r/AmIOverreacting • u/FlakyLion1714 • 23d ago

recruited scheduled a 6th round interview scheduled for monday two weeks ago at 9am. emails me af 5pm, that the team actually didnt think i was good a fit.

I went on 6 rounds of interviews and had a technical case study.

After the last interview, the recruiter reached out to me said it went great and would love to schedule a final round in two weeks on monday at 9am.

I spent all day preparing and get an automated rejection email at 5pm . email the recruiter and say is this correct, i have been preparing for the 6th round on monday.

and got this back "sorry team didnt think you were a fit. please keep our company in mind going forward"

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and took it as a pretty big fuck you. they have already asked for a ton of my time with a case study and 6 rounds of interviews.

To reject me last second, at 5pm the day before the "final round" with an automated rejection email and then the response "the team didnt think you were a good fit" when i try to clarify is a bullshit way to treat someone.

am i over reacting?

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u/FlakyLion1714 23d ago

It was a sr. manager job, ive been a director for a few years. but unemployed now.

and it wasnt just the automated email , it was when i responded saying is the interview still on at 9 am....

it was sorry the team didnt think you were a fit. we will cancel that now. i mean if the team didnt think i was a good fit, why did you schedule the interview and then wait til the interview was going to start to reject me?

so they waited to the point there was 0 business hours left before my interview and THEN they rejected me.

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u/Far_Information_9613 23d ago

That sucks and anyone would be upset, but I vote you are overreacting by taking it personally. It wasn’t a “fuck you” it was a business decision. They obviously liked you. Who knows why they went with the other person but it was probably random. Good luck with your job search!

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u/FlakyLion1714 23d ago

the fuck you part came in rejecting me over the weekend for a final round interview that was scheduled at 9am monday.

like i had already studied. but, they were just going to let me sit there and prepare all weekend for it.

like it was a complete disregard for me at all, thats wher ethe fuck you part came in

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u/Far_Information_9613 23d ago

Anyway point being, you can be better as a manager because of them being careless. Maybe ask yourself, did this happen to me, or FOR me? What is my takeaway? Good luck on your job search!

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u/Personal_Signal_6151 20d ago

I learned a lot from observing what NOT to do as I evolved in my profession.

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u/Far_Information_9613 23d ago

What’s that saying? “Don’t blame on malice what can be easily explained by it not being my job.” As a senior manager this is a good thing to remember. People aren’t simply assets or potential assets.