Hello again Blind! Sorry again for another long post. Long story short, I passed the onsite for Twitch in December, but they did not have any positions available for the team I interviewed with to give me a job offer. They said they'd keep my profile and let me know when they have any updates. Recently, I saw that the team I interviewed for opened up the position I originally passed the onsite for on their job board, and my recruiter reached out stating they're going to talk with the hiring manager for the team to get me an offer after reading through my onsite results. However, it's been more than two weeks without an update, and I've sent an email asking for one, but no one has responded. I'm unsure what else to do in regards to getting an update on my status. Anyways, thanks for reading this post! #sde1 #twitch #newgrad #ghost #recruiter #swe
From my experience recruiters can keep you hanging unless you have a timeline or a counter offer that would push them to make a decision. This especially happens when they have multiple candidates who cleared the on-site.
Normally, this would be the case, but I assumed since the posting reopened and I cleared the onsite previously, I'd be on a higher priority to receive an offer now. I guess not.
Could you give an overview of the on-site?
Keep interviewing
I am continuing to interview at other places, but is it normal to be ghosted after passing the onsite without any followup or closure? I'd at least prefer to be rejected from the position, so I don't have to think about it anymore.
Yes it is common. Half of recruiters don't follow up