I had an initial phone screening. 10 days after, the HR representative told me, “I enjoyed my first call with you, and I’d like to move you forward to a second interview.” I responded immediately with several availability windows. A few days later, she wrote that she was reviewing the schedule and would confirm soon, and asked for additional times later in the week. I replied right away and waited, only to receive silence for days and finally an automated no-reply rejection email.
That sequence speaks for itself: a personal invitation to continue the process, a written assurance that scheduling was underway, then complete radio silence and a system-generated rejection. It’s hard to imagine a clearer example of disregard for candidates’ time or of how little internal coordination there must be between HR and hiring managers.
If this is how the company communicates with people they say they want to interview, it raises serious questions about how they treat employees and clients. A simple, honest message saying the role was filled would have taken thirty seconds. Instead, the process came across as careless, disorganized, and dismissive.
Inviting a candidate to interview, confirming scheduling, and then closing them out via automation without explanation is unprofessional and disrespectful of people’s time. If the position was filled or canceled, a simple email would have been enough.
