Recruiter tells me during the HR screening call that they’re moving me forward in the interview process and that they’ll reach out in a couple of days to get my schedule for this week. Gets a rejection letter this morning instead 🤷‍♂️

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Moving foward to the next company?

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Yeah of course. Just don’t understand how you tell candidates one thing and then another thing happens. It is what it is.

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I know I’m the HR person… but here is what I’ve seen when this happens behind the scenes:

The hiring manager had someone in mind for the role or have fallen in love with another candidate, budget changes or a reallocation of headcount, or the recruiter/hiring team kept the req open too long and were screening people while someone was going through final interviews. And spoiler - the first one is most common, esp if it’s and internal move.

It doesn’t change the terrible experience, but they are likely frustrated too. Best of luck to you!!

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Thanks for the insight.

I once had an interview scheduled for the afternoon. Hours before it happened I got an email that it was nice meeting but they decided not to move forward. Umm, we never met.

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Oof I’m sorry to hear that. The lack of professionalism is insane.

Wasn’t meant to be. The right opportunity will come

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We’re they an external or company recruiter?

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Internal. Told me to prepare for a case study too.

Did you reach out and make sure it wasn't a mistake? Sorry if it's real though, sucks getting strung along

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Yup made sure to right away and even asked for feedback on why things changed. Only got a one liner about how I won’t moving be forward in the interview process.

You should go into the process with the understanding that recruiting can be a messy, imprecise endeavor.

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True but it sucks because they generally expect that you as a candidate aren't messy or imprecise.

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