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OP here. I went to the interview to see if I could salvage some work out of it (I'm a contractor, and quite often a skilled contractor would suit better than another full-time employee). The person I interviewed with (he was tech lead in the company) was actually quite happy with the idea, but he couldn't get it past HR.

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Actually by going to the interview you probably ended any chance of freelancing for them for the next 6-12 months. A standard arrangement is that they would've had to pay the recruiter a 25% annual salary equivalent in fees if there's a hire once the introduction has been made. How do you think recruiters make their money? Irrespective of any other reason given, it's no surprise HR said no.

Yeah I'm not understanding those questioning you going to the interview both here on HN and in the comments on your post.

Why wouldn't you go to the interview? The recruiter seemed to be so out of the loop that you may have missed a great opportunity had you not gone. Also self promotion and meeting new people in your field is never a bad thing.

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