Keller Williams Job Interview

I interviewed for an in-house recruiter team lead job through Keller Williams I’m not sure if this was somewhat of a scam. I am a recruiter with almost 5 years of experience. I am a strong recruiter just looking to see what else is out there and very comfortable with my clients and candidates I work with. I am looking to see what else is out there for more pay and happen to come across an in-house recruiter role for Keller Williams which I thought was a very reputable company so I thought why not give it a shot and apply. I applied online and figured to make a old move and call the company myself and tell them I’m interested and briefly said that I have about five years of recruiting experience. Without the hiring manager for this role looking at my resume he agreed to have me come in on Monday. I thought I just sounded great over the phone. Also important to note that he is a real estate agent himself and his ownership of this office along with two others in the area. I thought it was strange that when I was talking to him on the phone, he mentioned a job title that was not in house recruiter but basically was saying that’s what I applied for and I got confused. Seem like there was another job title that was the same as the one I was applying to.

I went in for the interview and I’m not going to lie, I was extremely nervous because it has been sometimes since my last on-site interview. I let my nerves get the best of me and did not perform to my best ability and that I can accept. I had some strong answers but other answers I just could not think straight because I was so nervous. I would not be surprised because of this I didn’t get the job. However, I thought it was very strange that towards the end of the interview, the guy asked me if this job ends up not working out would you ever consider becoming a real estate agent. To that I politely replied no I am definitely interested in the industry, but long-term I see myself in recruiting as that is what I’ve build a career in and not becoming a real estate agent. He then asked me a few minutes later have I ever thought about earlier in my career becoming a real estate agent and once again, I said I was always interested in the industry, but never enough to be become an agent and recruiting is my passion. Also, when describing the job he was going over so much more detailed than what was in the original job posting such as not just leading the agents through on boarding, but also help training them when they are fully licensed and so much more. This job felt a bit overwhelming. He even said that it’s basically like being CEO of the office, but you don’t actually manage it. You’re just really hiring for the agents.

I applied to the job because I was interested in the recruiting aspect respect of agents, but not becoming an agent myself. I also was a bit offended that he basically told me during the job interview in other words that I likely didn’t get the job, but would you consider becoming an agent? Even though recruiting is what I’ve built my career on and what I came to the interview for. There were just some red flags that had me think is this really an in-house recruiting job? When I asked ChatGPT it basically said often times because Keller Williams is not structured like a normal Corporate structure, selling homes and agents is the most important thing to a brokerage so they might try down the road for you to get your real estate license. ChatGPT also explain that sometimes you will start off in this position as an in-house recruiter, but down the road the owner of the franchise you work at might come to you and say wow you’re great at sales and talking to people but have you ever considered becoming an agent and they will keep pressuring you until you do it. Just seems like there is no growth for this role and their ultimate goal is just to get everyone to become agents.

I am not sure if I’m reading into this incorrectly and maybe he just felt I wasn’t a good fit for the role but also on the other hand maybe this job is disguising and down the road. It’s just not what it’s advertises to be. Has anyone had the same experience while interviewing for KW?