Re:Ask HN: What to do when your Amazon recruiter ghosts you?
by anon50118810 on Friday November 18, 2022 @04:56PM
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I strongly recommend against telling them a made-up deadline or talking about the rest of your job search at all unless you have a firm offer in hand from someone else. Employers often ask questions if you bring up your job search and then you have no good options, either lying, walking it back or telling them information they don't need to know.
I'd also avoid asking for a specific date by which you should hear back. If the date passes then any emails you send after that might look pathetic.
It's fine to set a deadline for yourself though. Send your one or two emails and then if the particular date you've set for yourself goes past without a response, count it as over and done with. If they get back to you later, treat it as a pleasant surprise.
Re:Ask HN: What to do when your Amazon recruiter ghosts you?
by thrwAwyAmzGhst on Monday November 21, 2022 @06:13AM
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Well I got my response:
> the position is no longer available, so we cancel pending interviews
> Hey, thanks for chatting! I'm very enthusiastic about this [role|opportunity|etc]... I really enjoyed my chats with Sue and Bob...
> I just need to know by Monday next week if we're moving forward the the process, as I have other opportunities I'm simultaneously pursuing.
Then if/when you don't hear back, you move on with your life, and treat it like they're not interested.
(I would also try to do this verbally as well, being really clear you want to know next steps, when you should hear back, and that you're not putting life on hold forever)