Was I ghosted?

Anonymous

June 20,2022 at 1:31PM UTC

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Was I ghosted?

I went through three rounds of interviews for a position, the final was a presentation for which I was given three days notice. I work full-time so I had to put it together during the early morning and late evening.

The presentation went well, I thought. I was told I would hear back in a couple of days. It’s now over a week. I emailed the recruiter, no response.

Not Ok after I spent several hours.

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AnonymousJune 20,2022 at 1:47PM UTC
The last round of interviews could have been very competitive. Although employers should they don’t always reach out, shift your focus to continuing to apply to other jobs keep yourself busy and don’t obsess over t when they will call u back
AnonymousJune 20,2022 at 1:54PM UTC
Unfortunately this is becoming the common way to handle candidates.
I would keep trying the recruiter but in the meantime keep looking.
AnonymousJune 20,2022 at 3:04PM UTC
I’ve already accepted that I likely didn’t get it. At least I am employed so I am not desperate. And my job hunt has actually helped me solidify a direction of what I want to do in my current role, too.
But I think if a candidate reaches the point of having to spend considerable time putting together a presentation on short notice….give them at least a courtesy call.
AnonymousJune 20,2022 at 3:31PM UTC
I completely agree. It's so unprofessional and rude.
Kathy SternerJune 20,2022 at 3:34PM UTC
I have been recruiting for many, many years and as a professional recruiter, I am disappointed you have not received a communication since your interview. Most likely, you have not been selected to move on to a next step, but there could be other things happening. Regardless, the recruiter should have called or at least emailed you and let you know there is a delay. Recruiters like the one you have encountered are an embarrassment to our profession.
AnonymousJune 20,2022 at 5:55PM UTC
In fairness, the recruiter is responsive and nice, which is why I am surprised.
This process has also been dragged out for different reasons.
Either way, at this point I have lowered my hopes.
Echo SchneiderJune 20,2022 at 3:35PM UTC
Sadly you aren't the only one who has had this experience. I did the same, PowerPoint presentation and all, only to find out they didn't have the position to fill at the end of it all that they thought they would.
AnonymousJune 20,2022 at 4:04PM UTC
SMH… wasting people’s time!
AnonymousJune 20,2022 at 5:45PM UTC
Wow!!! That is seriously irresponsible.
SamanthaJune 20,2022 at 4:05PM UTC
The sad part is this happens a lot and your frustration and annoyance is valid. It's ridiculous that you haven't even got any kind of response back. My initial thought is they have an offer to another candidate and are keeping you as a back up option, or that they have other candidates that they're still interviewing.
I would continue to apply for other jobs and just let this one go for now. I've had 2 different jobs where I went through the interview process with, and they took forever to get back to me and then after 2+weeks they email saying I was rejected.
AnonymousJune 20,2022 at 4:37PM UTC
I feel and empathize with your situation. I agree with a lot of the ladies and unfortunately in this climate were in job seekers can be fickle. I would keep searching and next time this happens ask put in quality work on the presentation but don’t put in a lot of time. Your time is money and they need to respect that
AnonymousJune 21,2022 at 7:37PM UTC
Sadly, this is more common than it should be. We shouldn't be wasting anyone's time and its part of the reason that I chose the job I did because they communicated so well during the entire process.
That's another reason to just keep applying (networking and researching) until you have an offer in hand.
AnonymousJune 22,2022 at 1:35PM UTC
Sorry to hear this. No company should require potential candidates to do any type of test or presentation that takes more than one hour. Anything else, IMHO, is work and should be compensated. This is rampant in the writing/ editing fields and has been happening for the past 30 plus years. If a company wants a presentation or test of some kind, please tell them you only have an hour to work on it. If they scoff tell them bye-bye!
AnonymousJuly 31,2022 at 3:51PM UTC
Unfortunately, ghosting is the practice in recruiting candidates. Since companies are silent partners disrespecing people, from mass firings via slack, cutting off computers, honoring a two week notice deserves to be abolished. There is no empathy , humanity to employees, especially during a pandemic.
AnonymousAugust 4,2022 at 12:08PM UTC
Wow, well, that's not cool at all. Did you ask them to contact you regardless of their decision?
If you still haven't heard in another week, you just have to move on. I'm sorry to hear. So far, I usually hear back from where I applied. However, I have encounter no reply whatsoever, when they said they will get back to me on specific days and they didn't I contact them see what's happening as sometimes they may be really busy. Either that, or if none then, I just move on.