To think there’s a trend in poor recruitment practice now?

[InterviewGhost]

I’ve worked since I was 16 and I’m in my 40s now. I’m currently looking for a new job and I’ve noticed that there are some really shoddy recruitment practices now compared to when I was looking for a role about six years ago. Mostly; ghosting post interview. I have lost count the amount of times a recruiting manager will say “we are interviewing for the rest of the day and will be contacting applicants on x day” only for the communication to not transpire. So, I wait about 3-5 days and then politely chase. Crickets. Always absolute silence, requests for interview feedback ignored.

One place had me in for a three stage interview involving three tasks and the way I found out I hadn’t been successful was because the role was re advertised!

What’s going on??? Is this normal practice now?

Precisely the same experiences, many times over.

It leaves a very sour taste in the mouth and I'm reluctant to use/recommend the agencies and employers as a result.

Some of the companies I’ve received this…experience from are big, respected, well known companies. It just beggars belief! Surely it’s not hard to send a thanks but no thanks email???

I was job hunting 7/8 years ago and it was just as shit then. Total inflexibility on the days/times interviews were held (just allotted a slot with no ability to amend if I was away or - heaven forfend! - already at an interview that day). Called for interviews just to make up the numbers. Applications unacknowledged. Outcomes not advised. I'm still waiting to hear back from one two-hour interview I went to...

Honestly, I see them as bullets dodged. If companies are this shit to prospective employees, how bad are they to actual employees?

It’s incredibly ill-mannered but I guess it gives you the measure of the company and perhaps a sense that you dodged a bullet.

A friend is looking for a new job and just got a response with a polite decline, which was much better than some of the examples upthread. But what was galling was that she’d had to spend ages on two pre interview questions, in addition to tailoring her CV, and writing a cover letter. It took several hours and then they said they’d had 179 applications. So that’s 178 unsuccessful people who just spent several hours each for no payoff to them. That’s a lot of time wasted.

I had a weird fourth interview with a CEO once. He spent the whole time talking about himself, saying he didn’t understand what the role I was interviewing for was, and that he didn’t trust the interview panel. I thought “what kind of outfit are these people running???” So, I emailed a few days after to withdraw my application. No acknowledgment.
About eight weeks later I got an email to advise I hadn’t been successful. Eh?