Maybe possible if they were multiple candidates and someone performed better, So they decline later to save face.

The  interview was based on our assignment and video explanation of the assignment 🫠,

Product Designer

If the assignment was decent enough they always do an interview. Not necessarily you get selected, has happened to me too. 😑

Intern

Interview ecosystem is way pathetic than you think and depends on person who is taking interview and companies is rely bluntly in these f***

Yeah I guess. I’m not sure where it went wrong but im quite positive about how I performed and the overall response of the interviewer was good :/

UX/UI Designer

Is it normal to get good feedback during the interview and the panelist explicitly mentioning that “you will receive a mail about the next steps from the HR” and then get negative feedback for the ...

Is it normal to get good feedback during the interview and the panelist explicitly mentioning that “you will receive a mail about the next steps from the HR” and then get negative feedback for the same?!

Design hiring process

Design hiring process- Grapevine

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

Hi guys(Mainly HRs), 
              Recently I applied to one SaaS company for the position-Solution Engineer/Implementation engineer, I had 2 rounds and was done with both the rounds. As I was expecting results, I got this mail from the previous round interviewer saying ( See the below/above image).  It sounded very odd and strange to me and frustrating to hear this, I acknowledged it and mailed the interviewer and HR asking to  give any constructive feedback if there were any; Until now they haven't responded back. I feel better now but obviously very disappointed with such a reply, can any one of u from startups/ HRs from start-up Please clarify - Is this the way Start-up rejects candidates or I got unlucky in this situation?
Please help friends.

Hiring process

System Engineer

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

I went through 5 rounds of interview for leading agritech unicorn. Even went to their office for the final rounds.

For some reason i got rejected.
Is there a formal way to get feedback from the panelists or hr.
Already asked hr for any type of feedback but no response.
I feel like the HR in India dont value the candidates time and effort.

Apologies if i sound like ranting but strongly feel that we need to improve our ethics value of organization.

How should we ask for feedback post interviews?

Product Manager

Rumor mill is fired up since a week and all meetings with senior leadership this week have been removed from calendars without any notice! Also noticed that several leaders are WFH today. Guessing that is to avoid nervous conversations and to engage in private meetings over phone calls to decide which heads they are going to chop off. 
The 🔔are going off! Prepare yourselves!

Wayfair Likely Doing a Mass Layoff Tomorrow

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Analyst

I don't understand the need for HRs to postpone interview feedback for 2 weeks? And once you are reconnected they'll say that sorry I was on leave... Once I join back I'll update you. This can't be a coincidence it's happened atleast 2.

HRs you'll have anything to say?

HR excuses 101

Hi folks, 

I'm Aadit, Co-Founder & CEO at Zepto. We're one of India's fastest growing consumer internet companies and are today present across 10+ cities in the country. 

I'd love to chat with you folks about my journey in building Zepto, my thoughts on the quick commerce space, organization building, amongst other things.

Ask away!

I'm Aadit Palicha, Co-Founder & CEO at Zepto. Ask me anything!

Hey @Aadit  
I’m @salt  
  
Some questions from my side: 
1. As companies scale there are many diverging opinions on how things should run. How do you ensure that the best ideas drive the company even though they might be in direct conflict with your point of view?  
  
2. What kind of impact have you seen via use of Machine Learning to streamline operational efficiency wrt initial benchmarks? 
  
3. What is the key focus area that you are currently working on? 
  
4. How do you balance creating shareholder value versus customer value?

Founder

I cleared all 6 rounds of a PM interview with an Edtech startup.  The HR asked for current offer letter, 2 references (current and previous manager), and a couple of other docs. 

Then ghosted me for 2 weeks. When I followed up, the HR said they are in-process of interviewing other candidates

Is it normal to do this now a days? 

I understand the company wants to interview more people. But then why ask for any details from me till you are sure that you are going to give an offer

Is it normal?

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

Just a random discussion- 

is HR being too friendly in a rejection mail a sign of soft stand towards candidate?

 I know usually HRs are not bothered to let candidates know of their unsuccessful candidature, but this HR of the company i interviewed today was way too friendly. just becoz of this i asked for feedback, boyyy she sent me a detailed mail and even mentioned let her know if i have any further questions 🙏🏻🫣 

should i tell just hire me mannn 😅? is there any possibility if they can come back after their denial mail coz of this stand..

let me know somebody got the call again after getting a no mail

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Program Manager

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Post most of the interviews in software engineering there  is no feedback or its said they will communicate if they get some details. 

What are your views on the feedback. Should the interviewer provide it or not. 

I feel, especially for the take home assignments, proper feedback should be provided to the interviewee.
It should be mandatory not optional. ( Strong words but whatever )

Feedback or no feedback

I'll go first. I got a call for an APM role from one of the companies which did sound pretty sketchy and the recruiter was started bullying me into answering questions, when I asked to know more about the role. The recruiter was extremely unprofessional, and obviously the conversation was nowhere great. They however, did go ahead and sent me the JD and other links, etc to fill in and apply for the job. Mind you, I hadn't applied for the job. 🥲
It just was a pretty sour conversation which had left me in an uncertain situation. Any similar experiences?

