Just went through 4 rounds of interviews with a smaller consulting company. Asking for a 15 minute call with a director next week. Sounds like a nice way of them saying ‘no thanks’. Thoughts?

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I don’t think they’d waste a directors time to say they’re passing 🤷🏼‍♀️

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I’ve never been in that situation, but I’d be surprised if they scheduled a call for a rejection - especially with a director rather than the recruiter. Maybe it’s a quick screen just for that person to meet you, for culture fit?

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I bet verbal offer and wanting to gauge your reaction to the numbers

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Not necessarily. Seems llmore likely they have some followup questions

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Highly doubt a director call for a turn down.

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At my boutique the last 15 minute call like this is usually going over the benefits and extending the verbal offer.

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I think you got the job. Cant see the director talking to you if they werent ready to pull the trigger. You got this OP!

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It's going to be quite the kick in the nuts if OP's intuition is right. And no, I'm not inferring OP is a man or a woman, it's metaphorical. Simmer down.

I'm with everyone else though. Rejection would come via email from the recruiter or ghosted. Good luck!

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My guess is the opposite, offer or follow up questions. Either way if they weren’t at least on the fence they wouldn’t bother

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Agree with the above comments. I was at a boutique shop and I had a 15min last call with one of the partners. Then the partner cancelled and just emailed me the offer

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If rejected… Either you get ghosted, get a short email from the recruiter, or a call from the recruiter. This is stated in probability in descending order. A director won’t set aside a single minute to give you a rejection call, unless you already had a convo with them and left a good impression overall but the firm just decided you weren’t a good fit.

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Opposite

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I don’t know about smaller shops, but I wouldn’t think a director would be the one to extend the offer. Most likely it’s for follow up questions, as they probably have a role lined up for you and want to see if you fit. Typically smaller firms don’t have a deep bench, so they would want you to be engaged immediately. Good luck OP! It’s definitely not rejection. I am 100% sure of it!

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Formality meeting so that director doesn’t feel left out of the process. Good luck (and hopefully congrats!).

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Sounds like a verbal offer coming. Congratulations

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Yep this just happened to me and it was a quick check from the director herself who hinted at the offer and then that afternoon the recruiter called me with an offer

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Thanks everyone for your thoughts!! I may actually sleep tonight now!!

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