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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]There is a lack of trust and it's unfortunate. [/quote]

This.  Does your company send rejection letters to all rejected applicants?[/quote]

If we bring them in for an interview and don't move forward with them, yes.[/quote]

But you don't otherwise. So you are ghosting most people.[/quote]

I suppose. I think that's totally different than ghosting a job offer though.[/quote]

How so? There are two parties: one needs someone to perform a job and the other party wants to be paid to perform said job. You are not superior to the job seeker.[/quote]

NP but the “how so” seems so obvious here.
If you’ve had a job interview followed by an offer with a company, and then ghost them, you are burning bridges in your own industry and they know you by name. To that HR department and any potential supervisors and colleagues you met with that day, they’ll remember you as that guy/gal who rudely dropped communication. It leaves a bitterness in the air. So when you run into them again, at a conference or at another company down the line, you may not remember them (bc why would you?) but they will remember you because ghosting is a hostile act that feels like a slap in the face when an appropriate response of “I appreciate the time I spent with your team, but after some consideration, I’ve decided to go in a different direction. Wishing you all the best of success” is quick, easy, and professional.

When a company ghosts a candidate, it’s highly unusual that this occurs after the candidate has been called in for an interview. 
Just because you send in a resume and cover letter and they don’t follow up to contact you for an interview doesn’t mean you were “ghosted.” That’s like saying you were “ghosted” by everyone who didn’t choose to initiate contact with you on match.com

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I don't think anyone cares very deeply about potentially running into someone at a conference years later. And if that person did carry a grudge for that long and remembers this clearly, it's a little odd! Anyone who has been looking for a job lately knows that ghosting is rampant, and yes, can happen after interviews. As someone else mentioned as well, you also never know if something happened to the person in their actual, real life, such as an illness or family issue.[/quote]

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