Have you ever applied for a role and wondered whether the hiring decision had already been made? I recently applied for a tech position that had technically expired but was told I would be contacted if my profile was a match. A week later, I received a rejection email, which made me question whether a preferred candidate had already been identified while applications were still being accepted. How common is it for companies to keep application windows open after finding a strong candidate?

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For any given role there is always the possibility that the HM already has an internal candidate in mind before even posting the role, and I have seen job postings with 100+ candidates within hours of being posted. There is a strong likelihood that there are several strong candidates in the bunch, so when coming in near the end of the timeline, you are guaranteed to be wasting your time applying unless you have a very strong reference.

It's a numbers game unfortunately, and time is the enemy. I still apply to the 100+ applicant roles, but I have no expectations when doing so. Almost 7 months of doing so hasn't netted but 4 interviews.

I interviewed at a company and didn't get it. The manager called me 6 weeks later to tell me that I did an outstanding job and I would have been the 1st choice if the contractor that was there for 3 years was not there. It was his job to refuse. If he did, I would have been their choice.

I still haven't found a good job but i give him updates on my crazy path forward. I will say he didn't have to give me that call and that call is something i go back to when i feel down.

I just had a great call with a recruiter fkr a role that is a near perfect fit, and as it turns out, they have a candidate in the final interview stages, and the recruiter was just making sure she hadn't missed any one.

I'll find out later this week if they are willing to consider a second candidate, and I sure hope that they do. It goes to show that even in the late stages of interviews a company could still be shopping candidates.

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