Please tell me why do I have to receive letters like Quora: "search criteria were adjusted... we decided to not move forward with your application..." (Summer 2020 SWE Internship) Bloomberg: "unfortunately, we had to cancel your on-site interview..." (Summer 2019 SWE Internship) Like, WTF? I find that very unprofessional. They never want those people whose interviews they decline to work with them? I see this as setting totally unhealthy precedents for the Tech industry.
Would you rather go through the whole process to get rejected for no reason (since the position was filled before your onsite)? They're saving both parties time.
Oh my sweet summer intern child, you havent seen anything yet
They saved time for everyone involved...you should thank them....
Spoiled kid
OK! Thanks for your opinions! I cannot fully agree with you people even when I imagine myself in these companies' position. I do agree. Partially. My point is that in my opinion the Tech Companies shouldn't be doing their processes the way in which they can abandon applicants they have started the hiring process with. People who are applying for jobs are job seekers — most of the job seekers wouldn't want a company to abandon them for any reason that is unrelated to their interview performance/CV, right? But apparently companies do that and that's what doesn't feel right to me. I think the better way is to process applicants is batch by batch — for example, processing 5% of their goal hiring count per batch — so, even in the case where they over-hire, they wouldn't hire more than 5 percent of their goal.
What maybe unprofessional is you showing up onsite and they informing you of the filled position at the gate. This is not remotely unprofessional.
Apple did this to me.
Why is that? Why is it a norm that you defend?