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Is it now normal practice not to receive a response after interview?

Karen

Is it normal practice now to not receive a response from a face to face interview if you are unsuccessful?  I recently qualified in Level 3 and trying to get into HR.  I feel that this is rude and unprofessional that I have attended two interviews without having any response especially as these are for HR positions.

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  • Really agree with everyone saying that it's poor practice for any organisation to deal with candidates in this way and must damage their reputation in the labour market.

    The reverse is also true - an organisation I applied to work at I got through to the final stages for, and had been very impressed with the recruitment process. Finally the chief executive called me to say it was a no, expressed how sad she was that she wouldn't have the chance to work with me, gave me some broad/positive feedback and asked if she could keep my details on file. It was two years ago, but I still follow that charity on social media, and have a really good impression of them. I'd advocate for them if people were asking about working there, and they're the kind of charity that depend on quality recruitment. It cost her about 10 minutes, was a job she could easily have passed to HR to deal with, but was time well-spent.
  • in reply to Nina Waters
    Finally the chief executive called me to say it was a no, expressed how sad she was that she wouldn't have the chance to work with me,

    But if she really liked you and was the CEO, did she not you have the authority to employ you? Why still the no?
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  • in reply to Andre
    Because there was someone with more relevant experience that ultimately they preferred - that's often the situation, let's face it and where there's only one job and five good candidates, four of them are going to lose out.

    The fact that she chose to call me and let me know in person, made me really respect her. It would have been such an easy thing to delegate or email (or both), but she wanted to manage it.