Anonymous wrote:Another day... still nothing. I'm so sick of this.

Same. 2 top dream tech companies… exhausting.

Another day... still nothing. I'm so sick of this.

+1 OP. I don't even care about the ghosting (though I would never, as a hiring manager). But some places are so slow. I'm in two active processes right now, and the one I want less is moving much more quickly. What if I get an offer for that one, and then the better one comes through?? Unlikely, just speaking statistically, because the competition is so fierce. Just another thing to be anxious about.

I do get some small measure of satisfaction by refusing to work with recruiters in my management capacity if they have ghosted me or my friends in an applicant capacity in the past. Every time we post something, the recruiters come out of the woodwork. I get headhunted a lot, so I have a file full of notes from recruiters. Even if I have no intention of engaging a recruiter, I'll tell them that we are looking for someone who will be extremely responsive to and caring of our applicants, and so we cannot consider them for the engagement. Just my tiny, probably meaningless blow against an uncaring industry and a demoralizing process.

Anonymous wrote:Are you currently employed?

For now... but under constant threat with what's happening in government (contractor)

Are you currently employed?

I have sat on the hiring manager side of things many times. I know how it goes -- you're hiring alongside doing all of your other work and things get delayed. But now being on the candidate side of things where I am constantly refreshing emails for updates, it just feels so, so awful that folks can't even take the time to give a quick update on where things are. I don't expect responses to every application (that would be insane), but when you've gone through at least one interview, why is ghosting acceptable? I had one recruiter screening interview in July that I never received follow up on. I had an interview for another position two weeks ago and radio silence. And for another, the recruiters said I'd hear early this week on next steps and still nothing. The last one is one I really want and know I would rock at. It's so hard for me to focus on anything else right now....

And yes, I am an anxious person. No need to point that out...