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My gut sense is they picked a range of experiences to interview and you filled the senior end of the spectrum. They most likely let you audition as the most sen

My gut sense is they picked a range of experiences to interview and you filled the senior end of the spectrum. They most likely let you audition as the most senior candidate and if you aren’t overwhelmingly senior in their minds, they will stall and just kinda go back and forth between the junior and mid level candidate. But they wanted to survey all options. Sorry about that, that’s just kind of how it works. It’s like looking at Expensive House A, Budget Nice House B, and Potential Cheap House C. Check out all three before deciding. No matter what you hear about it being a hot job market, always know that it’s the company that gets the luxury of shopping around, not the candidate. It’s still a buyers market.

jmkni 5y ago
Scheduling an interview with a candidate and not showing up is just how it works??
- crate_barre 5y ago
  You want me to make up something nice to make everyone’s day delightful? I didn’t make this world.
  - cphoover 5y ago
    Nah I call bullshit. This is not how the world works. You don't needlessly waste people time. If you have decided to move on to other candidates, you inform the person rather than just leave them waiting on an unanswered zoom call. This extremely unprofessional. This is how you're organization get's a bad reputation. Burning bridges is particularly stupid, when a simple email would suffice.
    - coldpie 5y ago
      "Bad" and "just how it works" are not mutually exclusive.
  - Ajef 5y ago
    Are you saying you've experienced this or know people who have? Personally I have not experienced this or know anyone who has (I'm in EU if it matters). In response to the original post: In each case you refer to a recruiter. Is this an external recruiter (and always the same one) or an HR person at the company you wish to work for? If it is (an external recruiter) then I can imagine it being something that has little to do with you (Maybe the recruiter is requesting advance payment or unreasonable amounts, demanding all further communication go through them to ensure they get paid/have evidence of having "recruited" you, have terms that say they get paid if an interview takes place or whatever). If that is not the case it seems odd to me that you wouldn't simply get some kind of message along the lines of: "We are sorry for your inconvenience but we have already filled the position in question. The interview will no longer be necessary." [edit]: clarification
phphphphp 5y ago
I’m not sure that’s true, certainly not my experience and not an experience I’ve ever heard of (hence the wholesale confusion in this thread). Scheduling conflicts, sure, people miss interviews on occasion because of unforeseen circumstances… but I’ve never, ever been ghosted by an employer or recruiter once I was in the interview funnel.
Beltiras 5y ago
We've seen replies from 2 of the named companies in the post abhorring this behavior and asking for permission to escalate to find out what happened. I've been ghosted after applying and then also after interviewing. That's how the world works. But setting an appointment for an interview and not showing up? That's not how the world works.

jmkni 5y ago

Scheduling an interview with a candidate and not showing up is just how it works??

crate_barre 5y ago
You want me to make up something nice to make everyone’s day delightful? I didn’t make this world.
- cphoover 5y ago
  Nah I call bullshit. This is not how the world works. You don't needlessly waste people time. If you have decided to move on to other candidates, you inform the person rather than just leave them waiting on an unanswered zoom call. This extremely unprofessional. This is how you're organization get's a bad reputation. Burning bridges is particularly stupid, when a simple email would suffice.
  - coldpie 5y ago
    "Bad" and "just how it works" are not mutually exclusive.
- Ajef 5y ago
  Are you saying you've experienced this or know people who have? Personally I have not experienced this or know anyone who has (I'm in EU if it matters). In response to the original post: In each case you refer to a recruiter. Is this an external recruiter (and always the same one) or an HR person at the company you wish to work for? If it is (an external recruiter) then I can imagine it being something that has little to do with you (Maybe the recruiter is requesting advance payment or unreasonable amounts, demanding all further communication go through them to ensure they get paid/have evidence of having "recruited" you, have terms that say they get paid if an interview takes place or whatever). If that is not the case it seems odd to me that you wouldn't simply get some kind of message along the lines of: "We are sorry for your inconvenience but we have already filled the position in question. The interview will no longer be necessary." [edit]: clarification

phphphphp 5y ago

I’m not sure that’s true, certainly not my experience and not an experience I’ve ever heard of (hence the wholesale confusion in this thread). Scheduling conflicts, sure, people miss interviews on occasion because of unforeseen circumstances… but I’ve never, ever been ghosted by an employer or recruiter once I was in the interview funnel.

Beltiras 5y ago

We've seen replies from 2 of the named companies in the post abhorring this behavior and asking for permission to escalate to find out what happened. I've been ghosted after applying and then also after interviewing. That's how the world works. But setting an appointment for an interview and not showing up? That's not how the world works.