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Did they ghost you?
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#202Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Wait until you get an overly smug rejection letter that the author seemed too eager to write, and took too much joy in writing. I got one of those a few years ago, from a prominent tech startup CEO (non-YC). The funniest thing is that I'm pretty sure it's a person who has some kind of recurring episodes of anonymously attacking HN infrastructure and dang. Who then also attacked me on HN (and elsewhere, it looks lik…
This comment is so specific I know what you’re talking about and that you’re wrong about at least 2 details. Whether you made it up or are confusing multiple people idk Dang isn’t a great person, no mod is. Censorship is evil and we’re still in the dark ages. In the future they will say in 2026 people were something like illiterate - nobody cared about solving death or aging (nobody is even working on it) and the aut…
Not lost on me that you had your name scrubbed from comments, the "offending" account banned, all under the guise of "harassment", and then you come back and solicit more trouble - as if you can't get enough.
Hahah.
I forgot you existed, Neil. And don't be too hard on yourself - job market is cooked. The time to build your legacy is now.
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#203Earlier this year I was interviewing at Figma. My interview was at 3:00. I signed the required NDA. At 3:00:55 I received an email saying thanks for your time but you're not being considered anymore. I emailed the recruiter and heard nothing back. --- Jerred, Thank you for your interest in Figma! We know that applying for jobs takes time, and we appreciate your interest in joining our team. After reviewing your appli…
Had this happen to me several times. Recruiter reaches out super excited they found you, tells you you're the next best thing since sliced bread, asks you for availability and then dies.
Re: Did they ghost you?
#204Earlier quoted context omitted.
At least my experience in the professional world, if the provided reference says anything negative about the interviewee it’s a massive red flag. Maybe you don’t think that way, but for every position I have ever posted you’ll get at least 100 applicants, and each of them take a massive amount of time to interview and get through the system to hire. That reference is one more thing that helps. Better yet, it’s great…
>Like when it comes to dating, are you going to date a random person that you know nothing about That's literally modern dating in a nutshell. Anyone not dating in their 2nd/3rd degree circle is going to the apps. More than anything, though: I don't really get modern references because they are some of the easiest things to be faked. And if for whatever reason they require your last manager... well, what can you do i…
>That's literally modern dating in a nutshell.
You're right and most people are finding out they don't like it at all.
Anecdote: I have a few friends who have never and will never use dating apps, their dating comes from their social circle of various degrees (friends of friends etc..)
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#205Based on the strange emoji use in place of some buttons, I'm guessing this is vibe coded- and a lot of this is really nice looking front end - great color, topography, border styles... Would be interested to know how much intervention there was or if this is where we are
Is https://didtheyghostyou.com/companies/robert-half an artifact of vibe coding you think? Robert Half is apparently an HR consulting firm but in TFA it links to a very sus ` https://www.google.com/aclk `. What an oversight given the assurances that submissions are reviewed and moderated. Or is Google outsourcing HiRing to Robert Half now?
... and Robert Half is like a massive temp staffing firm on top of that (I've seen them working call center contracted remote support gigs before), so there's certain scales of companies being involved in 'ghosting' candidates from both top-level positions and super low-level positions, so...
Re: Did they ghost you?
#206Earlier quoted context omitted.
A few years ago I was "between roles" and applied for a developer position at Roku. For a short time they seemed moderately interested, and I exchanged a few emails with a senior in-house recruiter. And then they went completely quiet - no response to my follow-up emails. So I just put it behine me and got on with looking for a job. Just over a year later I received an email from another in-house recruiter at Roku, t…
I have a leaderboard of some of the longest turn-around times from initial contact to rejection. Thus far the winners (if you can call them that) have been: Docusign (4 YEARS); Nintendo (34 months); Google (30 months); Starbucks (22 months); Netflix (18 months); Astral (13 months); Snowflake (8 months) But I also have a short list of shortest turn-around times. I say this because some of them are truly insane: GitHub…
Those are some long turnaround times!
I actually had a positive, although a bit weird, experience with Microsoft. First, I got a response 3 months after I applied to schedule an interview! I figured it was due to the holidays. After the interview the recruiter called me personally and gave me the bad news that I didn’t get the job, but actually gave me specific feedback on where I did well and poorly on the interview. I was shocked! I think it’s the only time I’ve ever received non generic feedback.
I’ve heard a lot of bad experiences too, so unfortunately I think I was an exception!
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#207Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Like when it comes to dating, are you going to date a random person that you know nothing about That's literally modern dating in a nutshell. Anyone not dating in their 2nd/3rd degree circle is going to the apps. More than anything, though: I don't really get modern references because they are some of the easiest things to be faked. And if for whatever reason they require your last manager... well, what can you do i…
>That's literally modern dating in a nutshell. You're right and most people are finding out they don't like it at all. Anecdote: I have a few friends who have never and will never use dating apps, their dating comes from their social circle of various degrees (friends of friends etc..)
Yes. But they refuse to stop using the apps (or at least, the most popular apps minmaxed for profit at the cost of UX) and find proper alternatives. e.g. touching grass and finding local community events?
We have access to quicker and easier information than ever, but curiosity to escape from the friction these companies create is at an all-time low. They can't even be arsed to ask ChatGPT about ways to escape the apps (which, for now, it should give some helpful answers to). So I find it hard to sympathize with the current young generation on this issue. There's many broken systems I feel us older generations are responsible for fixing, but this feels like one of the points where this generation needs to help itself.
On my end, I'm not in a rush to date, have horrible specs for utilizing dating apps, and know how the sausage works for the apps. I've in fact spent the last few years disengaging from as much of big tech as feasible. So I don't see myself ever using such apps in the foreseeable future.
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#208Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really no offense, but in all truth, I would probably skip an application with simple misspellings. Anecdotal is what you're looking for.
This comment really has no purpose other than being petulent.
We're talking about being ghosted or rejected for applications and interviews. It actually seems very relevant. Details matter. Don't give anyone a reason to reject you, because there are hundreds (or thousands) of applications who are also qualified and ran spellcheck. I'm really not trying to be a jerk.
Re: Did they ghost you?
#209Earlier quoted context omitted.
As an interviewer, you should be aware that there is a split on advice given on this topic. Half of the folks say to send an email, and half say not to. Several recruiters have told me that, all things being equal, a company will take the person who seems most interested in the job.
The obvious solution is to just send half an email!
Dear, thank
Re: Did they ghost you?
#210Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have never heard of not allowing references. Is that a US thing? While I don't love providing references, given they are such a standard part of the employment process (at least here in Australia), I can't see how a company could disallow providing character references. That would be a big red flag if I discovered that after starting to work somewhere.
In the company I worked for, we were strictly prohibited from saying anything other than “name, rank, and serial number” (date of arrival, date of departure, position). It was a legal liability issue. I’m told it’s pretty much de rigueur , these days. One of the nice things, after leaving, was finally being able to give good references for former employees, for whom I really wanted to give glowing references.
> “name, rank, and serial number”
That's what you give if captured as a prisoner of war.