This has been happening a lot recently. I'll go in for an interview, which, in my opinion, goes great. I answer the questions promptly and confidently, I do the follow up e-mails afterwards expressing my excitement at the opportunity, etc. And then... nothing. I'll never hear from them again, and I'll even send another e-mail asking for some closure, as in, just tell me I wasn't accepted, it's fine, I know how the employment process works. But, like I said, I'll never hear from them again. What's up with that? Personally, after an interview, I think I deserve at least a response, even a one-liner e-mail would work. Does this happen to anybody else? I really want to e-mail these employers back telling them how rude it is to just drop me off the face of the earth after an interview. All I want is closure!! Any ideas, suggestions, or reasons why they're doing this??
2007-05-02 05:45:17 · 6 answers · asked by J.M.C. 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
After an interview, don't e mail them. write a thank you note and MAIL it. Is the chance of getting the job worth the price of a stamp?
An email just gets zapped. A letter has to be handled.
2007-05-02 06:21:10 · answer #1 · answered by TedEx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This might be a good life lesson for you. I know you want to have some kind of closure on the interviews, and everything else. But often you will find that many things in life do not have closure. You simply have to forget about it and move on.
During the job hunting, after the interview and the follow up email, you need move on and prepare yourself for the next interview. Do not wait around for them to contact you. You want to put yourself in a position that when they finally contacted you, you said "sorry, I already accepted another offer." IMHO, after the follow-up email, the interview is closed and that should be your closure.
A trick about the job hunting:
Whoever can send out more resume and get more interviews in the shortest period of time have the highest chance to land on a job.
Good Luck!
2007-05-02 06:13:56 · answer #2 · answered by coldrain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't email them back. Then you stick out as a bad person. Let's say another opening comes up and he thinks you would be a great candidate for the position, but you emailed him and told him how rude he was. That isn't the type of person ANYONE wants to work with!
Phone them, get them on the line and ask why they didn't choose you, then use that information to fix what was wrong. Did you have the right qualifications? Were you wearing too much perfume? Proper attire? Enough schooling?
If someone puts a job offer online, they get roughly 100-1000 resume's. Imagine sending 999 one-line emails saying "sorry you didn't get it". People have better things to do with their time.
Good luck in your search
2007-05-02 06:05:04 · answer #3 · answered by Dennis L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason why they do this is because they don't have time for you. It's that simple, you didn't get the job and they have more important things to do than email back everyone they interviewed.
2007-05-02 05:53:39 · answer #4 · answered by maigen_obx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This happened to me a lot when I was initially interviewing as well. I call it the HUMAN RESOURCES RIGAMAROLE. It is part of the corporate BS we all put up with in order to pay the mortgage. Get used to it or start your own company.
2007-05-02 05:59:35 · answer #5 · answered by outlaw_tattoo_biker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's because you didn't get hired, just move on
2007-05-02 05:52:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