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Have you gotten a response after asking why you weren't hired? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 21 hours ago by kennedy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/52088358

I know the market is ass rn, I've been looking for a job since I graduated in November of last year with no luck. Every application I get a response like "you are great, your skills are great, you meet every criteria but we found someone better". I recently decided to start replying to emails to ask why I wasn't picked (I reply only to emails that aren't from no-reply or if the say I can ask for feedback). So far I have not even received one reply. Am I wasting my time??? I feel like it's just from automated systems and they don't even look at it. Is everything literally a ghost job?? If you have ever asked for feedback have you gotten anything useful from it?

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[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The closest that ever happened to me was an interview that ended up turning into a two hour plus long tour of the facility with my interviewer pointing out a lot of little details in more of a first day orientation than interview kind of vibe.

The job seemed like a lock until I got a generic rejection email. I didn't reach out, but the same day that I got the email I also got a text from my interviewer apologizing to me because he had recommended me for the job and thought I was a good fit, but management above him had an internal person that they'd already planned to give the job to.

Normally I'd be skeptical of a story like that, but given that he'd really gone above and beyond the scheduled amount of time for the interview and that he sent the text unprompted, I really do believe there were shenanigans afoot above him.