I work we are 100% honest about what the job entails, the only thing not disclosed over the phone are salary details as it stops competitors posing as applicants to get info about the company.
Also unless you are applying for interviews via the giro office and there is an arrangement to follow up with the company to check candidates attendance or quality of interview I’m not sure if DWP check up that closely, as where I work we put ads in the job centre but very rarely if ever are asked for feedback about whether folk turned up (TBH comparatively few people apply for them anyway as they require professional skills in healthcare and a reasonably clean CRB)
