r/Recruiter_Advice

Will answering with "open" when asked about desired compensation get my application ignored?

I am vastly over qualified for a position I would like to take on to help a local organization as I am semi retired now, and I am certain my typical compensation is at least six times more than what their budget would permit. I just don't know what they do pay but that amount dose not matter to me. I don’t want to just give them free work because when I have done that in the past the organization doesn’t properly valued what I have done for them as it didn’t cost them anything. Thank you for any insight that is provided.

I recently got interviewed at ey gds katowice for solution consultant. My round of interview went pretty well but in second round it was with the senior leader for 15mins and I was not able to answer many questions they asked. After that its been 2 weeks they have not responded yet. I also emailed them but no response. On Ey portal it is showing rejected but it was showing this text since day 1 and I had other interviews after that. So I dont think that text mean anything. But I am not sure whether they rejected me or should I still hope for something.

Any feedback or any past exp with such scenario? should I accept that they rejected me or I still have any hope?

Hi all,

I've been interviewing for this company for last 2 months now! Super slow and patience testing process... Completed 3 processes, including Screening + Manager Interview+ Panel interview with 3 team members. Now I'm waiting for either offer or rejection and after a week, recruiter reached out to say:

'' Hi , We're currently working through some internal conversations on the role and where things stand, and I'd rather give you a proper update on a zoom call than over email''

Things we know:
1- I'm very good fit for the role, within the salary range with short notice, and did 3 solid interviews
2- This doesn't look like a rejection as I would've received the automated rejection mail
3- This is not a offer either, as recruiter would've called me to offer the role...

So not sure what to think about it? Recruiter only reached out to me on 5pm Friday evening so I have to wait on Monday to find out... Which will be a lot of over thinking and torturous weekend, after this verry long and tiring process. I can't understand anything going on corporate behind the scenes anymore and nothing makes sense. I'm guessing this will be like 'Hey, you are a good candidate but we decided to pull back the role as organizational needs changed, we will post the job in another location... or we decided to go with someone more technical...?' Not sure what to think but this doesn't sounds good so I'm setting my expectations low.

What do you think? Has anyone ever received something similar to this? Finally, good luck to everyone in this horrible job market!!!

I got an AMD referral and applied after tailoring my resume to match the job description, but I still haven't received an interview callback.

Can anyone tell me why?

So I gave an interview at one company last week and after that I got an SMS and WhatsApp message from the recruiter saying that I got selected and asking how soon I can join.

I said Monday, so he told me to come to the office on Monday directly. The company is actually one of the banks, which is why I’m even more confused about how this process is happening.

The thing is, they still haven’t sent me any offer letter or official email confirmation. When I asked, they said that once I come on Monday, they’ll do the onboarding and give the offer letter that day itself.

Now I’m feeling a little doubtful because usually companies send the offer letter before joining, right?
Is this normal in banks or corporate companies? Has anyone experienced something like this before? Should I go or is this a red flag?

Hi all,

I've been interviewing for this company for last 2 months now! Super slow and patience testing process... Completed 3 processes, including Screening + Manager Interview+ Panel interview with 3 team members. Now I'm waiting for either offer or rejection and after a week, recruiter reached out to say:

'' Hi , We're currently working through some internal conversations on the role and where things stand, and I'd rather give you a proper update on a zoom call than over email''

Things we know:
1- I'm very good fit for the role, within the salary range with short notice, and did 3 solid interviews
2- This doesn't look like a rejection as I would've received the automated rejection mail
3- This is not a offer either, as recruiter would've called me to offer the role...

So not sure what to think about it? Recruiter only reached out to me on 5pm Friday evening so I have to wait on Monday to find out... Which will be a lot of over thinking and torturous weekend, after this verry long and tiring process. I can't understand anything going on corporate behind the scenes anymore and nothing makes sense. I'm guessing this will be like 'Hey, you are a good candidate but we decided to pull back the role as organizational needs changed, we will post the job in another location... or we decided to go with someone more technical...?' Not sure what to think but this doesn't sounds good so I'm setting my expectations low.

What do you think? Has anyone ever received something similar to this? Finally, good luck to everyone in this horrible job market!!!

Hi all,

I've been interviewing for this company for last 2 months now! Super slow and patience testing process... Completed 3 processes, including Screening + Manager Interview+ Panel interview with 3 team members. Now I'm waiting for either offer or rejection and after a week, recruiter reached out to say:

'' Hi , We're currently working through some internal conversations on the role and where things stand, and I'd rather give you a proper update on a zoom call than over email''

Things we know:
1- I'm very good fit for the role, within the salary range with short notice, and did 3 solid interviews
2- This doesn't look like a rejection as I would've received the automated rejection mail
3- This is not a offer either, as recruiter would've called me to offer the role...

