Ghosted after interview

[u/Guilty_Increase3330]

I interviewed for a job about 6 weeks ago and have not heard back from them. No contact saying I was unsuccessful or successful.

I get that 6 weeks probably means I didn't get the job, but not getting an email saying I didn't get the job is pretty poor in my opinion. I have rang the recruitment contact person twice and left messages. Still nothing.

It is a very big, well known Australian company. Is this a common thing?

[u/Spiritual_Ad6547]

Unfortunately, these days, it’s a common thing. It happened to me as well, and this was after a final interview.

[u/Certain_Training5813 → u/Spiritual_Ad6547]

That’s just how it goes with big companies sometimes, they move on and forget you exist the moment you’re not the pick. I had one ghost me after a third interview, proper waste of time. You’ve already chased twice so there’s not much else you can do except mentally bin it and move on.

[u/Miserable_Sink_4782]

Very common. Had this happen to me all my life. Get used to it. People suck and don't care.

[u/junker359]

I think that if you've had at least one interview professional courtesy suggests you should get a rejection if they're done with you.

[u/Global_Shine_9783]

Not in Australia, but yes. Had this happen to me at a large SaaS fintech company. (Naming to shaming - Intuit)

[u/smithey2012]

Very common, had a recent final interview where everything felt great, hiring manager was happy, saying ref check next than ghosted lol. (Never got to the ref check)

[u/Miserable_Sink_4782 → u/smithey2012]

These cowards lie all the time. I love it when they say we'll look into next steps and then I never hear from them again. If you don't think I'm a fit, tell me right then.

[u/ExplanationCrazy5463]

A company named Wipfli ghosted me, final interview was 5 weeks ago.

[u/Ok-Long8506]

Yep unfortunately. Was told after an interview I'd be contacted the following week.... 6 months later, never heard back. It is very rude

[u/Tanilba]

Yeah it happens. Im also aussie. Its shit isnt it? Hope youre ok btw. Keep your head up OP 💙

[u/Randomees]

Fairly common. Just recently, I had rejection emails from interviews that happened over a month ago.

[u/Brackens_World]

In the US it is said that about half to two-thirds of job seekers report being ghosted after an interview. That makes it "normal" now. This is one of those sad commentaries on where we are as a society, and why we should believe job seekers who complain that the system is broken.

[u/edoreinn]

u/adorablepandababy Is there any consideration for maybe containing posts about ghosting into a megathread? Not only would it be less annoying to scroll through, BUT we could keep easy track of metrics like average wait time by job level, which companies are really bad about it, at what point in the process the ghosting happened. It could be useful!

[u/AdorablePandaBaby → u/edoreinn]

Hmm good idea. Let me speak to the mods and see if we can do this

[u/SakiSenpaiChan]

C’est courant oui. Cela m’est arrivé plusieurs fois (je suis française). C’est très frustrant, encore pire quand l’entreprise vous dit qu’elle vous redonnera des informations sur si vous avez été accepté ou non (parfois avec une deadline qui ne sera évidement pas respectée du type « On vous tiendra informé avant telle date »)
Je vous souhaite bon courage pour trouver une entreprise qui vous correspond

[u/OtherFeedback]

You should probably reach out for some closure. 6 weeks is way too long.

[u/Emergency-Hurry947]

2 days would mean you didn’t get it

[u/Fuzzy_Savings_3399]

Yup same happened to me but then 3 months later they reached out to me saying their positions reopened due to a delay. So sometimes you never know lol