

Meanwhile, men are comfortable applying at much lower levels of qualification. Senior executives at Hewlett-Packard have suggested that women will apply for a job when they meet most, if not all, of the requirements of a job posting.

Fess up, did you embellish a little? (A lot?) It could be internal red tape and emails that haven’t connected. If you think the interview went great and were expecting the offer, trust your gut.

Or was it HR that was supposed to follow-up? Did anyone in HR send out an email to clarify? These situations happen easily in a busy company environment. What does that look like? Say the hiring manager has decided they would like to extend an offer to you, that manager needs to contact HR. Or there’s been unclear internal communications. Once the manager returns from their travels, they’ll trudge through all the email from the last few weeks, until they get to the swath of HR messages that say, “We still need a decision on this person.” It’s super-convenient for the manager, but it’s not so convenient for you. Perhaps your soon-to-be-supervisor squeezed in your interview just before going on vacation. Read on to understand some common reasons why you haven’t heard back, and what to do about it. But the radio silence may actually be a flurry of tasks for the hiring manager to complete before they can offer you the position. WTF happened?įrom your point of view, it sure seems like the company might have ghosted you. The job posting is still “open,” and HR said they’d get back to you within two weeks. It’s now been over a month since you’ve heard from the hiring manager. You were flown in for an in-person job interview, where you had the chance to meet and get to know the team.
