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clearaflagrantj
07/11/19 6:45:24 PM
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tl;dr a headhunter contracted by a company set up a phone interview, 4 hour in person interview, then a final phone interview for me. I completed everything well and the recruiter said he would follow up with me shortly regarding next steps, this was last Monday.

I have sent him three separate messages since then asking for an update (text, voicemail, and email) and he has been radio silent. I found the employer I interviewed with on LinkedIn. I feel like just asking him directly if they are still considering me, waiting on other candidates, or have passed on me. I just want to know at this point because I am interviewing for other places and getting feedback, but this one company is my top pick so far.

It's just a very frustrating experience. I understand not hearing back after the initial stages, but after three interviews? That's just disrespectful. It doesn't bode well for the company's image.
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CarrieChan
07/11/19 6:50:46 PM
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It's pretty normal for recruiters to ghost you. I consider them fairly worthless and will only talk to them if I don't have anything lined ip.
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clearaflagrantj
07/11/19 7:09:16 PM
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CarrieChan posted...
It's pretty normal for recruiters to ghost you. I consider them fairly worthless and will only talk to them if I don't have anything lined ip.

Yeah it's annoying how basically all jobs are through them these days
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eston
07/11/19 7:10:48 PM
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DK9292
07/11/19 7:12:03 PM
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Snap.
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Doe
07/11/19 7:12:42 PM
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I had a job interview. i didnt get it
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DK9292
07/11/19 7:14:12 PM
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Doe posted...
I had a job interview. i didnt get it

Wanna know the difference? The interviewer probably told you you didn't get it.
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REMercsChamp
07/11/19 7:15:39 PM
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You're going to have to move past the whiny rants if you ever want to get your career in order dude
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Cleo_II
07/11/19 7:17:14 PM
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Its been 3 days. Chill out.
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Squall28
07/11/19 7:19:48 PM
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DK9292 posted...
Doe posted...
I had a job interview. i didnt get it

Wanna know the difference? The interviewer probably told you you didn't get it.


It's like 50/50 whether they ghost.
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DK9292
07/11/19 7:20:48 PM
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Squall28 posted...
DK9292 posted...
Doe posted...
I had a job interview. i didnt get it

Wanna know the difference? The interviewer probably told you you didn't get it.


It's like 50/50 whether they ghost.

It's fucking stupid. This is people's livelihoods, and they can't even be bothered to let them know the situation.
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HydraSlayer82
07/11/19 7:23:20 PM
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Most people are barely capable of doing their jobs. This shouldnt deter or surprise you. Its just how it is.
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Doe
07/11/19 7:26:02 PM
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It really annoys when people say "they're a business not a charity" as though looking to make money absolves you from abiding to social standards and sometimes the law.
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clearaflagrantj
07/11/19 10:24:06 PM
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Conflict posted...
Cleo_II posted...
Its been 3 days. Chill out.


He said last Monday so wouldn't that be 10 days?

This
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REMercsChamp
07/11/19 11:00:05 PM
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clearaflagrantj posted...
Conflict posted...
Cleo_II posted...
Its been 3 days. Chill out.


He said last Monday so wouldn't that be 10 days?

This

Stop complaining, stop bitching, stop obsessing over this one job, stop trying to get revenge about companies that have a million other things going on other than your job application and start getting your shit together.
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Cleo_II
07/11/19 11:43:31 PM
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Conflict posted...
Cleo_II posted...
Its been 3 days. Chill out.


He said last Monday so wouldn't that be 10 days?

I never understand how that works lol. I didnt grow up learning English so I always get confused.
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clearaflagrantj
07/12/19 7:43:04 AM
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REMercsChamp posted...
clearaflagrantj posted...
Conflict posted...
Cleo_II posted...
Its been 3 days. Chill out.


He said last Monday so wouldn't that be 10 days?

This

Stop complaining, stop bitching, stop obsessing over this one job, stop trying to get revenge about companies that have a million other things going on other than your job application and start getting your shit together.

You're acting like I am only capable of doing one thing at a time.

I already have other interviews set up, I am hearing back from other places all the time.

