That&#x27;s interesting.  I wonder if that recruiter needs to work on his filing system a bit -- e.g., work on stuff in the inbox, then place it in the outbox :)<p>I wonder what the most politic way to deal with this situation would be.  It sounds like you were polite but honest, which is a good thing in my book. I might have done the same, but perhaps it would have been better to just play along, score higher, and get pushed to the next step?  Just speculating!