Company wants to interview on days that I will be traveling for my grandmother's funeral. What should I say?

Explain your situation and tell them you are unavailable on those days.

Explain the situation. If they hold it against you, it's not somewhere you'd want to be anyway.

Sorry for your loss

Tell them the truth: that your grandmother just died and that you will be traveling for the funeral. If they are unwilling to re-schedule, then that should tell you a lot about the company. (And why would you want to work for them if that were the case?)

(As an aside, I'm sorry about your grandmother. I hope you have happy memories. Honoring her by attending her funeral is more important than an interview.)

"I will be traveling for my grandmother's funeral."

here's the thing about interviewing, if they interview with a committee, there are a lot of strings to pull to get everybody in one room at the same time. this is why all the interviews are done within a brief time period. they may be kind to you, or even give you a fake interview without all the pieces there, but it could cost you a real shot at the job. and that doesn't necessarily make them bad people.

i would talk to them and make it clear you would prefer to do it on another day, but be able to make myself available if that was the only option.

can you do the interview via zoom?

you says its technically possible to interview and attend the funeral. suck it up and do it.

both my grandparents died when I was on deployments to iraq and I dealt with it, and continued to work (couldnt come back for a funeral)

your grandma came from a time when people would have dropped everything to interview for a job. she will understand.

as long as you dont miss the funeral its totally fine. you can do this

DO NOT tell them the truth. Make up any lie at all:

- dog ate your brake lines

- you’re dealing with a massive hangover

- you need to go to an exotic bird convention that day

If they even suspect that your grandmother died, that job is as good as the next guy’s. Trust me on this one, all the other posters must be trolling. They WILL NOT understand

I would just be honest and tell them your grandma died and you afe unavailablw those days due to funeral travel etc. Any company worth working for will accommodate you. They will find other days

some of you guys live in a fantasy land. there is a good chance they will be able to accommodate, but they might not be able to, depending on several different factors. and they still might be worth working for.

i don't know where these bizarre black and white notions of real life come from.

Hate to say but if its something you think would *really* be a job you want, make it work.

If its "just an interview", ask to resched and deal with possibly not getting a chance.

It depends on the job and your situation. If they are specifically targeting you, then they will reschedule. If you're 1 of 100 college students attending their corporate hiring day, then you probably have to find a way to make it work or you'll miss out. If its a 1 of a kind dream job with lots of applicants, make it work. If it's one of 10 postings that you responded to this week then just tell them your situation and only do it if they are flexible.

How is this a question? Tell them you are traveling for your grandmother’s funeral.

Grandmothers usually die literally, not figuratively, unless you meant you posted on LR literally immediately after she died.

I am travelling for a family emergency, can we do the interview by phone? If not, I’ll be back on xxx.

Dude, why waste a perfectly good get out of work free card? You only get four of those for each new job, one for each new grandparent.