We like to complain about agents, but I have found them very good at getting back to me with feedback if I have attended an interview and been unsuccessful.
Has anyone (who will admit to attending and failing a permie interview) noticed an increasing tendency not to get back to unsuccessful candidates, even to advise they have been unsuccessful? I've had four unsuccessful permie interviews over the last seven years, and apart from one who had the decency to tell me I had been unsuccessful, I have had:
- No response, but when I followed up, I was advised that the post had been withdrawn and they apologised for not getting back to me.
- No response, and when I followed up with the interviewer, I was advised to contact HR overseas, who failed to respond to my emails three times.
- No response, following a second interview, when I had taken the trouble to take two days off work, prepare a presentation etc. I have followed them up now out of curiosity, more than anything.
Obviously, this is the way the world works now, but I find the lack of courtesy staggering. It really would only take 2 minutes to drop me an email saying I've been unsuccessful but thank you.
Fingers crossed for the permie job (Boo! I know) that I actually want - have just had fourth(!) interview.
Has anyone (who will admit to attending and failing a permie interview) noticed an increasing tendency not to get back to unsuccessful candidates, even to advise they have been unsuccessful? I've had four unsuccessful permie interviews over the last seven years, and apart from one who had the decency to tell me I had been unsuccessful, I have had:
- No response, but when I followed up, I was advised that the post had been withdrawn and they apologised for not getting back to me.
- No response, and when I followed up with the interviewer, I was advised to contact HR overseas, who failed to respond to my emails three times.
- No response, following a second interview, when I had taken the trouble to take two days off work, prepare a presentation etc. I have followed them up now out of curiosity, more than anything.
Obviously, this is the way the world works now, but I find the lack of courtesy staggering. It really would only take 2 minutes to drop me an email saying I've been unsuccessful but thank you.
Fingers crossed for the permie job (Boo! I know) that I actually want - have just had fourth(!) interview.
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