I've read your reasoning for doing what you did and while that is your right I think you jumped the gun by hanging up like you did....even though you did it nicely.....
The problem I see is that you did basically the same thing they did and made an assumption. In other words you automatically assumed that the lady on the phone was lying to you and hung up on her. On their side they lady didn't specifically state that she had read your resume, only that 'the company' had seen it. That being said the assumption was that you wanted a job because you posted a resume. From there it was her job was to start a file for 'the company' on you that would include your qualifications as well as other pertinent info. Your resume most likely didn't have all of the little internal comments sections, etc, etc on it so I doubt seriously if she had it in front of her when she called, and if so it wouldn't do 'the company' very much good without their own paperwork to go with it. Once she got you info on the companies paperwork I'm sure it would have run up the chain and someone else in 'the company' would have compared your answers on said file to your resume. This is their way of making sure you can 'keep your story straight' and that you weren't lying to them by including stuff on your resume that was not true. Wether you as an individual have the desire to do so is irrelevent to 'the company' who is more concerned with catching the other 200 applicants that did lie on their resume before they waste any more time on them. Believe me I've known enough employeers(ie some of my good customers) over the years that got stuck with guys that lied about their knowledge in a particular field and got stuck fixing/repairing the costly mistakes they made. Saddly it's often harder to fire someone than it is to hire them so most companies do everything they can to decreese the odds of that happening. Verifying you know what your qualifications are and didn't just copy and past someone else resume with your name on it is just one thing they have to look at....because it does happen wether it's a six figure a year job or not.....wether the applicant is 18 or 80.........
In the end the offer may not have been legit and if so you did the right thing. Unfortunately, if it was legit, YOU are the only one that lost out because there will always be someone else in line right behind you to take what you turned down. Either way you jumped the gun and now you will never know. Just glad you didn't need the job that bad...... Good luck from here on out, because given your reaction here you'll definately need it in todays job market.
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