You ever had a legit company ignore your interview afterwards?

[Zeze]

This has never happened to me before. Just tell me outright I didn't get the job so I can move on.

I had an interview 2 weeks ago, she told me the decision would be made very quick on that weekend (it was already Thursday).

I sent her an email on Monday. She says she's still deciding, but told ME to follow up if I don't hear anything from her from the rest of the week.

I heard nothing and I left her a voicemail on Friday. Nothing over the weekend and today so far. It's a boutique firm and she's the CEO.

Yes, I know I didn't get the job 99%. But have the integrity of 5 key strokes to send me an one-liner template email to tell me I'm out. Jesus Christ. Is that so hard? You get your stay-at-home husband off in less strokes.

 

[Chrono]

No point stressing. Just move along. As you said, if she liked you enough already she would have already hired you instead of stringing you along.

 

[rudder]

you are like candidate 8 or 9. They are working their way down the list. if no one above you takes the job, they will eventually offer it to you. That or that are a bunch of douches for keeping you hanging.

 

[mmntech]

This is every interview I've had in the last year. It's just how they operate these days. Usually some poor schmuck saddled with the hiring on top of their already hectic job. Of course some people (cough HR peeps) are just dicks.

 

[Zeze]

This is every interview I've had in the last year. It's just how they operate these days. Usually some poor schmuck saddled with the hiring on top of their already hectic job. Of course some people (cough HR peeps) are just dicks.

It's a very small boutique firm, like 10 people. I've interviewed with the CEO only and she's very accessible.

She either just decided to be a bitch and hoping I go away (instead of her sending me a quick email) OR stringing me along in case her top choices don't work out.

 

[CRXican]

Pretty normal these days. I interviewed with a really small credit union. They made me interview with two people and I never heard back.

 

[guyver01]

It's a boutique

aww.. you're gonna be a hairdresser?

 

[EagleKeeper]

I had a email from a company that they wanted to talk. Yet when I returned the call, their phone system was not working. Got a VP and left message. No phone back

 

[Blackjack200]

That's what sucks about looking for work when you don't have a job. I had a friend that wanted me to apply for a job at the company he worked for, said he could get me a job that was better than the one I have. I called the hiring manager, and his secratary and sent them both emails to follow up immediately. They didn't call me back, so I just forgot about them. Even if there was a job there, I wouldn't want to work for people like that.

 

[Zeze]

aww.. you're gonna be a hairdresser?

Thure sing! I giv you ATOT dithcount for your complete nerd makeover!

 

[IcePickFreak]

Yeah seems there's always that double standard. Places want you to be all about the job 24/7 and make some sacrifices for the company, but then it seems most places handle even hiring with piss poor communication.

EDIT: Heh wow, just after typing this I went out and got the mail and I had to LOL. I did two interviews and went back again to test on the CAD programs they use at a local place, obviously for a CAD & Engineering job. The test was last, and was two weeks ago on Friday. The guy who gave me the tests, who I interviewed with earlier that week and seemed like we hit it off really well, told me I'd hear from him by the end of the following week - but I never heard from him. So just now, in the mail I get a letter from their corporate HR direction from out of state, who I've talked to on the phone before as well. The letter tells me they are "no longer pursuing your candidacy for our Sales position."

I almost feel like emailing her and asking if that means they're still considering me for the actual job I interviewed & tested for.

 

[chusteczka]

Sometimes no update means you remain under consideration and is better than a rejection.

 

[Zeze]

Yeah seems there's always that double standard. Places want you to be all about the job 24/7 and make some sacrifices for the company, but then it seems most places handle even hiring with piss poor communication.

How about when they make the job offer, you have to decide it by a set date, often no longer than 2-3 days?

 

[IcePickFreak]

How about when they make the job offer, you have to decide it by a set date, often no longer than 2-3 days?

I worked at one and they said I was hired, and then when it came to a start date they went "Uhhhhhh, I'll have to look into that." Ended up not starting until about six weeks later.

 

[Texashiker]

A few years ago my wife interviewed for a job in which she was well qualified for. My wife had something like 5 years experience doing the same exact job she was being interviewed for.

At the end of the interview the lady said something like, if my wife did not hear back from the company for my wife to check back with them in a few days.

A few days later my wife called the lady, and the person that did the interview was VERY rude. She told my wife something like "we already filled the position, why are you bothering me".

My wife was rather upset about the situation. Why would you tell someone to call you back in a few days, and then complain when they do as they are asked?

Fast forward 2 years, and the division my wife interviewed for was closed and everyone was laid off. The lady that interviewed my wife lost her job as well.

 

[thepd7]

I can't understand why this is acceptable but it happened to me as well a year or so ago. It had never happened before that, even with hourly jobs.

 

[Zeze]

I worked at one and they said I was hired, and then when it came to a start date they went "Uhhhhhh, I'll have to look into that." Ended up not starting until about six weeks later.

I had a friend that was hired, accepted the offer letter, got benefits package, then the hiring was 'reconsidered' until meeting the CEO, then she passed, worked for 2 weeks, then laid off.

