Never heard back from an interview

iammumtoone

Cottage_Economy wrote: »

So if they interviewed you before, never got back to you and gave no feedback, you'd go through the process again?

For me it would depend on the situation I was in. If I didn't have a job or hated the one I was in and really wanted to leave, yes I would. If I was in a job but looking to leave for more money, career progression etc then no I wouldn't.

CCFC_80

Cottage_Economy wrote: »

My friend had this. Her current employer required three months notice, but as the company was in financial trouble and she was on the redundancy list they agreed before she started job hunting they would only require one month.

She was offered a job and they wanted her to start within 10 days. We're talking a professional management role here, £35k+ managing a team. When she said she had to give a month's notice they withdrew their offer saying she wasn't flexible enough or committed to the new position.

Unbelievable.

1 months notice okay but 3 months is a bit of order and realise that many firms do this for top jobs. I would be very reluctant to agree to a job that required 3 months notice but wouldn't say I would never do it.

SamuelSutton

PMP recruitment wasted a bit of my time in December '14.

Gave me 24 hours notice to turn up for an interview.
A few hours later notified me that the time had changed (moved forward).
The next day I was notified that the location had changed.

When I turned up at the correct location I was told that the earlier (supposedly wrong) time was the correct one. I was then lumped with about 40 other candidates to be processed by a single, solitary agency worker and made to undergo a drugs test(urine sample), fill out a five year work history form and fill out a very counter-intuitive 'test' riddled with contradictions. The worker then took photos of us on an iPhone. Finally we were told to wait for two weeks for a response.

It was, without a doubt, the most unprofessional thing I've ever seen and the irony is that they are supposed to be in charge of recruitment...Hilarious!!!

AND THEY DID NOT HAVE THE COURTESY TO TELL ME THAT I DID NOT GET A POSITION.

(Happy ending: I got a Xmas contract with Royal mail)

Cottage_Economy

CCFC_80 wrote: »

1 months notice okay but 3 months is a bit of order and realise that many firms do this for top jobs. I would be very reluctant to agree to a job that required 3 months notice but wouldn't say I would never do it.

It was expected at my old firm for jobs at a above a certain level because of the nature of the responsibilities involved, but the reality was you could usually leave after 6 weeks unless it would damage the company for you to do so and they needed more time to replace you or find a contract worker or consultant to step in.

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5 months later, I was today offered another interview by a company who just forgot to get back to me after the 2nd...!!! I did warn em they need to see an updated CV LOL! so I should know now never say never... best way to be and that is after starting for another 'arch enemy of an employer from the past' who turned out the saver! only grumble is why do these things happen when you least want them too! grrrrr

JKSandy

I don't mind not getting feedback (Probably because Selfridges once told me I was confrontational and unsympathetic, I think it was to do with a role play as part of the interview)

However not advising an interviewee they have been successful or not is unprofessional. You start thinking did I miss the call/email or letter?! It's even worse if the interview went well.