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Ghosted by recruiter !!

Attended an interview for a startup where they said all was okay and agreed to rollout the offer letter and last minute told hiring freeze. This is for an entry level role. Cannot name the company as I can get identified. Fintech startup. Their payscales in glassdoor were showing high base for entry level roles in Business Operations. How do we make sure that recruiter does not ghost us . What are the strategies we can use to get the offer. These days, every recruiter in first call itself asking about salary expectations.

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spymig

Fintech Startup

10 months ago

Standard practice in India. Best you can do is name&shame on LinkedIn, or call it hard luck and move on
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Itachi777

Stealth

10 months ago

Put HR ka number on insurance websites, scaler, edtech and others.
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ElonMast

Amazon

10 months ago

“Strategies we can use to get the offer” Wat? Rule #1 in corporate - Any verbal communication isn’t a guarantee of anything. Rule #2 in corporate - Don’t waste time, move on fast.
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RamuKaka

Stealth

10 months ago

Even written offers can be rescinded citing business constraints or any corporate jargon have faced the same for my offer right after college
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Aspirer1

Accenture

10 months ago

I faced this issue with Wipro
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orangesoda

Infosys

10 months ago

Those mfkers are skilled in doing this
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WooterBang

Stealth

10 months ago

Never talk to the recruiter, always talk to the hiring manager or CEO. Reach out to them directly and say you're still very interested and would love to be considered for the role.
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SirLewisHamilton

IBM

10 months ago

This is very common The interview goes well, the interviewer says you are a very good candidate, good projects and internships. Answered every other question. Gets ghosted by HR. They don't even bother to send a rejection email. When you call then they don't pick or block you. Unprofessional behaviour
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MightyLazyGeekStar

Stealth

10 months ago

Just move on. It is a tough market out there
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Corporatecoolie

TCS

10 months ago

They must have hired someone with lower budget
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QuickGunMurugan

Stealth

10 months ago

Bhai. This is what the companies do when there are lots of resources to hire from. They have this attitude of "Plenty of fish in the sea" when the market is tumultuous.
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DobbyKataria

Nykaa

10 months ago

Experienced the same with one of the new age broking fintechs (hint: it ain’t the top 2). 😅
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LetsGetLaidOff

Paytm

10 months ago

Happened with me too once. Recruiter didn't share the offer letter till joining date and then said we don't want to hire due to some internal restructuring
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Murky

Healthy

10 months ago

Drop in a polite message to the interviewer? Thank them for the time, say you thought it went well but haven't heard back from HR. And if they could give some inputs on your interview? Makes it a subtle and gentle push. The interviewer is more likely to want to fill a vacancy vis a vis HR.
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salt

Gojek

10 months ago

This is actually very concerning.
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noncorporate

Stealth

10 months ago

Why would someone in their common sense signup from their work emails ? Just to get identified when you spills the beans ,or hold a politically incorrect opinion. What's the benfit of anonymity then you idiots. Your want to brag about your employer by using their surname ( email is actually that, you are tellling us who ur dad is) and this takes away the benefit of anonymity. I can literally pass any comment on anything i want and it would take you to go through forensic to get my identity. Which would require you too file a formal complaint which 99% of ppl wont do ,so i can get away with my opinions, insider trading very easily but you can not even name your potential dad ,hows that you slaves.
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eleCtrik

SAP

10 months ago

I got ghosted by chargebee
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bestbachelorcook

Stealth

10 months ago

Lol, my friend got final selection email from Deloitte, waited weeks for final offer letter, received a call 1 year later for the same job opportunity to go through the whole process again
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Sherpa

Toll Brothers

10 months ago

Kuvera?
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Chillumarti

Microsoft

10 months ago

If they communicated to you that hiring has been freezed, they didn't ghost you
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DarlesChickens

Razorpay

10 months ago

They said they were hiring and after knowing the salary expectation they said hiring freeze.
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Chillumarti

Microsoft

10 months ago

Still not ghosting. Could be lying or change in company plans. Ghosting is waaaaay worse.
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