I did 4 rounds of interviews and was told after the last one that the job was all but mine. Then radio silence for 6 weeks only to be told they decided to go with someone more senior. I’m so tired 😔

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Same thing happened to me except they decided to go with someone more junior. Who they have yet to find or hire.

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Wow, well there's a little company for your misery over here. I had the same situation: phone, Skype, test project, flown-out in person and nada.

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I only "liked" this because I thought there'd be an "angry" reaction like on FB, FYI. Sorry to hear this. 😵😡

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Same here. I’ve been applying aggressively for over a year. Every opportunity they tell me what a good fit culturally I would be, how awesome my experience is, and then weeks pass and I don’t get so much as a canned rejection email. Nothing like job hunting to make you feel like you’re useless

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Same. Was even given a soft offer and then was told because of circumstances they needed to expand the role to include an additional skill set (which I have but which never came up), and decided to go with some one else “at the last minute”. Was super bummed. Still am.

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AD1 - ugh, I’m sorry. I also suspect the agency I spoke with hasn’t hired anyone yet. It’s beyond frustrating.

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CS1 - that’s absolutely ridiculous, I’m so sorry.

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OP- same thing just happened to me from the opposite angle. I was too “senior”.

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Happens all the time. Agencies miss out on good people because of interview and offer mismanagement. It’s happened to myself and others I know several times. You should at least get some sort of answer and reasonz

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Seriously what is going on with recruiters

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Same happened to me

Happened to me too.

Been there. The recruiter who had to tell me was shocked, too

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