Weird recruiter experiences

Asked for my expected CTC. I answered and they weren't happy with it. Said they could only give at 40% increment of current CTC and then asked for my current CTC. After hearing my current CTC they said I shouldn't be earning this much and that I was obviously making it up. Then asked to send over my salary payslip which I refused. Basically the HR started being extremely rude at this point stating that I was being unprofessional. I asked their salary budget for the role which they refused to answer. Then I asked if they were willing to hire me for a lower CTC which she instantly agreed and said she knew I was reasonable and I shouldn't have lied about my CTC. I then said good luck finding a candidate for that amount and hung up.

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

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.

Ghosted by recruiter !!

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

So recently I interviewed in many companies including google, Microsoft, Amazon I have seen common pattern that HR not being transparent with candidates. They keep hanging candidates in between and not reply to text, email, messages, calls. Even if candidate is rejected why can’t they email or call to give feedback. Is this job really hard ?
“If I will get a chance to snap out one profession from earth I will snap out all hrs, recruiters out there.”

Ps:- Google ppl was very transparent throughout process one of best experiences for me .

What is wrong with HRs/Recruiters

Need onion googlers, Recently gave interviews for L3
Got 2 hires in on-site, third on-site review is pending (would be lean hire most probably) 
Googlyness is still remaining.

Is there any chance for clearing HC based on this? 
Total Ex- 1.5 years

Google HC chances?

So I just completed my first interview round with a company. And HR gave me a feedback while moving me for the next round. 

During the first round me & the interviewer were coordinating over whatsapp regarding the availability and timing. And in-fact at the end the interviewer told me to reach out to her or the HR in case I have any questions regarding the further processes.

Although i have got a feedback from the HR but should I still reach out to the interviewer for a 2-3 mins call regarding feedback discussion? Will it give a good impression?

Should I text my interviewer? Will it give a good impression?

I recently gave an interview, it was 4th round, the manager round, interviewer was tired and seemed not interested, he gave a ui and told me to think of data structure and edgse cases in 5 min. And got off the call , he joined after 5 mins and asked me answer, I was annoyed by his behaviour and couldn't perform well, I missed a single edge case and after that I got rejected. Is this the common behaviour or should I complaint it to the HR. He was director of engineering and seemed too much introverted.

Bad manager in interview

Recently, I underwent an interview process where the first round went smoothly, but things took an unexpected turn in the second round. The HR representative informed me that they hadn't even reviewed my CV yet, prompting a spontaneous "tell me about yourself" conversation. Despite feeling positive about the interview, I was ultimately rejected without receiving any clear explanation as to why.

Reflecting on the experience, I can't help but wonder what might have gone wrong. It's possible that the HR representative had already made up their mind about a preferred candidate, turning my interview into a mere formality. Alternatively, it's conceivable that the interviewer was fatigued after a long day of conducting interviews, leading to a less thorough evaluation of my candidacy.

Regardless of the reasons behind the outcome, it's disheartening to feel as though my efforts were disregarded. As candidates, we invest significant time and energy into preparing for interviews, hoping for the opportunity to contribute to an organization we admire. In situations like these, it's crucial for HR professionals to act responsibly and ethically, providing transparent communication throughout the process.

While I had hoped to receive feedback or at least a notification regarding the outcome, days passed without any communication from the company. The realization that I had not secured the position was disappointing, leaving me to contemplate the lessons learned from this experience and the importance of resilience in the face of setbacks.

Horror Interview Experience 😰

I am new to the work force, 1.5 YOE. I want to understand the logic behind HR’s ghosting their candidates.

On a serious note: Why do HR’s ghost candidates despite several rounds of interview and follow-ups?

Software Developer

.Dear community,

I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out with a concern regarding my recent experiences in engineering manager interviews, where unfortunately, I faced rejections in crucial rounds.

To provide context, my attempts with ZSAssociates concluded with a rejection in the final round, Zscaler saw me rejected in the second technical round, and both Nferece and Browserstack ended with rejections in the engineering manager round – the ultimate stage.

I am genuinely seeking your guidance and insights. If there are areas I can improve upon or any advice you can offer to enhance my performance, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for your support.

Seeking Guidance on continuous rejections from Engineering Manager Round(s).

Why these HR’s not ready to provide feedback after the interviews round .

I am not getting if candidates attended interviews for 1hr / 45 min /30min at least they deserve feedback doesn’t matter if it’s positive or negative .

It’s better to accept negative/positive feedback instead of keeping hope . This is big demotivating for us.

It’s a request to all HR’s please don’t play with our times. And one question why you are more active before setup the interview and then act like dead .

Interview feedback

Senior Consultant

Do hiring managers not go ahead with a candidate if they feel intimated or feel the candidate is better than them?

You know you have answered most questions well but you get a rejection mail after 3 rounds of interview.

Just curious.

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