I work in higher education (for now…currently studying copywriting and UX design but I digress).I went for an interview for a higher position in a different department after months of being overworked within my current role. Hiring manager was eager to interview as I fit all work experience, education requirements and skills. You could’ve taken my current job to make this job Ad-that is how exact it is was.
I go through a phone interview, 1 hour zoom call and a 1 hour in person interview. Sent that final “thanks for a interview. I’m eager to hear back” email all to hear radio silence for 2 weeks. I was in our database to see that job has been filled by an external hire. What a lack of professionalism. I had used vacation time for these interviews. I should email asking for it back due to the waste of time along with letting them know our database told me more than they ever had the balls to.
So fucking over it.