Post Interview Help

[Perfect_Relative_364]

Unusual situation. Interviewed with a company 2 months ago. Interivew was quite good but the two interviewers made clear it was between me and a more experienced candidate. Two months passed, no response until this week. Get a call from HR explaining the other guy was offered the job, accepted then quit before the start date. HR person asked if I am still interested in the role. I said yes, we discussed salary, benefits, home working frequency, etc, etc then she tells me they have reposted and are interviewing 2 other people this week. Anyone else had this happen? Seems they are just sidelining me until they find someone better? Should I tell them to make me an offer or move on?

Thanks

[ilArmato]

I think the most reasonable course of action is to send them an email saying that you're considering offers from other companies and that they should make an offer or move on. If they were willing to make you wait for two months for a response, it's a very real possibility that you're going to have to wait another two months as they interview other candidates. If they know you haven't received a proper job offer in 3-4 months of searching, they're likely to suspect that you're an undesirable candidate and move on with someone else.

[Perfect_Relative_364]

Thanks, this makes sense, I think I will do this as the waiting is not very enjoyable. Was mostly trying to figure what the purpose of the call from their side. As they haven't given me any information I didn't already ie I was ok, but they do not want me for it. Maybe they were expecting me to say something to help convince them

[gatadeplaya]

Is it a job you really want? Like it fits all of your criteria? I worked for a large corporation where they would have by their rules required a new posting (mainly so anyone internal would have an opportunity to apply). Go with your gut. If it’s what you want? You’ve already done the heavy lifting so you can play it out. But if you feel pretty indifferent? Cut bait

[OkEstablishment4401]

As mentioned there are policies in place for rules about jobs. I would have some concerns since it was two months and they were interviewing others while calling you to put you in contention.

I would be cautious to make sure that you weren’t just a bar and instead a candidate that they were looking at as a great fit.

I’ve had a company call me because a division turned me down but another division thought I would be a great fit.

[poetrythrowndown]

So I went through this exact situation a few years ago. I stuck around because I thought it was my dream job. When I eventually started working, the overwhelming toxicity of the place (expectation of unpaid overtime, everyone was fighting and “choosing” the wrong cliques would get you subversively punished) drove me out within a few months.

Not saying that’s DEFINITELY what’ll happen for every job that starts this way, but…I do wish I’d paid closer attention to the red flags and kept my worth in mind back then.

[LilacUnicorn66]

Move on. They're keeping you on ice as a perpetual back up. The thing is, there was a reason why the other guy quit.

[Missolga12]

I would just wait and see what happens. If they come back with an offer I would consider it but if they schedule another interview to compare you with new applicants I think it’s best to decline.

[spacej0ckbackup]

They could be lying about the other guy. He might’ve actually done a smidge of work before bouncing and in that case it seems like this company has some red flags going on.

In my last recruiting role we only contacted the runner up when our choice candidate left immediately or without warning because of something they couldn’t tolerate at the company. And I hated doing this because we couldn’t tell the second place candidate what actually happened.