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Say they are going to get back to you but don't even if they are very specific as to when and why?
I was told that HR was going to "schedule some time for you to come in next week and meet the team." Never heard back.
Why not just say thank you for interviewing and be done with it?
Very aggravating.
Could be one of several reasons:
1. In the time since they said they'd contact you, they found someone else for the role.
2. They had an internal candidate in mind the entire time. They "had" to make the appearance of interviewing external candidates.
3. The job ended up being put on hold due to budget cuts, re-organizations, etc.
4. Job was upleveled/downleveled to "fit" a candidate that came before you. You were now regarded as overqualified/underqualified.
All of these reasons (and more) suck and are unfair, but that's how companies operate today. I've had these all happen to myself as well.
Say they are going to get back to you but don't even if they are very specific as to when and why?
I was told that HR was going to "schedule some time for you to come in next week and meet the team." Never heard back.
Why not just say thank you for interviewing and be done with it?
Very aggravating.
Yes, it is very aggravating and from someone who worked in HR for 10 years previously, it's VERY unprofessional.
It generally means that they either have filled the job or the job is on hold for whatever reason and they are too lazy/too unprofessional to take 5 minutes to send out the form-letter rejection email or make a quick call to tell you that it's delayed.
Sorry about your experience but honestly, if they are that jerky about the interview process then you might not want to work for them...
Say they are going to get back to you but don't even if they are very specific as to when and why?
I was told that HR was going to "schedule some time for you to come in next week and meet the team." Never heard back.
Why not just say thank you for interviewing and be done with it?
Very aggravating.
Most interviewers will say that after the interview and hope you read in between in the lines. It's happened to all of us at some point in our life when seeking a job.
Most interviewers will say that after the interview and hope you read in between in the lines. It's happened to all of us at some point in our life when seeking a job.
Ah, what? No, that's just being an a-hole and leading the candidate on.
If someone tells me that they'll schedule me in next week to meet the team, then that's what I expect would happen.
Yes, it is very aggravating and from someone who worked in HR for 10 years previously, it's VERY unprofessional.
It generally means that they either have filled the job or the job is on hold for whatever reason and they are too lazy/too unprofessional to take 5 minutes to send out the form-letter rejection email or make a quick call to tell you that it's delayed.
Sorry about your experience but honestly, if they are that jerky about the interview process then you might not want to work for them...
The vast majority of employers do this. It has gotten so bad, when it is done right and they treat the candidates respectfully it is an actual surprise.
Management has no vested interest in improving the situation, because they never hear from the candidates of how poorly they were treated and strung along Unnecessarily. But if the CEO got a letter from a prospective candidate each time someone has a bad experience, you can bet they would send a memo to HR to address it that says, "Mark this person in HR records as do not hire".
1. In the time since they said they'd contact you, they found someone else for the role.
2. They had an internal candidate in mind the entire time. They "had" to make the appearance of interviewing external candidates.
3. The job ended up being put on hold due to budget cuts, re-organizations, etc.
4. Job was upleveled/downleveled to "fit" a candidate that came before you. You were now regarded as overqualified/underqualified.
All of these reasons (and more) suck and are unfair, but that's how companies operate today. I've had these all happen to myself as well.
5. They are bringing people in thinking there is a job, when all they want is expert free consulting. The most revealing question of this is, "Let's say we have this problem in this job. How would you solve it?". Notice at least one person is taking notes.
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