Not following up with a candidate after putting them through three rounds of interviews is straight up egregious, a recruiter's job is literally 95% communication, it would take five seconds for them to reply back, they should be extending at least a modicum of common courtesy.
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ArchiePeck
07/12/19 7:46:47 AM
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I've been fortunate enough to have never dealt with agencies/recruiters, but I'm genuinely pretty shocked that they'd completely ghost people after an interview - it certainly seems very unprofessional given the time the candidate will have put in up to that point.
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glitteringfairy
07/12/19 8:11:44 AM
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Did you say a 4 hour interview
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Rusty_Shacklefo
07/12/19 8:20:31 AM
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No dont complain to the company that the recruiter didnt talk to you.

Shit like that is why you're in this position in the first place.
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clearaflagrantj
07/12/19 11:08:53 AM
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He finally reached back to me and they passed on me

Well that fucking sucks but at least I know now

I'm really pissed that the reason they gave for passing on me was discussed on the second interview but they went ahead and did a third interview anyway. It's because I never managed engineers before so they do want to make me a senior/lead over other engineers despite having the experience.

Fucking catch 22 bullshit.
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REMercsChamp
07/12/19 11:45:46 AM
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clearaflagrantj posted...
He finally reached back to me and they passed on me

Well that fucking sucks but at least I know now

I'm really pissed that the reason they gave for passing on me was discussed on the second interview but they went ahead and did a third interview anyway. It's because I never managed engineers before so they do want to make me a senior/lead over other engineers despite having the experience.

Fucking catch 22 bullshit.

So you just got fired for low performance in a fairly low level job and now you think you're qualified to lead other engineers
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DemonsHoles
07/12/19 11:50:52 AM
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clearaflagrantj posted...
He finally reached back to me and they passed on me

Well that fucking sucks but at least I know now

I'm really pissed that the reason they gave for passing on me was discussed on the second interview but they went ahead and did a third interview anyway. It's because I never managed engineers before so they do want to make me a senior/lead over other engineers despite having the experience.

Fucking catch 22 bullshit.


Should have lied on your resume
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AbysmalTrinity
07/12/19 11:58:28 AM
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TCs problem is he put all his eggs in one basket
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clearaflagrantj
07/12/19 12:14:28 PM
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REMercsChamp posted...
So you just got fired for low performance in a fairly low level job and now you think you're qualified to lead other engineers

Fuck yeah I do
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Rusty_Shacklefo
07/12/19 2:25:26 PM
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How is it that you never fucking learn from your failures?
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clearaflagrantj
07/12/19 3:11:56 PM
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Rusty_Shacklefo posted...
How is it that you never fucking learn from your failures?

What was I supposed to learn
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REMercsChamp
07/12/19 7:56:33 PM
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clearaflagrantj posted...
Rusty_Shacklefo posted...
How is it that you never fucking learn from your failures?

What was I supposed to learn

To just stop whatever it is you think you're doing and go send in your McDonald's application
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AwesomeToTheMAX
07/12/19 8:26:46 PM
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REMercsChamp posted...
clearaflagrantj posted...
Rusty_Shacklefo posted...
How is it that you never fucking learn from your failures?

What was I supposed to learn

To just stop whatever it is you think you're doing and go send in your McDonald's application


I dunno why y'all think homie isn't allowed to vent

He's submitting plenty of applications regularly. Is he supposed to just do it 24/7 and never complain?
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MabusIncarnate
07/12/19 8:29:53 PM
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I mean, it's shitty, but try to understand how many people they interview with, and how many people are calling, following up, sending emails. And then if/when they deny that person, they have to explain why, sometimes get an argument, and it can wind up taking 15-20 minutes out of their day focused on telling one person why they didn't get the job.

I've always considered the "don't call us, we'll call you" approach, if they want to hire me, they'll call. If I follow up and get no reply back, I take a hint and move on.

It sucks getting hung up on it, and not knowing, but sometimes these recruiters have too much on their plate to follow up with every rejected interviewee. I'm not saying that's right, but it's my prediction on why this happens a lot. I also don't agree with the tactic.
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TomNook20
07/12/19 8:31:12 PM
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Nah recruiters ghost all the time. If you sent a follow up email with no response just move on and keep looking.
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clearaflagrantj
07/12/19 8:32:40 PM
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AwesomeToTheMAX posted...
REMercsChamp posted...
clearaflagrantj posted...
Rusty_Shacklefo posted...
How is it that you never fucking learn from your failures?

What was I supposed to learn

To just stop whatever it is you think you're doing and go send in your McDonald's application


I dunno why y'all think homie isn't allowed to vent

He's submitting plenty of applications regularly. Is he supposed to just do it 24/7 and never complain?

