Never heard back

doylerkelly

Hi
I went for an interview with a company that is in the same industry as my current employer, who i'm employed with 10 years. They contacted me from LinkedIn and invited me for an interview. I have all the qualifications and experience for the role.
I thought the interview went really well, they made me feel so relaxed and comfortable. I really got a good feeling.
They thanked me for coming in and said they would be in touch the following week as they had one more person to interview. That was the 1st week in December. I never heard a word back.
I phoned the HR person on 03rd January, (person who originally called me for interview), I got a voicemail so just said I was wondering if there was any feedback from my interview that I attended 4 weeks previously, she never called me back.
I sent an email last week and she never replied.
If I didn't get the job fair enough but have the manners to respond to me, after telling me they would be in touch.
someone told me that they are not obliged to contact me, but I think it's only common courtesy. All she had to do was respond 'Hi, unfortunately you were unsuccessful, thank you good luck'.

Is this normal ? I think it's quite rude.

Diziet

It happens, unfortunately. I agree it is very rude.

OMM 0000

I agree it's rude, obnoxious, ignorant. And frankly doesn't make sense. It takes 30 seconds to send an e-mail.

Maybe she's on holiday? Or sick?

JustMe,K

doylerkelly wrote: »

Hi
I went for an interview with a company that is in the same industry as my current employer, who i'm employed with 10 years. They contacted me from LinkedIn and invited me for an interview. I have all the qualifications and experience for the role.
I thought the interview went really well, they made me feel so relaxed and comfortable. I really got a good feeling.
They thanked me for coming in and said they would be in touch the following week as they had one more person to interview. That was the 1st week in December. I never heard a word back.
I phoned the HR person on 03rd January, (person who originally called me for interview), I got a voicemail so just said I was wondering if there was any feedback from my interview that I attended 4 weeks previously, she never called me back.
I sent an email last week and she never replied.
If I didn't get the job fair enough but have the manners to respond to me, after telling me they would be in touch.
someone told me that they are not obliged to contact me, but I think it's only common courtesy. All she had to do was respond 'Hi, unfortunately you were unsuccessful, thank you good luck'.

Is this normal ? I think it's quite rude.

It happens a lot, and yes its quite rude. In a former life I had the head eaten off me by my boss for 'wasting time' getting back to people who had applied for the roles advertised and were not being interviewed or proceeded with. Some people are just horrible and forget what its like to be waiting for a response.

Ravelleman

This seems to be common practice, even at interview stage, unfortunately. For what it's worth, the public sector is often no better in my experience. The disregard for applicants is really quite cruel.