Post by Stheneboea on Jan 24, 2013 17:42:27 GMT -5
Hello! Mostly a lurker but trying to break the habit and come out of hiding. I would appreciate any/all thoughts on this situation.
I was a finalist for a job and was brought in for a 12 hour day of interviewing on Decmber 10, 2012. I was told by the hiring manager that they wanted to wrap the hiring process up since the job had been variously open for 18 months (this is a senior manager position) by December 21 and they would get back to me. Did I mention I was interviewed for this job in May and then HR contacted me and told me they were working on things internally and would be reposting the position later?
Fast forward to January. I heard nothing and wrote to the hiring manager on January 10. I received no response. I wrote to the HR manager I interviewed with for an hour last week. I received no response.
I am not stupid, I assume they are not interested in hiring me. I would however, like some closure.
The job is still posted.
Should I actually call someone or just let this go? I am not sure I would work for this University IF they offered me the job given the manner they have handled this. (This is a HUGE RED flag).
More often than not these days, companies, etc. just don't get back to people one way or another. It's a pleasant surprise if they do. In all my years of interviewing, only one place got back to me and said they went with someone else.
And really, a million things could have happened. Maybe their funding got cut. Maybe the dean's nephew applied for the job. Maybe the hiring manager is no longer there. Maybe the dept got reorganized and the job either disappeared or got rolled into another dept, or they needed to create a new one, or something like that. I could go on, but I think you get the picture.
No way in hell would I keep pursuing this job. They clearly aren't that keen on you, and they seem quite flaky.
And this is in the stage where they're supposed to be trying to attract you to their company. Imagine what it will be like once you've taken the job and need to arrange something (ie: a few days off to attend a wedding, etc).
I agree with pp; let it go. In all the job interviewing I've done in the last 4 years I've only heard back from a handful at most that were going with a different candidate. I was seriously job hunting for most of the 4 years so I can't even tell you how many interviews I went on... it depresses me to think about it.