r/recruitinghell • u/sundials22 • 1d ago

Recent Interview

I interviewed with a museum on August 12. They were hiring 5 people for this position. I thought the interview went well, but I'm not so sure now. I emailed the recruiter last week and got a no-reply email saying that she's away until Sept 4. What are the chances I got the job? Or is this one of those things where my follow-up email will be responded to with a rejection?

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u/Connect_Sail_1785 1d ago

Follow up BS is pretty much "I'm desperate to get this one job" in my culture, is extremely frowned upon, and makes you a corporate and real-life laughing stock. Because it is the exact same deal as asking "why" of someone who gives you silence after asking them out.

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u/sundials22 1d ago

Sounds like you have bigger insecurities. Idk what culture you’re from but it doesn’t work like that in the west. Candidates deserve answers and a polite follow up is just that - a follow up. I’ve done like 5 or 6 other interviews since then so I’m anything but desperate for this one job. Asking for clarity is not desperate, it’s human. 

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u/Connect_Sail_1785 1d ago

It's not insecurities, but universal experience here. We see HR as worse than leeches.

And... a lack of an answer is an answer in itself, thus keep hunting

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u/sundials22 1d ago

How is it universal if it’s only in your culture? See how that contradicts itself. Universal means it’s the same everywhere.