Had what I thought was a great phone interview last week. The talent acquisition person and I had excellent rapport, and the call ended with him saying they're moving me forward in the process. I heard nothing at all for a week, so I sent a friendly nudge yesterday to follow up. 20 minutes later, I get an auto-rejection email. I'm so frustrated with this job market. Like, what gives?

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There should be a lot more caution in letting a candidate know what happens next if it isn’t guaranteed. I’ll always end with letting them know they’ll hear back, but never giving false hope, because you never know.

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That is really frustrating, but unfortunately, a lot of the time, the recruiter doesn't have a lot of say in who moves forward. They shouldn't have promised you that you would be, because they often receive conflicting information in the process, and have to go forward with other candidates. I'm sorry you are dealing with that

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