I'm relatively happy in my current job (great people) but I'm looking around for other opportunities for later in the year when my living situation may change. A friend said that it would be worth shooting his boss an email to enquire about the open positions they have there, so I sent a casual email asking for any more information just to open up a conversation with them and I've got mixed feelings about the response.

It was forwarded on to their HR department (which I didn't know they had) and replied to by them. It was a simple enough response in that it offered a 'telephone interview' in the middle of the day during office hours, and asked me to send a copy of my C.V.

I'm actually feeling quite annoyed by it and I guess I'm looking for other peoples' opinions on how I'm reacting. I've never worked for a company with more than 10 employees and I've thus never run into a HR department before. I think I'm irritated by the person (who is in charge of development there) not responding personally and instead shovelling it off onto someone else, when all I was really looking for was a 5 minute reply to initiate a conversation. That, and asking for a C.V. straight away, already makes me feel like this wouldn't be a place I'd enjoy working. However, I realise that I may be an ass and I could be totally misjudging the situation.

Is it worth me actually putting together a C.V. (haven't needed one in ~4 years) and take them up on their phone interview offer? I already approached another company in the same way a month or two ago and got a response much more along the lines I was expecting (short friendly responses to get the conversation rolling), so it's far from my only opportunity; I just don't have much experience with larger companies and their communication process.

I'd be grateful for any replies; I hope it's not as much of a rambling mess to read as it looks as I type this now.

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