I’ve been on the job hunt for a few months now and I can tell you that it’s exceptionally rare for a company to bother letting you know they found another candidate. And it makes me so angry. I’ve had several interviews where I got the sense that I wasn’t going to get the job.
But I’ve also had a few (sometimes consisting of multiple interviews) where the interview seemed to go great. I felt confident, they seemed to really like me. They promised to follow up within the next few days and then…. Radio silence. I even try to reach out by email after awhile, thanking them for their time and asking for an update. Still nothing. I think I’m going to just start calling and essentially forcing them to give me a response.
As an interviewee, there are all these expectations placed on me to look, act, and dress professionally. I spend a long time preparing for these interviews. And then I sacrifice my time and resources (currently without a car so sometimes have to Uber to/from interviews) just for the chance to get to work there.
And you can’t even be bothered to send me a generic copy paste email saying “Unfortunately we are moving in another direction.” At least then I would KNOW and would stop watching my hope/optimism fade away day by day as I realize I’ve been ghosted.
Fuck companies that do this. I don’t know if it’s laziness or cowardice or both but it shouldn’t be tolerated.