> Was it unreasonable for me to ask for that? Not at all. If you can't take phone calls during the day, for whatever reason, so be it. > Is his response out of line? A little, by insinuating you aren't serious about wanting a new job because of when you can be called. Which is a rather poor argument. But really, they're just saying they are unable to help you if you can't take calls during the day; that's perfectly fine. Same as above; if they can't take phone calls outside of office hours, so be it. I would just take it as a "We're not a good match" and thank them for their time, given that your schedules don't seem to work together.