Wasn’t expecting that ghosted at the end. All that work to find and vet you and they can’t even do a polite rejection?
Firstly, this search took place while I was working on my thesis, so it wasn’t a full-time job search. Field: industrial engineering plus an IT background in Germany.
Regarding the offer after rejection: I had an interview, but they informed me that they had chosen another candidate. However, after that candidate declined the offer, they reached out to ask if I was still interested.
As for the trial work at the company: after four weeks, I followed up to ask for feedback. They then informed me that I had been rejected but had not communicated the decision, so I considered it a case of being ghosted.
You got suckered on that trial work booshi. Jow you decline 6 when you were offered 5?
3 interviews for an entry level job? Ghosted after trial work? You Americans live in a hellscape.
Interesting how little applications you did
After grad in May was annoying man I swear
Did any of the LinkedIn referrals turn into something?
I’m amazed that only 3 no response. Most of my applications, they didn’t even take the courtesy to reject me.
The American (I’m guessing, it could be European perhaps) way of trying to get a job seems horrible.
It’s happened twice to me that I’ve applied to a company, been rejected, then been offered a job.
It’s kinda weird but the first time there was a miscommunication with the managers. I was the second choice and they were supposed to hire two but one manager only offered the first person a job and called me to reject me, then the next week another manager called me and offered me the job. I never mentioned it until about 2 or 3 months in and they let me know they were scrambling for someone with my skills after a few people on their team left
The second time it happened, I applied to a job and was once again was rejected, but one of the people who interviewed me was on a different team and their team made an offer to me without having me re-go through the interview process.
I am 9 years in and it took me 800 applications in 2 months for 2 offers.
I know someone who did 2,000 in 1 month for 1 offer. He was looking for a work visa.
I’ve been out of a job since June in New Zealand. I’m curious about you declining several offers. Why was that the case? I’m a little envious that you had the liberty to decline those offers when it’s tough out here on this side of the world.
What app makes this graph? I want to make a budget and visualize it using this graph style.
Did you accept the one that made you go through 4 interviews? Honestly, 4 interviews is insane. I hate it when there’s more than 1 and that’s after you’ve completed aptitude tests and tasks that take hours. They have already assessed your abilities, why cannot they just ask you everything they want to ask in one interview?
It is very difficult to determine whether or not a candidate is a good fit before they start working anyway. There’s plenty of reasons why one might want to quit – they might not fit in the team, might discover that the work is not exactly what they expected, etc. So why go through all this torture and waste all this time? My boyfriend works for a big international tech company and I really liked their approach to recruitment. They would take almost anyone, including new grads with no experience or even people without a university degree, who have completed some courses, and then train them during the first 3 months of employment. The majority are either let go or quit on their own during this period. Those who survive get to start working on real projects and create value for the company. Even though it’s stressful for new employees, this model works very well for both sides, I believe. In the branch where my boyfriend works, there is a single HR lady. They don’t waste much time and resources on recruitment and still end up with great employees. Maybe it would be better for everyone, if more companies adopted this model.
I am not sure to understand how a rejection led to an offer?
(Disclaimer: I suck at data science and am not used to these diagrams)
![[OC] My 4 month long (first) job search after university](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/hn2f75uxtw6e1-1600x1024.png)
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Wasn’t expecting that ghosted at the end. All that work to find and vet you and they can’t even do a polite rejection?
Firstly, this search took place while I was working on my thesis, so it wasn’t a full-time job search. Field: industrial engineering plus an IT background in Germany.
Regarding the offer after rejection: I had an interview, but they informed me that they had chosen another candidate. However, after that candidate declined the offer, they reached out to ask if I was still interested.
As for the trial work at the company: after four weeks, I followed up to ask for feedback. They then informed me that I had been rejected but had not communicated the decision, so I considered it a case of being ghosted.
You got suckered on that trial work booshi. Jow you decline 6 when you were offered 5?
3 interviews for an entry level job? Ghosted after trial work? You Americans live in a hellscape.
Interesting how little applications you did
After grad in May was annoying man I swear
Did any of the LinkedIn referrals turn into something?
I’m amazed that only 3 no response. Most of my applications, they didn’t even take the courtesy to reject me.
The American (I’m guessing, it could be European perhaps) way of trying to get a job seems horrible.
It’s happened twice to me that I’ve applied to a company, been rejected, then been offered a job.
It’s kinda weird but the first time there was a miscommunication with the managers. I was the second choice and they were supposed to hire two but one manager only offered the first person a job and called me to reject me, then the next week another manager called me and offered me the job. I never mentioned it until about 2 or 3 months in and they let me know they were scrambling for someone with my skills after a few people on their team left
The second time it happened, I applied to a job and was once again was rejected, but one of the people who interviewed me was on a different team and their team made an offer to me without having me re-go through the interview process.
I am 9 years in and it took me 800 applications in 2 months for 2 offers.
I know someone who did 2,000 in 1 month for 1 offer. He was looking for a work visa.
I’ve been out of a job since June in New Zealand. I’m curious about you declining several offers. Why was that the case? I’m a little envious that you had the liberty to decline those offers when it’s tough out here on this side of the world.
What app makes this graph? I want to make a budget and visualize it using this graph style.
Did you accept the one that made you go through 4 interviews? Honestly, 4 interviews is insane. I hate it when there’s more than 1 and that’s after you’ve completed aptitude tests and tasks that take hours. They have already assessed your abilities, why cannot they just ask you everything they want to ask in one interview?
It is very difficult to determine whether or not a candidate is a good fit before they start working anyway. There’s plenty of reasons why one might want to quit – they might not fit in the team, might discover that the work is not exactly what they expected, etc. So why go through all this torture and waste all this time? My boyfriend works for a big international tech company and I really liked their approach to recruitment. They would take almost anyone, including new grads with no experience or even people without a university degree, who have completed some courses, and then train them during the first 3 months of employment. The majority are either let go or quit on their own during this period. Those who survive get to start working on real projects and create value for the company. Even though it’s stressful for new employees, this model works very well for both sides, I believe. In the branch where my boyfriend works, there is a single HR lady. They don’t waste much time and resources on recruitment and still end up with great employees. Maybe it would be better for everyone, if more companies adopted this model.
I am not sure to understand how a rejection led to an offer?
(Disclaimer: I suck at data science and am not used to these diagrams)
Trial work -> ghosted is nuts
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