Guys, I am so unhappy. I applied for a job and went on to do a grueling 3-stage panel interview only to get this update this morning: 'I hope all is well.  I wanted to send a follow up regarding your interview for our ************** position.  It sounds like things went well with your interview,but the team made the decision yesterday to move forward with an internal candidate for the position.  We would be happy to keep in touch for any other positions that might come...". Why waste my time?

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Just show up for work and pretend you didn't see the email. Social pressure gets people to tip for counter service. They will have a hard time turning you away.

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They need to interview outside candidates to pretend like they are playing the game.

I’ve run into this with Citibank. They love to waste ppls time, I’ve had panels with them where nobody even bothered to turn on their camera…such an embarrassment. I came to the conclusion they just waste time with Bull* interviews to fulfill quotas.

Getting an email explaining the situation is nice, most of the time it’s “crickets”.

Sorry! I agree it’s a total waste of time.

That's a stupid HR email. But hey we have all been there

An internal candidate being hired doesn’t always mean it was a predetermined outcome. It’s not like hiring managers in a large company know every single person who could apply internally at the start of a process. It’s not always someone moving up on the current team. Sometimes the external options aren’t as good, so it just ends up that way.

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