# Interviewing multiple candidates **URL:** \ **Category:** Sitter Questions, Advice & Chat\ **Created:** [21 December 2023 12:10 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/interviewing-multiple-candidates/45184 "2023-12-21T12:10:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 115
**Author:** ![Candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Candide](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Candide)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2026 08:38 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/interviewing-multiple-candidates/45184/115 "2026-01-29T08:38:24Z")
I think respectful to a sitter to make a video chat with him/her as planned. Are we allowed to plan only 1 video chat ? Why, when we can receive (only) 5 applications, would not we plan 2 or 3 video calls ? 3 applications can sound very interesting. Why we would have to say yes or no to the 1st one ? And decline the other 1 (or 2) without listening to them ? The 1st exchange may be the best one, but how for know that if I don’t listen to other candidates? Video chats are much more interesting on both sides. A profile, a listing are general a video chat is much more personal. I don’t want to have the knife under my throat . If a sitter can’t accept i listen to another one, the same day, or later on, ok. That’s his/her choice. I’m free to do what I planned go do without blackmail ( if you don’t say yes to me now, i’ll decline…) the other applicant(s( could think u’m very rude not to call them as planned. They could lose trust in owners. A sitter who is not chosen after a video chat can be invited privately later on. For another sit other dates . --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/interviewing-multiple-candidates/45184)._