I interviewed for a director role last week and HR spent 8 of the 10 minutes talking about the job and when it was time for me, I wanted to address how my background would benefit the company. Instead, it was a random question that he told me I nailed and he was arranging ai meeting with the hiring manager. Two minutes later the interview ended and I felt so confused but looking forward to continuing.

I interviewed for a director role last week and HR spent 8 of the 10 minutes talking about the job and when it was time for me, I wanted to address how my background would benefit the company. Instead, it was a random question that he told me I nailed and he was arranging ai meeting with the hiring manager. Two minutes later the interview ended and I felt so confused but looking forward to continuing.

I followed up with a thank you-note and this week circled back in terms of looking forward to scheduling a meeting and radio silence. I receive a generic email last night stating there were other candidates that better aligned with the role. How would you know that if you didn't even ask me about my background and why would you say you're setting up a meeting with the hiring manager?

Second scenario, I higher member of HR forwarded my resume on to the recruiter handling the role. I've worked with the VP previously and my experience was 10/10 fit for the position. He introduced me to the recruiter and I followed up with my greeting, resume and portfolio.

Radio silence and I set a separate message introducing myself and that I was glad that X expressed interest in my resume and I looked forwarded to meeting with Y to learn more about the position. Radio silence and then an automated rejection email. I could understand if this was a hiring manager not moving forward but a recruiter receiving your resume from a VP of HR pushing you forward for the role. Shouldn't that entail a meeting or at least a response?

I was so hopeful for both roles. I spend a lot of time prepping for interviews, researching the companies and start feeling invested while continuing my search. Is anyone facing these issues? I've been searching for so many months that when I'm greenlighted to move forward, I give my all but I feel like I'm wasting my time!