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I have a question about the courtesy (or lack of) with regards to interviewing. If you are not the one hired, do you deserve direct communication from the company you interviewed with?
My husband made it through three rounds of telephone interviews with a company and was brought down for face-to-face interviews with five people. He had to take a day and a half of vacation time to fly down. A couple of weeks later, he contacted the recruiter who had the job and was told that he was the favorite candidate ("by far") but they wanted to talk to one more person.
Now, several more weeks have passed and not a word from anyone: the company itself or the recruiter. We are assuming that since they were close to making a decision before, that they made it and went with a different candidate. OK, painful but understandable if that person was better (even though the company told the recruiter that he did not have the experience they wanted), cheaper, or was local (we would be a relo).
However, I am irritated because I feel that DH (or the rest of the candidates) deserve some kind of communication from the company letting them know that they went with a different person. Is that really out of line to expect some courtesy? I know that hiring practices have changed, but it's kind of affirming to me that he is better off since the company doesn't seem to value other peoples' time and sacrifices as they can't make an effort to fire off a letter or a five minute phone call. Am I expecting too much?
I am 45 years old. I have been in the work force for 30 years. In all that time, all those interviews, I have only ever gotten one "thanks but no thanks" letter. I am pretty sure that getting that letter was more upsetting to me than not getting the job.
Same here; I've gotten one rejection letter after interviewing (and it was snail mail, too!). I've gotten lots of rejection letters by e-mail after applying but before interviewing in person.
All the other times, I have had to reach out and 'wake up' someone to see if they went ahead with someone else or if they're still thinking about it.
There was one place that never did answer my question, and that was a public school. I finally gave up and assumed they went with someone else when the first day of school came and went.
I do think more employers should let candidates know when they are not selected. That way, the person can move on to the next application, instead of wasting time and energy trying to follow up and continuing to get their hopes up. The company might have filled the job weeks ago and the poor candidate is still trying to see if they are in the running.
This is especially hard when you do well on the interview, and have made it to the final steps. When you think you're close to an offer, and another company calls to set up an interview, it leads to stress. Should I interview with company B, is company A going to call, company C just made an offer....it can get complicated -- needlessly! If you found someone else, just say so!!!
Occasionally I get a letter mailed to me that they went with someone else, but it's few and far between. If companies don't want to go to the expense of sending letters (although minimal cost), then how hard is it to send an email???
No, it was in very poor taste for that company to not inform him directly.
I applied for a job awhile back (mind you lower level job) and was told when the decision would be made and I did receive an email letting me know I wasn't chosen. Normally I would have responded back with a thank you, but since dad was dying I wasn't on top of things.
I think when he had gone that far in the interview process, yes, they should have notified him (in writing is fine, email or letter) that he was not chosen. It is entirely possible, though, that they have not made a decision yet, or that it is taking a very long time to actually hire the person they chose instead, so they may not want to say no to candidates #2 and #3 until they are sure they have the first person on board.
I interviewed with 3 different companies in the May/June timeframe (this is after looking for work for well over a year). I had two interviews with each, got an offer at one and accepted and have been working there since July. Never heard back from the other two even though I had followed up with thank you letters/contact with HR. Out of the blue, last Monday one of the companies called and emailed me, saying that another position had become available and I was "the first person they thought of". I could be wrong, but I really think that they hired someone else and that person is now gone so the position is open again. Two days later, the other company I interviewed with left me a voicemail, saying it had taken awhile but was I still interested. So sometimes, for whatever reason, they can end up contacting you after you think the job must have been filled by someone else. I find it really odd that two of them call me the same week, after hearing nothing for months, but that is what happened.
And sometimes someone just shuts the job down for budgetary or other reasons, even if the dept has already interviewed.
I think while it's obviously not feasible in this job market to contact every applicant, they should DEFINELY contact anyone they have interviewed. You're right it is common courtesy and good manners, which sadly employers seem to be lacking these days.
I am irritated because I feel that DH (or the rest of the candidates) deserve some kind of communication from the company letting them know that they went with a different person.
Most companies do communicate this to rejected candidates.
I think while it's obviously not feasible in this job market to contact every applicant, they should DEFINELY contact anyone they have interviewed. You're right it is common courtesy and good manners, which sadly employers seem to be lacking these days.
Exactly, manners do not exist anymore for the most part in this country.
When is the last time you heard an "excuse me" in store aisle when someone passes by, or "God Bless You" from a stranger if someone sneezes.
Awhile back I got a free Heineken on Southwest Airlines flight, the attendant said to me "the beer is on me, you're on the second person on here who has said please and thank-you"....I don't care what others do, I still think good manners are the way to go.
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