So not sure what to think about it? Recruiter only reached out to me on 5pm Friday evening so I have to wait on Monday to find out... Which will be a lot of over thinking and torturous weekend, after this verry long and tiring process. I can't understand anything going on corporate behind the scenes anymore and nothing makes sense. I'm guessing this will be like 'Hey, you are a good candidate but we decided to pull back the role as organizational needs changed, we will post the job in another location... or we decided to go with someone more technical...?' Not sure what to think but this doesn't sounds good so I'm setting my expectations low.

What do you think? Has anyone ever received something similar to this? Finally, good luck to everyone in this horrible job market!!!

I have 7 years experience as a BSA. working as a senior level jack of all trades/plug every hole, extremely technical position from concept to finished workflow etc. Lots of ai exposure, Ive owned product builds professionally and self hosted software that I’ve built at an enterprise level (database set up, row level security, onboarding wizards), the whole 9. I’m good at what I do, and opposite of how this is coming across, I truly am humble about it, I’m just lost for words right now and kind of pissed off.

day one: recruiter tells me the band is 110-120k, incentives, etc. on call number 1.

i interview with the hiring manager, then a panel, then:

company flew me to another state for a final round. put me up, wined and dined me whatever. did the interview with the directors and a vp of the initiative.

i get home and they offer me:

110k base, 8% annual incentive target, 10k relocation sign on.

i counter:

125k base, 10% incentive target, 15k relo, and a title change to “senior” level. and I say why and I also say my priorities are base pay and title tho… so I am closable with some work in my target areas.

they respond:

110k base, 8% incentive, no title change, but add 5k to relo… so 15k now.

i call her this time and speak to the recruiter and i say thank you, i appreciate the increase in relo, yada yada, when we first spoke you said the range was 110-120 and with my direct experience in this specific thing you guys need, and my response about my priority being focused on the base, i was surprised to not see the movement there. i understand the title change and incentive are company level based and that’s fine, but if we could align somewhere in the middle on 115.

she said “if we move it to 115 would you move forward today” I said “yes I’d be happy to sign on today”.

she called me back 30 minutes later and said they were going with another candidate and ended the call. my jaw was on the floor.

Hi all,

I've been interviewing for this company for last 2 months now! Super slow and patience testing process... Completed 3 processes, including Screening + Manager Interview+ Panel interview with 3 team members. Now I'm waiting for either offer or rejection and after a week, recruiter reached out to say:

'' Hi , We're currently working through some internal conversations on the role and where things stand, and I'd rather give you a proper update on a zoom call than over email''

Things we know:
1- I'm very good fit for the role, within the salary range with short notice, and did 3 solid interviews
2- This doesn't look like a rejection as I would've received the automated rejection mail
3- This is not a offer either, as recruiter would've called me to offer the role...

So not sure what to think about it? Recruiter only reached out to me on 5pm Friday evening so I have to wait on Monday to find out... Which will be a lot of over thinking and torturous weekend, after this verry long and tiring process. I can't understand anything going on corporate behind the scenes anymore and nothing makes sense. I'm guessing this will be like 'Hey, you are a good candidate but we decided to pull back the role as organizational needs changed, we will post the job in another location... or we decided to go with someone more technical...?' Not sure what to think but this doesn't sounds good so I'm setting my expectations low.

What do you think? Has anyone ever received something similar to this? Finally, good luck to everyone in this horrible job market!!!

So, in early May I had applied for Airbus apprenticeship titled "Digital CoE for ERP" after aptitude and technical test there was hirevue interview round, after giving hirevue interview i got no reply for long time and myworkday status was also not updated. So after 15 days i sent a followup email and in reply i got details about their timeline.

Few days later i.e. around a week ago i got another mail, where in it was stated that i am rejected and did not meet certain criteria at the moment. Now 4 days ago they posted the same opening and i applied again.

So if i get shortlisted again this time by chance, i want to know how to clear hirevue round and what are further steps involved in this hiring process. Like what are next rounds & how to clear them too ? Also what is expected monthly Stipend ?

I interviewed for the Technical Sales Apprenticeship role at Cisco. Cleared all 3 rounds, with the final round happening on June 10th. That's 22 days ago now.I asked the interviewer at ETR round for feedback afterward, and he mentioned that most candidates who make it to the final round usually do get an offer letter eventually. That gave me some hope, but the silence since then has been really hard to sit with.I've emailed HR but haven't gotten any response back.

For context: I'm from a tier-3 college 2025 grad and don't have a very strong technical skill set, I can do solve some easy med DSA questions n all but i lost hope from IT while trying out for an year.

so this offer would genuinely be one of the best packages I could realistically get right now. I know I'm probably relying on it too much, but it's hard not to when the alternative options being pushed on me (through placement consultants) are low-paying jobs (10-15k)

Has anyone else gone through a similar wait with Cisco ?Is a 3-4 week silence after final rounds normal for them, or should I start looking elsewhere seriously? Or anyway where i can contact them and ask??

