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Comment by NetOpWibby | Hacker News Reader

I really wanted to work at HashiCorp in 2017/2018 and did five interviews in one day only to get ghosted[1]. That experience soured me on HC and its tools but I still admired them from afar.

End of an era.

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[1]: https://blog.webb.page/2018-01-11-why-the-job-search-sucks.t...

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I used to work at HashiCorp, and was a hiring manager. I know there's reasons why candidates might get given vague answers on why we're not proceeding, but I'd have been horrified to learn someone we interviewed got ghosted. Someone who was so far into the process that they did five interviews?! Inexcusable.

I'm so sorry that happened to you :( I hope you found somewhere else that filled you with excitement.

Thank you.

Personal projects fill the void when $DAYJOB is lacking.

What do you expect is the reason this happens? I would suspect your skill assessment after a handful of interviews is sound and most people liked you. Do you think you just run into a person eventually that doesn't vibe?

I read this as the GHOSTING is the thing that bother them. After a full day of interviews, it sounds like. The failure to be hired doesn't sound like it bothers them to me.

If the company gets 30 applicants, 10 of which go to the final round and 7 of those are really good, if they only have 5 openings then 2 really good applicants are not getting offers.

Those two should at least get told they didn't make it.

Oh sure, agreed. That's pretty poor.

Who knows? I wish the hiring team remembered that real-life people are looking for work because they have bills to pay and regular communication is necessary.

Two months ago a founder reached out to me, gave me a coding project, I completed it (and got paid!), spoke with his co-founder, and then...nothing. At least I got paid but man, YOU reached out to ME. I don't get it.

I agree that it doesn't make much sense. You would think if you're even close to being considered they'd want to keep the bridge intact for next time.

I wonder if there is some kind of legal liability involved with sharing feedback with potential candidates? I know this is sometimes the case for referrals/what can and cannot be sad in a reference check, etc.

That sucks and I apologize this happened to you.

It is what it is.

I ended up having to move out of my hometown (Boston) to stay with my wife's friend's family and now we live in CA. I have a delicious loquat tree in my backyard so things worked out, haha!

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