I don’t get it. Why do you people interview you, say they’ll bring you back for a second interview, and then never get back to you?
I thought it was a good interview. I followed up with a thank you and checked in with my availability for the second interview…and was totally ignored.
Hello? This was for a social media job. And what does that mean? Um, blogs, tweets, status updates. TO THE ENTIRE WORLD. Ok the entire world is not following me, but they COULD BE. Now, I probably wouldn’t make use of my digital friends to get back at a certain company, but I COULD. And how do they know I won’t?
I don’t think hiring managers always get it. If I’m not right for the job, or the job has been filled, just tell me. I can handle it. Instead I’m left in interview limbo wondering where I went wrong. It’s like dating. Don’t just stop calling, just fucking TELL ME.
It’s not that I can’t take a hint. I’m taking this hint. But I’m annoyed because this was for a social media job at a digital agency. They should know better. They should know that someone interviewing for a social media gig, probably deals with, oh I don’t know, SOCIAL MEDIA.
And that this is probably a bad way to brand their company – as flaky and rude. Completely unaware. It just stumps me. A social media job and they treat me like I’m nothing. What if I was good at social media? What if I was followed by the entire world? What if I had 10 billion friends? What if I was LinkedIn to someone at every brand on the shelf? And I tweeted/facebooked/status updated “Was interviewed and then totally ignored by [omitted].” Probably doesn’t bode well for how they’d treat their clients.”
I’m not saying I would. But I COULD.
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I was back in the job market last year and got this kinda thing A LOT. Frankly, it's rude. As you say, we as the customer, consumer and client have the power of commentary. Makes you wonder when the HR people are going to get the lecture about the importance of just common courtesy and the guy/gal in the street in the Information Age.
ReplyDeleteThink folks, don't mess around the person who's applying for the job of Social Media Specialist :-)