Hi everyone,
I’m a bit confused and was wondering if anyone has experienced something similar.
I applied for two research internship positions at the same research lab. Since the roles were very similar, I only had one technical interview, which counted for both positions. At the end of the interview, they told me that if everything went well, the next step would be an HR interview, and that they would let me know by the middle of the following week.
Last week I received a rejection email for one of the positions, and yesterday I received another rejection email for the second one. So I assumed the process was over.
However, today one of the researchers who interviewed me emailed me saying:
“We would like to schedule a quick call to update you on the status of your application. Would you be available any time tomorrow?”
The call is with the entire team, which makes it even more confusing.
I’m trying not to get my hopes up, but I don’t really understand why they would schedule a call after sending rejection emails for both positions. They also specifically said it’s to update me on the status of my application, not to provide feedback.
Has anyone experienced something similar? What would you think in this situation?

Hello,

I've applied for a job, had an initial interview and was supposed to have another one. The job advert disappeared from the we (over a week before the official end date), and a few days after it happened I received an invitation for that second round anyway. At least according to LinkedIn, very few people have applied for this job. What does it mean? They already know they want me or they just want to know more about me for possible future recruitments? It's a job in my current company.

Thanks!

Hello everyone,

I’ve been unemployed going on month 4 now and it sucks to say the least. Job market is brutal. Back on 6/10 I had a final interview with a job I really wanted. Pay was a lot more than I had previously been getting. I thought I was very qualified for the role. Durning the interview the hiring manager said before I came in he already had his guy, now it’s a tough decision and it’s between me and this other candidate. I felt confident leaving the interview. The next day I sent a follow up email just thanking them for their time and opportunity. They replied and said they will have an answer to me by middle of next week.

Well middle of next week came and gone and I never heard anything. That Friday I emailed asking for an update. I got an away message from the recruiter saying she is out of the office and will be back Monday. Monday came and went, no answer. So Tuesday I emailed again asking for an update. She said they are still going through interviews and will follow up as soon as she hears back.

We’re now another week gone and approaching 4th of July weekend. It’s been 3 weeks since my last interview. Should I send a more strongly worded email asking what the delay is when I was told they needed someone asap and it was between me and another candidate?

For reference the applications on workday still show open and active but the job listing is not longer active.

I think this means I didn’t get the job but I deserve an answer at the least. But maybe they are still going through stuff and getting approvals. I don’t want to look desperate or come of rude and impatient.

I would appreciate all of your advice and let me know what you would do in my shoes.

Thank you all

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Please suggest me whatever you can say that helps me boost my dev profile, and be more footed in this market.

This is getting out of my hand, and I am losing interest in development not getting the right amount of quality guidance to excel.

Hey all,

So last year I took a career break for personal reasons and after leaving my £55K (basic salary) job.

I transitioned career into a different field and since then I have send 120 job applications. Out of those I have had 8 interviews, 3 job offers.

Is my strategy working? Am I doing something wrong?

My student loans (Plan 2 + PGL) are fully paid off which makes the salary cut slightly bearable. I accepted one job that paid £25k as it was an entry level position but left due to several issues I found in the work place that challenged my morals and work ethics.

basically, on the final round interview I was told that I am a great fit and that they should be seeing me soon. On that call, I was told that I'll hear something in the next 3 days. A week has gone by and I have heard nothing. The interview was last Monday, was supposed to hear something Thurs-Friday. Now its the following Monday and I'm going a bit crazy.

I mean this with no exaggeration, the final round interview could not have gone better - and this is my dream job.

When should I follow up? And is it possible that they just changed their mind out of no where?

Appreciate it!

Hi Guys,

So here's the story - my current position is quite fine and I can still develop here, but I saw an internal job offer in a parallel team, that looked like something interesting where I could gain some new valuable experience in a slightly different area, so I applied.

Unfortunately, after an interview with a manager, while it's still a role where I could learn something new, I'm not so keen on it anymore, as it looks kind of boring long term.

The real problem is that I'm in the middle of a project, that would last until the end of the year, I honestly don't want to leave my colleagues in the lurch, especially that I would stay in the same company and still slightly cooperate with them. If this role appeared after the project I would take it to gain some new skills and most likely look for something new in a year or two. But in the current situation it seems kind of risky to abandon the project like this, my current boss most likely won't be making much issues, but I'd feel kinda bad with it and I'm afraid that it wouldn't look good for higher managers.

I have already raised the topic in the job interview marking that maybe we could find some solution with me working on both teams 50/50 or something until the project is over. Nevertheless, they invited me for the next meeting.

So, long sorry short, I don't want to close the doors for any future recruitments for this position, but at this point, I don't think it's worth of such a risky move. Do you have any idea how i could tackle this?

Thanks!