“Why was I rejected after 9 rounds for a senior level role at a tech company despite positive feedback?”
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I feel this pain… the fake “it’s going great” vibes they give off, honestly, after them giving off the false hope, I hope their entire company goes bankrupt, they get fired, or they hire some lazy toxic piece of trash they regret. And if I happen to have had any contact with them (invites/emails) using their direct email address (not just a system one), they get signed up for no less than 5 random junk mailing lists.
As many already mentioned, NEVER get too attached to any job lead no matter how far you go with interviews. This is just a numbers game at this point, keep going you will eventually get your break!
I’ve gone 5 rounds with a large tech company. Was told I wasn’t getting the offer but they supported me for other roles. 3 weeks gone by and now they want to interview me more for the original role with an interview with exec level product person and panel presentation. It’s a bit exhausting to be honest.
9 rounds is absolutely insane
I feel your pain. I wish the company hires some trash and pays for the consequences.
Let’s all agree on some ground rules here. If it takes more than 3 rounds, tell the company to fuck off, in a nice way. This is getting ridiculous. Bloody 9 rounds? Do they have any respect left for candidates? Damn dude, I feel for you, sending virtual hug
The truth is that they don’t really want to hire, don’t really have the budget, but each person conducting the interview is eager to conduct an interview as it’s an easy way to show that they’re doing ‘work’
Send bill
Tipalti? Same story here. 9 rounds….3 weeks of silence at the end. Email rejection.
name drop this company.. please
Why do people subject themselves to 9 rounds of interview? The employers are full of shit. I feel your pain.
Same. I interviewed with three big tech companies over four months and it was time down the drain. I had final presentations for all of them and received glowing feedback…but no offers.
Sending you love tonight, internet friend.
Almost every time in the last several years I’ve heard, “you’re the best candidate” or “you have exactly the right mix of skills we NEED”….I never get the role.
I wouldn’t have tolerated this many interviews though, UGH. Know you got suspicious so I insanely feel your pain. Really sorry to hear man.
Same boat, 8 rounds of interviews…except these asshats asked for 6-8 references and asked them to fill out a 50 question survey. All of that and still ghosted me.
I did 7 rounds of interviews and tests one time and was rejected via email. It took 3.5 weeks for them to get back. No constructive feedback. One year later, the recruiter reached out to me to “discuss” a different position. I did not respond.
It’s a classic game scenario ! Karma clears the devil work. It happens so often. Better look the reviews on Kununu ( company employee review site ). All these companies are worst.
Sounds like they added interviews just to keep you on the hook as a back up
They’re playing a game where they have forced their current staff to take on the workload of an empty position. They drag it out, seeing if they can manage with fewer people. They get a pat on their back for saving money in their department. There will be approved hires in a budget year, but a few months in, department managers will be tasked with finding savings in admin expenses. Easiest way to do that? Less people doing more work. Then they get the ok to hire, they drag it out some more. I’ve seen this happen every job I’ve worked in.
Not a bad thing. For one interview, you need to meet the entire C-level management + directors lol. Can you imagine working there?
9? Nine fucking rounds? FFS unless I was absolutely desperate for a job, I would be thinking they were taking the piss after round 5, and tell them I was no longer interested.
I have never gone past 3 and that includes initial, test (psych and IQ), and c-suite. If a company really thinks it needs 9 (or even 5 or 6) I would question that company’s credibility and whether I wanted to work there.
Fake positive people are the ones I don’t wish to meet or work for
I am not a C-suite or director, but I refuse anything more than two rounds. Before first round, I ask how many rounds. If more than two, I just tell them it’s not for me.
Generally when a company is giving you accolades and stroking your ego that much, you are the 2nd fiddle. They already have someone else they are extending the offer to, and want to keep you nibbling at the bait a little longer in case they turn them down.
I had an 8 round job a few years back that I got (senior Tech role) that took over 3 months. It was absurd looking back. The interviews were:
1) Initial HR Interview
2) Initial Hiring Manger Interview
3) Direct Team member Interview
4) Other senior tech interview
5) Other senior non tech interview
6) Executive level Interview
7) Chief People Officer Interview
8) Final Hiring Manager Interview to drill into the other 7 interviews
The opening three rounds were in the first 2 weeks – then due to ‘senior diaries’ it took almost 12 weeks to get through 4/5/6/7 then it was wrapped up a couple of days later, just over three months from initial contact.
Looking back – they were not clear on the number of rounds from the start and I wasn’t massively looking to move jobs so just kept going with it… I sometimes wonder if I got the job as I was the only candidate to stick it out that long… but a few things stood out.
1) Lack of respect for my time for the interviews with ‘senior level’ employees. They kept rearranging and postponing due to diary clashes, urgent issues etc… This should have been a red flag!
2) The relentless cheerfulness and optimism of the Talent Manager who kept me totally engaged throughout. Keeping motivation and enthusiasm and making sure I had updates every 48 hours during gaps etc… she was excellent and one of the reasons I kept going. As it turns out once I joined she managed most of my hiring from then on which was a win.
After joining I made it clear to my whole Department that we would no longer take more than three rounds
1) HR plus Hiring Manager
2) Extended Team
3) Washup with Hiring Manger plus external manager.
To make a decision as I felt we needed to be respectful of candidates and that three rounds should be enough to assess.
It wasn’t the “battle scar stories”, -the other candidate was simply cheaper.
Imagine going for more than 3 rounds lmao 😂