‘Suddenly the recruiter stopped responding’: Job candidate rejected by company in favor of 'internal candidate' after going through 8 rounds of interviews, internet reacts

Eleonora Bader

Mar 15, 2024 7:00 AM EDT

Eight rounds of interviews later, this job candidate was hit by a wave of rejection that felt like an elephant had stomped on her.

Absolutely devastated, was how she described it. And I totally understand why. If a company wasted my time like that, I'd be furious, too. Also, 8 rounds of interviews? What is this, the recruiting process to become the president? It seems wild that recruiters would make a candidate go through this. How many questions could you possibly ask a future employee? Maybe I'm viewing this from a worker standpoint, and not a manager standpoint, but honestly? Shame on them. I can't imagine a manager who would be okay with doing something like this.

So, what exactly went down? Well, a lot. You can scroll down to read the full story. Then when you're done and in the mood to 'beat the system', you can take a look at these top legal loopholes that may allow you to get ahead, so to speak.