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Hey there! 🌟 Have you ever wondered why some businesses don’t bother to inform candidates if they didn’t get the job after an interview? It can be frustrating and disheartening, but it’s unfortunately a common practice in the professional world. Let’s dive into the reasons behind this social norm and what you can do if you find yourself in this situation. 🤔
Why Businesses Don’t Notify Candidates
1. **High Volume of Applicants**: With the rise of online job boards and easy application processes, businesses receive a large number of applications for each job opening. This can make it challenging for them to individually notify every candidate about their status.
2. **Legal Concerns**: Some companies may be wary of providing feedback to unsuccessful candidates out of fear of potential legal repercussions. They might worry about being accused of discrimination or facing lawsuits from disgruntled applicants.
3. **Time Constraints**: Hiring managers juggling multiple responsibilities may prioritize filling the position over keeping unsuccessful candidates informed. It’s not an excuse, but it’s a reality of the fast-paced business world.
What You Can Do
1. **Follow Up**: If you haven’t heard back after a reasonable amount of time, consider sending a polite follow-up email thanking the interviewer for the opportunity and asking for an update on the hiring process.
2. **Seek Feedback**: While many companies may not offer feedback to unsuccessful candidates, it doesn’t hurt to politely request constructive criticism on your interview performance. This can help you improve for future opportunities.
3. **Keep Searching**: Don’t dwell on a single interview. Keep applying to other positions and networking within your industry. The right opportunity will come along eventually.
In conclusion, while it may be frustrating, the lack of communication post-interview is unfortunately a common occurrence in the job market. Stay proactive, professional, and resilient in your job search journey. 🚀 Good luck!
Remember, the right opportunity is out there waiting for you. #StayPositive #KeepPushing #JobSearchJourney
They’ve never experienced any consequences as a result of doing it, and it’s less work for them, so why wouldn’t they?
I agree. It’s bullshit for them to waste our time
Because we refuse to do anything about it.
Two things. Volume of people, as you point out. And a societal change – many of today’s applicants grew up never being told that no means no. So they want to take up your time demanding explanations, second chances and other activities that just waste the company’s time.
The business has the right to do what they want in this regard to potential employees that they haven’t even signed a contract with. It’s a curtesy for you to know if you weren’t hired, though it’s obvious if you never got a call back.
I think there is (in the short term) the fear that they may have to go back the well if the hiring falls through, in the long run it would be nice if they could at least put it on a website so that we can see if we care enough to look it up.
While I can certainly see both sides of the issue (having been on both sides) I can at least provide some justification from the employer’s angle.
Sending out rejection/denial notices is an **enormous** time sink, plus a potential legal risk.
It’s a time sink because almost everyone writes back with some kind of plea, request for how they could have some better, and similar. Those are perfectly justifiable questions, but it’s a huge commitment to answer each of them. And frankly, some very rare times, the only honest answer is “it came down to coin toss between you and someone else, and well here we are.”
On top of that, there’s liability risk — in a very real and actionable way, saying one thing slightly wrong could land you a serious lawsuit.
I personally would always try to call, but it almost always took a full day, at a time when I’m already clearly short-staffed. I can’t hold it against anyone who elects not to go though that.
Someone should alter the employment application to legally bind them in doing so, then casually ask for a copy when they sign it and then take them to court for violating a contract. That’s assuming there’s still paper applications.
So, I agree with the sentiment. I would like to be told conclusively.
However. I completely understand why it’s not typical. Apart from the work of having to do it, engaging someone to give them bad news isn’t always met with a rational response. It’s much safer to ignore someone than confront them tell them that they aren’t getting the job. Even by email.
Idk about every company but in my experience most just forget. Most companies don’t have a dedicated full time hirer. At my company, for office hires, the owner goes through applicants and then determines what teams the person would be a good fit in. He sends the resume to the head of teams who usually offload it to the assistant who has a lot of other things to do as well. If the team is interested, they email the applicant to set up an interview. If nobody is interested, they don’t reach out to the guy.
For my application, they decided they would hire me but forgot about it. The team lead thought the assistant would let me know but the assistant thought the lead would reach out. After not hearing from them for a while I emailed asking about it and they were like oh yeah start on Monday.
“Social norms” haven’t really been social for a while. We sold society to the corporations. We made corporations people. Every thing we see and do is shaped by corporations. Corporations are all about profit margins. We lost our humanity a long time ago. Kinda pointless for the hammer to tell the nail it’s a bad fit. Throw that nail out and find another one.
>Even just a copy paste “sorry you didn’t get it” email would suffice
The email rejection is probably standard at this point. My understanding is that recruiting software has it built in…my last two jobs I’ve had I actually got the reject email at one point but it was sent in error. So the capability exists and I’ve personally gotten hundreds of reject emails after submitting hundreds of applications so it’s fairly common.
That’s not a social norm. The norm is that if you get an interview, you deserve a follow-up call.
Many, many companies don’t follow this norm. In today’s job market, that doesn’t change the behavior of the applicant. You just proceed with the job search, and if you eventually hear back from a company you previously interviewed with, you respond appropriately – if they make an offer, and you have another higher offer in hand, that strengthens your position.
Employers are 100% self-interested. Workers should be, too, but aren’t.
They don’t care about what the social norm is.
It’s really fucking annoying. A couple months ago after an interview the lady said she would be calling me next monday to let me know if I got the job. She never called and I honestly would’ve preferred if she just didn’t say anything about calling back.