How much time when you contacted for the last time ? If more than 1 week, contact the head-hr.
Last email I sent her was September 15th.
that's far (far) more than long enough to warrant following up.
Ask HN: Technical interviews went amazing but HR is not answering my emails now?
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Re: Ask HN: Technical interviews went amazing but HR is not answering my emails now?
#12This is not a unique situation. Many things could have happened. There could have been a better candidate that popped up. There could no longer be no longer a budget for the job or the team decided to make a change that made this hire no longer needed. People that interviewed you could have left the company. A more senior person could have felt threatened by you and actually wanted someone less talented. Those are th…
That is understandable, but after making me go through 3 technical interviews they could at least have contacted me to let me know they are not interested in hiring me, especially after I contacted her later on.
Well, yes. But it is not uncommon behaviour, unfortunately.
I was once hired for on a position related to newly created product, I negotiated with my current employer to shorten my leave period, started the new job - only to be told week later that the new product idea was not so well researched and that they will not open my position. Sorry. I was in probation period and there was nothing I could really do. That's life.
The moral of the story: Never try to be loyal to your company - employment is different kind of relationship. Yes, you can be loyal to your boss if he deserves it - or other individual - but never to a juridical person.
Re: Ask HN: Technical interviews went amazing but HR is not answering my emails now?
#13This is not a unique situation. Many things could have happened. There could have been a better candidate that popped up. There could no longer be no longer a budget for the job or the team decided to make a change that made this hire no longer needed. People that interviewed you could have left the company. A more senior person could have felt threatened by you and actually wanted someone less talented. Those are th…
That is understandable, but after making me go through 3 technical interviews they could at least have contacted me to let me know they are not interested in hiring me, especially after I contacted her later on.
You mentioned that none of the three interviewers were aware that the other had interviewed you.
If HR cannot properly communicate with existing hires, what faith do you have in them communicating with you?
Move on.
Re: Ask HN: Technical interviews went amazing but HR is not answering my emails now?
#14Re: Ask HN: Technical interviews went amazing but HR is not answering my emails now?
#15You should definitely move on. The problem is that the person who was away won't contact you and the person under her ("HR lady") won't take your application seriously anymore. These people don't know how valuable you are as an engineer who's a good technical fit. Their loss! Just give up and move on.
Re: Ask HN: Technical interviews went amazing but HR is not answering my emails now?
#16So, you went on a few dates and now you want a relationship? In life that might be reasonable, but companies (as a general rule) have no sense of loyalty. They don't owe you anything. You should have no expectations until you start the job. You can up your expectations (of stability) every 6 months thereafter. So, I'd suggest applying for more jobs. Try not to fall in love with a position before you get it. Instead,…
I don't know if he wants a relationship as much as he wants a call back. Do they owe you anything, maybe not, but giving candidates a "thanks but no thanks" call after the candidate devoted some time to going through the process just seems like the classier thing to do.
Re: Ask HN: Technical interviews went amazing but HR is not answering my emails now?
#17Well, there are lots to hiring someone other than just the technical skills of a candidate. The technical interviewer, sometimes misses a lot on the human element part of it which the HR are more apt in pointing out pretty quickly and accurately. It has been a year every since I joined a friend's company which was acquired by Razorfish sometime back. I've been building and training a creative design and development (…
> HR team rejected them and some of the interesting reasons I found were -- they won't fit in a team setting, they are likely to change really soon and won't stick, and other reasons which I totally overlooked.
We don't know if HR was right or just guessing. Maybe you hadn't missed anything and those people would have been great hires?
Re: Ask HN: Technical interviews went amazing but HR is not answering my emails now?
#18I always get the email address of the interviewer I bonded with the most and ask a follow up question over email; that way you have a direct line to a human who likes you, for use in situations like this.
Re: Ask HN: Technical interviews went amazing but HR is not answering my emails now?
#19Have you tried calling them? Email isn't all that reliable, your messages might not be making it into her inbox for any number of reasons. We see a lot of accidental/misconfigured Outlook message rules for example.
Re: Ask HN: Technical interviews went amazing but HR is not answering my emails now?
#20This is not a unique situation. Many things could have happened. There could have been a better candidate that popped up. There could no longer be no longer a budget for the job or the team decided to make a change that made this hire no longer needed. People that interviewed you could have left the company. A more senior person could have felt threatened by you and actually wanted someone less talented. Those are th…
That is understandable, but after making me go through 3 technical interviews they could at least have contacted me to let me know they are not interested in hiring me, especially after I contacted her later on.
Think of it as a dating; ignoring = denial. And move on.