REMercs was just joking

He's my buddy

I would legit work at McDonalds though that sounds fun
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AwesomeToTheMAX
07/12/19 8:33:32 PM
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He is? Wow I thought you guys hated each other
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clearaflagrantj
07/12/19 8:33:48 PM
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MabusIncarnate posted...
I've always considered the "don't call us, we'll call you" approach, if they want to hire me, they'll call

Except sometimes you have jackasses that think you should be following up repeatedly to prove that you want it

I have heard employers rejecting candidates for dumber reasons
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glitteringfairy
07/12/19 8:49:09 PM
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glitteringfairy posted...
Did you say a 4 hour interview

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clearaflagrantj
07/12/19 9:26:18 PM
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glitteringfairy posted...
glitteringfairy posted...
Did you say a 4 hour interview

Yeah

It was six individual interviews back to back to back to back.
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glitteringfairy
07/12/19 9:48:23 PM
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clearaflagrantj posted...
glitteringfairy posted...
glitteringfairy posted...
Did you say a 4 hour interview

Yeah

It was six individual interviews back to back to back to back.

Holy shit that's insane. Also why the fuck would six different people need to interview you
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mooreandrew58
07/12/19 9:57:24 PM
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clearaflagrantj posted...
glitteringfairy posted...
glitteringfairy posted...
Did you say a 4 hour interview

Yeah

It was six individual interviews back to back to back to back.


I had a 7 hour interview. Though to be fair they told me it would be but the interview itself was maybe 30 minutes. The rest was a bunch of paper work a tour of thr facility then a hour drive to get a drug test a physical and TB test. So more so a 7 hour process just for the interview.
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Rusty_Shacklefo
07/12/19 10:53:51 PM
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clearaflagrantj posted...
Rusty_Shacklefo posted...
How is it that you never fucking learn from your failures?

What was I supposed to learn


You constantly apply for jobs you don't have the necessary experience for (at least based on what you claim on here) or you demand outrageous salaries.

It's especially weird that you seem to think you should be going for supervisory positions when A. You seem to absolutely loathe talking to anyone you work with and B. You just got fired for poor performance.
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thronedfire2
07/12/19 10:56:11 PM
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Cleo_II posted...
Conflict posted...
Cleo_II posted...
Its been 3 days. Chill out.


He said last Monday so wouldn't that be 10 days?

I never understand how that works lol. I didnt grow up learning English so I always get confused.


For some reason last Monday means Monday of last week instead of, you know, the last Monday that went by. Ive gotten into arguments with people about it >_>
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mooreandrew58
07/12/19 11:00:34 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
Cleo_II posted...
Conflict posted...
Cleo_II posted...
Its been 3 days. Chill out.


He said last Monday so wouldn't that be 10 days?

I never understand how that works lol. I didnt grow up learning English so I always get confused.


For some reason last Monday means Monday of last week instead of, you know, the last Monday that went by. Ive gotten into arguments with people about it >_>


I can see the confusion but if it was just the past Monday they woulda just said Monday instead of last Monday.
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clearaflagrantj
07/13/19 6:59:27 AM
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Rusty_Shacklefo posted...


You constantly apply for jobs you don't have the necessary experience for (at least based on what you claim on here) or you demand outrageous salaries.

All job postings, postings, and recruiters communicate that my salary expectations are right in line with the market. And everybody seems to be impressed with my qualifications.

I don't know why you insist on projecting when you don't understand the full context of my situation.
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Rusty_Shacklefo
07/13/19 9:16:12 AM
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clearaflagrantj posted...
All job postings, postings, and recruiters communicate that my salary expectations are right in line with the market. And everybody seems to be impressed with my qualifications.


And yet, here you stand on CE complaining you are getting ghosted by recruiters and are still out of work.
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Solid Sonic
07/13/19 9:17:52 AM
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I had a guy who treated me very well up until recently when he ghosted me.

I even let him know how much I hated working with recruiters for that exact reason and he was very understanding then he pulls the same shit.

Luckily I only wanted to get in touch to say I found a job and I wanted him to just keep an ear to the ground for better ops. But screw him.
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TheGoldenEel
07/13/19 9:28:56 AM
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glitteringfairy posted...
clearaflagrantj posted...
glitteringfairy posted...
glitteringfairy posted...
Did you say a 4 hour interview

Yeah

It was six individual interviews back to back to back to back.

Holy shit that's insane. Also why the fuck would six different people need to interview you

For a real job

Not surprising you dont know this given your posting history
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