But often times there will simply be silence – the firm may be pursuing another candidate more actively, hoping to make an offer that will be accepted, but wants to keep the other “good” candidates available if possible on the chance that the preferred candidate does not work out. Many firms will let us know they are interviewing multiple candidates in the first round for a given position, and will sometimes provide a time frame for when they expect the first round of interviews to conclude so as to manage expectations on the candidate side. This is generally the most frequent reason for a delay in a response between the initial interview request and either a request for a second round interview or a rejection. Unless the firm’s recruiting coordinator is extremely candid, it is mostly just a guessing game to figure out the reason for the delay at the time it is happening, but the following are the most common “behind-the-scenes” reasons for radio silence in the middle of an interview process:ġ – The firm is interviewing multiple candidates. What’s going on here?Īnswer: This is, unfortunately, an extremely common phenomenon in the world of lateral hiring and recruiting, one that frustrates both recruiters and candidates.

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Radio silence after final interview