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What is considered good manners is very individual. Some people hate being ghosted for jobs. I much prefer to never hear from them as the alternative is spendin

What is considered good manners is very individual. Some people hate being ghosted for jobs. I much prefer to never hear from them as the alternative is spending my time processing rejection emails. Delivering bad news not in person or over a phone call is also taboo.

version_five 3y ago
I think it's situation dependent. A senior role (actually senior, not one with "senior" in the title) where you've met a bunch of people and had lots of discussions / interviews, a call and debrief is only fair. Not passing the recruiter screen or coding interview for a dev job, email is fine, another call is weird. In any event, the sooner you know, the better.
zarzavat 3y ago
I can’t believe a person exists who would prefer a call over getting the information via email sooner.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
  Email is an impersonal, asynchronous medium. If a recruiter is open to being asked questions about why I was not hired, I would especially like that opportunity to ask them in a live phone call. Scheduling a call seems miles more considerate than ghosting. For crying out loud. It is important to cultivate and maintain relationships with good recruiters throughout one's career. Recruiters themselves are used to being ghosted, abused, and maligned. It only takes a modicum of humanity for me to respond to a legitimate human recruiter that I am not currently seeking opportunities or this is not right for me. Reciprocation is certainly appreciated in all cases. Reflecting on the OP's situation, may it perhaps be the case that the recruiter scheduled this call in the eventuality that it turned into a job offer? Perhaps they won't schedule it right away because they need time to come to a decision, and they're going to deliver that decision via phone to you whether it's a "yes" or "no".
- MattGaiser 3y ago
  There are people who get really peeved if conversations don't start with the "how are you doing?" social dance, even though it is not a serious inquiry and the person is not expressing any real concern for your well being. The dance is just that. All parties admit it is just that. Yet they demand it anyway. I imagine those overlap.

version_five 3y ago

I think it's situation dependent. A senior role (actually senior, not one with "senior" in the title) where you've met a bunch of people and had lots of discussions / interviews, a call and debrief is only fair. Not passing the recruiter screen or coding interview for a dev job, email is fine, another call is weird. In any event, the sooner you know, the better.

zarzavat 3y ago

I can’t believe a person exists who would prefer a call over getting the information via email sooner.

NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
Email is an impersonal, asynchronous medium. If a recruiter is open to being asked questions about why I was not hired, I would especially like that opportunity to ask them in a live phone call. Scheduling a call seems miles more considerate than ghosting. For crying out loud. It is important to cultivate and maintain relationships with good recruiters throughout one's career. Recruiters themselves are used to being ghosted, abused, and maligned. It only takes a modicum of humanity for me to respond to a legitimate human recruiter that I am not currently seeking opportunities or this is not right for me. Reciprocation is certainly appreciated in all cases. Reflecting on the OP's situation, may it perhaps be the case that the recruiter scheduled this call in the eventuality that it turned into a job offer? Perhaps they won't schedule it right away because they need time to come to a decision, and they're going to deliver that decision via phone to you whether it's a "yes" or "no".
MattGaiser 3y ago
There are people who get really peeved if conversations don't start with the "how are you doing?" social dance, even though it is not a serious inquiry and the person is not expressing any real concern for your well being. The dance is just that. All parties admit it is just that. Yet they demand it anyway. I imagine those overlap.