I had internal HR recruiter reach out to me about an interview for a role. This was last Thursday. I replied to them same day with my availability for this week. Friday no response. By today, Monday, they reached out saying they were out sick Friday and that they were actually already moving on with hiring a candidate that they had interviewed that day w/ an offer…does that seem awfully fast, like red flag fast? 🚩 I’m asking because they asked to keep me in mind if “it didn’t work out”.

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Sorry that happened to you. This all sounds normal. They do not care about us. In this arena, manners do not matter.

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It’s not uncommon for a recruiter to be told to continue to source candidates up until an offer is accepted. It’s a bit of a red flag if they found someone and offered them in a single day, but that sounds like their problem, not yours.

It also could have been an internal candidate, and external candidates really didn’t have much of a chance.

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It's unlikely they're reaching back out to you anyways. Not to sound like a defeatist but that's usually just a "let you down easy" line they throw at you.

Keep it moving and if they do reach out just remember that the recruiter isn't necessarily the best representation of the org. Recruiters are notorious for being flakes, better off looking for red flags in the hiring team as after you're on boarded you're unlikely to ever speak with the recruiter again. Internal or not.

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Its indeed a red flag. Companies who interview someone just to send out an offer the same day do not put a lot of effort into making sure they hire the best person for the job.

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