No response from a company in 14 days, and instead of being disappointed, I feel relieved. I wasn't 100% sold on them to begin with. Is this a normal reaction or just me?

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It’s nice to have that sign that cements your gut instinct. I had something similar happen a few months ago. Everything was going great until I met with someone in senior leadership in the 3rd round. They were incredibly negative and left me with a bad feeling. Lo and behold never got a response back and wasn’t even mad about it.

I have been to interviews and thought can't work there.. hope they don't offer me the job... And they did 😭

I ended up accepting because I was desperate but left shortly afterwards

Totally normal. From a manager’s perspective, that feeling is usually your instincts catching up to what your brain already noticed. If you feel relief instead of disappointment, it often means the role or the company wasn’t actually aligned with what you want, even if it looked fine on paper.

That reaction is very normal. Relief often signals misalignment you already sensed. Your nervous system clocked it before your rational brain did. Trust that information.

No it’s a clear sign that opportunity wasn’t right for you. Think about it, if the job was offered to you, would you have felt obliged to accept it? Now you’re free.

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