Hi,
I was interviewed for a research post that I was really keen on a few months ago that I wasn't successful for. I emailed the lead academic to thank him and asked for feedback too, but didn't hear back from him. They also promised to get back to me in a week, and I had to chase them for 3 weeks to get a response from HR (I felt ignored to be honest).
The post then came up again, it looks almost exactly the same as the previous one. I put an application in again (the only thing that has changed since then is that my PhD thesis has gone from first submission to supervisor to actually being submitted - just waiting for viva now). I've now been called for interview again. Are they wasting my time? It's quite a long journey for the interview and I don't want to waste my time and money going if they already have someone in place, and frankly I felt ignored previous time. Any advice? Is this common? And should I just go?