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Re:Accepted and ghosted: interviewing for a leadership posit... by kottaram on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @12:33AM (#29389292)
Easy. They were keeping you as back up. They were not sure if their most preferred candidate would accept the offer, so they kept you in a loop until the other person joined. Looks like he did.
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Re:Accepted and ghosted: interviewing for a leadership posit... by danrocks on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @12:52AM (#29389371)
That's what my wife said as well. I would still understand this, except the "when can you start?" and the ghosting part.
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Re:Accepted and ghosted: interviewing for a leadership posit... by noisy_boy on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @07:32AM (#29391421)
Maybe they were really serious about him until a rockstar turned up and then they couldn't just pass that up.
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Re:Accepted and ghosted: interviewing for a leadership posit... by kottaram on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @11:57PM (#29400849)
Women also do the same thing lol. Thats why she knew.
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