It was a standard interview - an in-person meeting for the first (and my only) interview. I met with the hiring manager in a conference room. In all, I spent over an hour in conversation with her, so it was a fairly long and comprehensive interview. I got to ask her questions, including some fairly deep questions about their communications philosophy.
I strangely never heard from her again – not even a peep, not even to tell me that, after learning more about me in the interview, I was no longer being considered for the position. I find this baffling but also downright inconsiderate. She was, unfortunately, like many, many other hiring managers and HR staff who are rude to you once you leave the in-person interview and never speak to you again. It’s like they purposely forget you, when you’ve spent an hour or so talking – at their request – about some very personal things in your life, which is the very point of an interview. Forgetting you completely is almost as if to say that providing them with an opportunity to consider you was an imposition on them, like you as the candidate have forced your way in to their day and wasted their time.
How do organizations and companies that treat potential employees and supporters/customers like this treat their own employees? I shudder to think about what it’s like to be around people like this all the time.
