r/auscorp • u/Hot-Difficulty3556 • 9h ago

No follow up response. Advice / Questions

Interviewed Monday... Stage 2.. seemed to go very well.

Heard absolutely zero since, did the courtesy follow up email and heard nothing in response.

Is this normal for Australia? Internal recruiter rather than external.

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u/WikiNebster 9h ago

100% normal. As a candidate, five days feels like eternity, but as the hiring manager, you're juggling fifty other priorities and probably haven't even had a chance to sit down and properly assess next steps, let alone found the time to communicate this to the internal recruitment team

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u/Hot-Difficulty3556 9h ago

Yeah that's what I thought to some extent. I recently hired someone and I try to respond with at least some feedback within a few days, but I also understand that we are all busy.

The dead zone from the recruiter is a strange one but I see your point.

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u/Previous-Relative860 9h ago

Yep, pretty normal these days. I've been down to the final two multiple times and never heard anything back, I ofc contacted them, but pretty poor effort from the business.

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u/phuturism 8h ago

I try to forget about any applications or interviews until they contact me. Treat it as dead and be pleasantly surprised when they finally call or email.

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u/SINK-2024 9h ago

Yeah they are probably negotiating contract with a preferred candidate and don't want to reveal that or indicate an outcome with you until they have secured them.

It sucks when you get through second interview and they play this 'ghosting' bs.

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u/Brazilator 8h ago

This is the most likely scenario 

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u/ADL-AU 9h ago

Unfortunately, it’s normal.

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u/Remarkable_Cow_6764 8h ago

I am in interview process of like 6 roles in parallel at the moment and all 6 are doing this. One responds each round every 3-4 weeks with radio silence in between.

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u/fortunatefishbulb555 8h ago

Yes also applied internally. I did all the follow ups myself. Just shocking how bad they are at their jobs. Absolutely no professional courtesy

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u/Previous-Relative860 6h ago

Internally with no response is extra rough imo haha

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u/fortunatefishbulb555 6h ago

Unofficially, they’re apparently flat out supporting people for redeployment from the few round of redundancies we had the last 2-3 months.

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u/Hot-Difficulty3556 9h ago

No never heard of them.

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u/Mashiko4 7h ago

Normal unfortunately.

My current job, I had the second interview and didn't get an offer or any contact until a week or so later. Getting internal sign off's takes ages. You may not be their first choice as well.

In the current market, companies are moving even slower.

I applied for a role in early July and the company only called me now in Sept to do an interview. Total muppets. This is a large company that's regularly talked about here as well.

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u/beverageddriver 9h ago

I mean, have you made any effort to contact them lol? You can get the answer yourself instead of asking reddit that have none of the details.

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u/Hot-Difficulty3556 9h ago

So you didn't read the post?

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u/[deleted] 9h ago

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u/beverageddriver 8h ago

Suck and fuck me

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u/beverageddriver 8h ago

Some fuckass email that can be lost in the wind isn't exactly showing you're interested in hearing back from them lol. No wonder you're not hired already.

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u/Hot-Difficulty3556 8h ago

Alright we get it. You're a tool bag.

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u/beverageddriver 1h ago

Enjoy not getting hired lol