Got 2 interviews deep for new role and have now been ghosted, what a bummer! Why do recruiters do that??

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It’s a generational thing. Most people have no honor these days. Folks can hide behind the internet now, no more respect for the human on the other side of the screen.

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Right?! I think what frustrates me the most is that at the beginning of the process, recruiters seem very eager to interview you quickly. All the hours spent preparing and doing your best in all rounds, and they can't even send an email. It takes less than 30 seconds to copy and paste a generic rejection email. They just choose not to do it. Anyway some will tell you that it's because the hiring manager takes too long to respond and sometimes, they just don’t have updates including a rejection.

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OP I wish I could tell you but it seems like it is getting worse and worse. Years ago a recruiter almost never ghosted, or none that I work with. Now I get ghosted like every other week it seems and its so frutrating. I wish they could atleast be professional about it.

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