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Sir Rejected-A-Lot #74

Open safkan opened 8 years ago

safkan commented 8 years ago

Back in 2001, fresh out of MIT with my PhD in Physics, I was rejected by Arthur Andersen on grounds that I was not "smooth enough". Siemens gave me the "silent treatment" after one interview. Got rejected by a couple more local software houses around the same time. Eventually did a lot of different things in life, including teaching, entrepreneurship, working for Google for a while, and now doing true consulting (as opposed to called-consultant-but-is-contractor) work.

rwilki commented 8 years ago

rejecting a candidate for any reason is subjective and is an employer's right but the "silent treatment" is inexcusable. no company or person needs to treat another like that.

safkan commented 8 years ago

Well, I agree -- however it turns out it is the norm in Turkey. One reason is, people are extremely averse to delivering bad news. Another (worse) reason is, they simply do not care.