I understand if I am not the right person for the role, but don't understand the disgusting lack of professional courtesy.
These types of practices need to end.
I will never apply to a role with them or respond to a recruiter who is shilling them ever again.
“I will forever blackball MS”
Wrote a post about this a while back, "Ghosted? You will have the last laugh"
You had 7 interviews at MS. So I presume that you're a pretty qualified candidate who will be working in the industry under a different bank or firm very soon. Really dumb of them to behave this way simply out of self-interest as it's pretty likely that your paths will cross again.
Thank you, it is just so frustrating and shortsighted.
I honestly wouldn’t have minded if they said, “we are going on another direction” or “sorry we found a more qualified candidate”, but to say they are preparing an offer then disappear for two months and find out from a friend the role was filled; that hurts and is low class.
It feels a lot like dating in SF
I never understood why it was a trademark of IB recruiting to ghost their candidates instead of sending a courtesy rejection via email or a quick HR phone call. This recruiting process demands so much respect and courtesy from their candidates. How unreasonable is it to expect the banks to show a smidge of their own?
HR are the bouncers of the corporate world. They're not too bright and are used mostly for low value-add tasks but get an inflated sense of self-worth because they essentially serve as gatekeepers.