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Whats up with this? On the first rejection phone call I asked why and they said my skills were great, I was great but they just "found a better fit." The guy went on to rave about my resume and skills and that he told his colleague from another department about me because he was hiring and looking for someone and that he is already expecting a call from me.
1.5 weeks later I get a phone call from the same guy that rejected me and he mumbles something about "having a new budget in their office" and that they can now, in fact hire me and would like to give me the job.
Whats up with this? Has anyone ever been denied a job and then offered it? Why would they do this? It doesn't make sense, on the first phone call it was a "fit" issue and now it's a "budget" issue?
In my experience, companies usually don't send rejection letters (at least, not to the 2nd and 3rd ranked choices) until the top choice has accepted the offer.
So it sounds like their top choice accepted the offer and then either changed their mind (perhaps they got an offer for a better job afterwards?) or possibly even started the job and decided it wasn't for them.
1.5 weeks later I get a phone call from the same guy that rejected me and he mumbles something about "having a new budget in their office" and that they can now, in fact hire me and would like to give me the job.
Whats up with this? Has anyone ever been denied a job and then offered it? Why would they do this? It doesn't make sense, on the first phone call it was a "fit" issue and now it's a "budget" issue?[/quote]
This happens in my office. They recently interviewed for 2 openings. Shortly after hiring 2 people, someone quit. They called the 3rd applicant in line and she now works there too.
Thanks for the input everyone. It seems so obvious now that it was because I was a #2 candidate, which I am a grateful to be even that in this economy! Being brand new to the workforce as a recent graduate, I wasn't sure what this meant but it seems at the end of the day the only thing that matters is whether you got the job or not.
The issue here is an amateur hiring manager or HR person went against common sense and called the #2 candidate (you) to tell you that you didn't get the job, before the #1 candidate even showed up for the first day of work.
Between the time an offer is made, and the time a person actually starts work, there is a period of time during which anything can happen. Sometimes people never show up for the first day. When people are looking for work, they are usually looking for work at more than one place. The company's #1 choice probably got a better offer during that period, and declined the job.
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the first guy quit i bout guarantee that
