I interviewed for a role and made it to the final round a month ago. For the past month they’ve been stringing me along with a weekly “sorry we have no update” email from the recruiter. Yesterday the recruiter emailed me and said “We've had some updates to the team that I'd love to discuss further with you!”. The tone of the email is positive…what does this mean?

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Posting as :
works at
You are currently posting as works at

Either you have that role or they are considering for another role, while trying to keep you as a warm candidate. Congrats either way your hard work paid off.

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That means you got it

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you think I got the role I interviewed for? this sounds like they might suggest a different role

Update: wasn’t an offer or another role. still no update. kind of upset she worded the email that way because it was a huge let down

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Yeah no rejection but no update. basically they had some org changes that are causing delays. and she said if they continue moving forward i’d have to do 1-2 more interviews. so it seems they haven’t even decided if they want to move forward

You got it! Congratulations

Either you were being hired to replace someone that hadn't been fired yet - or there was a change in the management to the team and they had to let that settle before moving forward with bringing someone new into the dynamic.

In my experience, it sounds like the hiring manager may have gotten "verbal" approval to post the position pending approvals from somewhere...HR, board, or executive leadership for the position/budget. It's probably not approved yet or the role is changing and has nothing to do with you or your interviews. Don't be discouraged and keep charging forward with the job search and great job in getting this far in the process!

It ended up being another “no update” update. I have since accepted an offer elsewhere!

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