Fucking bullshit. I made a thread about this.

 

[PingSpike]

The only time I've ever gotten closure that I didn't get a job they sent me a letter like 3 months later. No shit, the letter said I didn't get the job. Most of the time you just hear nothing.

 

[cronos]

Happened to me. Interview went very well (at least I thought so) and we actually exchanged some e-mails afterward discussing some finer points the company needed clarification about. The last e-mail I received started with: "So, to clarify...if you were offered a position ...", which to me sounds really really good.

Then a month passed. Nothing.

I sent an e-mail as a gentle 'nudge' of some sort, asking whether the position has been filled, and restating my availability. The response I received was something like: "..sorry for the delay in communication... we will be in touch very soon."

Then two months passed. Nothing.

 

[piasabird]

Send them a letter thanking them for the interview. Kill them with politeness. Or you could send them some dead fish.

 

[PingSpike]

I had a friend that was hired, accepted the offer letter, got benefits package, then the hiring was 'reconsidered' until meeting the CEO, then she passed, worked for 2 weeks, then laid off.

Fucking bullshit. I made a thread about this.

In college I was hired for a computer repair technician position at the beginning of summer. The offered wage was fairly insulting but not really worse than your average shitty retail job so I accepted. It would be interested work and a resume builder. Right away I ended up going to meetings where they were talking about restructuring their massive debt and there wasn't any work to do. I ended up doing data entry of old paper orders from the mid 90s. I was then laid off after 3 weeks which was long enough a lot of summer hiring of college kids was over making it difficult to even get the shitty retail job to replace it.

I have no idea why you would hire some one when you're deeply in debt and also have no work for them to do.

 

[Zeze]

Send them a letter thanking them for the interview. Kill them with politeness. Or you could send them some dead fish.

I did already.

 

[Genx87]

A few years ago my wife interviewed for a job in which she was well qualified for. My wife had something like 5 years experience doing the same exact job she was being interviewed for.

At the end of the interview the lady said something like, if my wife did not hear back from the company for my wife to check back with them in a few days.

A few days later my wife called the lady, and the person that did the interview was VERY rude. She told my wife something like "we already filled the position, why are you bothering me".

My wife was rather upset about the situation. Why would you tell someone to call you back in a few days, and then complain when they do as they are asked?

Fast forward 2 years, and the division my wife interviewed for was closed and everyone was laid off. The lady that interviewed my wife lost her job as well.

This story could only get better if that lady was interviewed by your wife for a position.

My boss has a great story about a salesman who tried to sell a company he worked for back in the early 1990s two routers instead of one. The guy went around and talked to billing and got them to buy a second router. They found out about it and retured the thing but the salesman had already left the company with his commission check on a 7000 dollar router.

Fast forward about 3 years and my boss is somewhere else and a quote comes through for his approval on a 95,000 dollar order. The salesman's name looked familiar. It was the same salesman from before. He denied it and told the company why. That guy lost out on a few thousand dollars worth of comission because he burned a bridge.

 

[Genx87]

This has never happened to me before. Just tell me outright I didn't get the job so I can move on.

I had an interview 2 weeks ago, she told me the decision would be made very quick on that weekend (it was already Thursday).

I sent her an email on Monday. She says she's still deciding, but told ME to follow up if I don't hear anything from her from the rest of the week.

I heard nothing and I left her a voicemail on Friday. Nothing over the weekend and today so far. It's a boutique firm and she's the CEO.

Yes, I know I didn't get the job 99%. But have the integrity of 5 key strokes to send me an one-liner template email to tell me I'm out. Jesus Christ. Is that so hard? You get your stay-at-home husband off in less strokes.

Take it as a sign this lady and her organization would had been a terrible job. I always get a laugh out of these people who cant be bothered to return a call on an interview or tell the finalist candidates they didnt get the job. It paints them and their organization in an extremely poor light.

 

[Genx87]

Yeah seems there's always that double standard. Places want you to be all about the job 24/7 and make some sacrifices for the company, but then it seems most places handle even hiring with piss poor communication.

EDIT: Heh wow, just after typing this I went out and got the mail and I had to LOL. I did two interviews and went back again to test on the CAD programs they use at a local place, obviously for a CAD & Engineering job. The test was last, and was two weeks ago on Friday. The guy who gave me the tests, who I interviewed with earlier that week and seemed like we hit it off really well, told me I'd hear from him by the end of the following week - but I never heard from him. So just now, in the mail I get a letter from their corporate HR direction from out of state, who I've talked to on the phone before as well. The letter tells me they are "no longer pursuing your candidacy for our Sales position."

I almost feel like emailing her and asking if that means they're still considering me for the actual job I interviewed & tested for.

If you really feel like making a stink about it. Write a nice letter thanking the CEO for her time and consideration. Then include a copy of that letter with a snide remark thanking her for not considering you for a position you werent applying for in the first place.

This will let her know you think her and her company are incompetent with proof.