Ask HN: How often are you ghosted by potential employers after talking etc.?

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by davismwfl • 5 years ago

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davismwfl• 5 years ago

I ask as I am back in the market, and have had 3 companies ghost me (2 from HN who's hiring) after either a couple of calls or for 1 I did a small "test" project (which I almost always refuse but this one was reasonable and very specific plus easily time boxed to an hour or so).

I ask as I have not been in the market applying for positions in quite awhile. I have generally been the hiring person for the last > 10 years, minus going from founder to employee 5 years ago. Even then that was only the second company I talked to that time so never got ghosted. I am not claiming I am perfect, there were people I never got back to as well, but it was a tiny fraction of people we interviewed, so just curious if this is common today; if not I guess I need to figure out what to adjust.

pinewurst• 5 years ago

It happened a few times during my last job search, though my current one was a ghost that came back after a long time. It seems that if reqs are placed on hold, many (but not all!) employers will just go silent rather than update candidates.

vitovito• 5 years ago

For as long as I've been tracking (76 applications since 2018), my numbers for PM/design/research roles are roughly:

- 1/3 will either never acknowledge your application or ghost you mid-process

- Two weeks between human contact is about the average for a company with its shit marginally together

- It's taken as long as 238 days for a formal rejection, but the mean is more like two months

Ask HN: How often are you ghosted by potential employers after talking etc.?

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