Job rescinds their offer to prospective employee after they inquired about time off: 'Your request for planned time off raised concerns regarding alignment with our current expectations'

If you have a planned vacation, isn't it the polite thing to do to tell your prospective employer?

When you're looking to get hired at a new place, there are all sorts of factors you have to consider. You have to wonder how it's going to fit into your lifestyle, what your commute is going to look like, if the hours are compatible with the way you live, and if you're up to the task. Not every job is going to be a perfect fit. It might be the role you're looking for, but the commute time will make it impossible to get to work on time. Or maybe it's convenient, but your skill set is not naturally aligned. Maybe it requires you to work nights, and you know you're a morning person. Whatever it is, you're probably finding out in the early stages of the hiring process what's going to work for you and what isn't. 

We forget that interviews are a two-way street. As much as it's a chance for the employer to get to know us and our skills, it's also our chance to ask them just what they're about. It's the time to ask all the questions- what do they value in an employee? What is their office culture like? What is your time off policy? You don't want to seem ungrateful, but these are very reasonable questions to ask, and their answers definitely affect whether or not you want to work there. Don't let anyone make you feel bad about asking this.