Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who got laid off?

Re:Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who... by nathias on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @07:33AM (#33878676)

ghosting is pretty standard in my experience, 1-2 months of interviewing and testing then nothing is pretty standard in the industry

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Re:Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who... by meibo on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @07:48AM (#33878805)

I went through four interviews with (insert popular encrypted messaging solution) a while ago and got a verbal offer, then proceeded to be ghosted entirely, no more replies, from multiple people. Still don't know what happened.

How is this acceptable? So much wasted time, and not just for me. I basically interviewed the entire team I was supposed to be working with.

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Re:Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who... by CoastalCoder on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @09:07AM (#33879945)

Why redact the company name? It would be a kindness to warn us away from them.

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Re:Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who... by meibo on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @10:58AM (#33882138)

I still respect what they do, I don't respect their hiring practices or representatives. They are quite present on HN, for what it's worth.

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Re:Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who... by CoastalCoder on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @11:33AM (#33882734)

Fair enough, thanks for explaining.

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Re:Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who... by inglor on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @07:51AM (#33878848)

Here (Israel) it's illegal, you can reject a candidate for pretty much any (non discriminatory) reason but you have to tell them about it pretty promptly.

It's weird there are US states where it's not a requirement.

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Re:Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who... by somenameforme on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @12:04PM (#33883377)

One practical problem is that there are a fair amount of people who are simply unstable, and if told why they were rejected (in very neutral to positive framing) they will actively challenge it and even go pseudo-stalker mode over it.

Dealing with just a handful of these guys is enough to do away with providing any sort of feedback. Like many things, a few bad apples ruin nice things for everybody.

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Re:Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who... by tmh88j on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @01:13PM (#33884557)

> One practical problem is that there are a fair amount of people who are simply unstable, and if told why they were rejected (in very neutral to positive framing) they will actively challenge it and even go pseudo-stalker mode over it.

What kind of positions are you hiring for that you've encountered this? It sounds so absurd that I would guess you're describing a twitter/reddit troll without the context, not a professional position.

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Re:Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who... by nathias on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @02:20PM (#33885554)

ghosting in no way solves this problem, it's universally acknowledged as worse than a simple 'no'

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Re:Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who... by llanowarelves on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @03:43PM (#33886744)

Then we have a right (and moral right) to ghost companies without any notice, too.

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Re:Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who... by dnissley on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @04:38PM (#33887423)

Yes, in the US you do. Makes you look bad just like it makes a company that does it look bad.

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Re:Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who... by htrp on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @02:27PM (#33885672)

Isan email that says we've moved on with another candidate sufficient or do you have to give the exact reason?

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