What does it mean?

[ericschand]

Half serious question here.

Suppose notice for a job that would be a promotion at work. Everyone
at work, even those that don't know you have applied, say you should
apply and itwould be automatic for you to get the position. (About a dozen
people said this, including 4 or 5 others who would be your lateral peers)

Posting goes up, you apply. The position posting closes.

You have a brief chat initiated by yourself.

Bad vibes coming out, with very very loaded questions asked. So loaded
that another manager, and confidant, at the same company said, "He can't
ask that! There's no right answer!"

So, then a couple of weeks later, you go to the hiring manager, and
ask for a follow up. He's non-comittal, and you have to push to even
get him to agree to look over his calendar, and perhaps-maybe-kinda-
hopefully schedule something.

Thinking something is off, you go back to your desk and find out that
the job posting is open again.

What does that say to you?
Can anyone come up with anything other than the obvious?

ers

PS. I'm not angry that I'm out of the running, that's business for you.
I'm mad because they didn't have the guts to come to me and face-to-face
tell me I'm out, here's why. Instead I have to find out via the job posting.

[burn_this_city]

They dont think there was a qualified candidate..

[Prototype]

You work under bad management.

[CaptainCrunch]

Only those that are being considered for the job will be contacted. The rest of you peons can go stack those empties in the corner.

Thanks

The HR Department.

[Mightyfire89]

If it was an unanswerable question, you should have answered with "Rats, big ****ing rats, with ****s this long" (hold your hands like you're estimating the size of fish you caught), then walk out of the room.

[annasuave]

It could be that:

• Management is looking for depth or breadth of experience that isn't immediately apparent to applicants, lateral peers, or the guy on the floor;
• There's planned operational changes behind the posting that can't be openly discussed because of the impact on lateral peers;
• Management really does have their collective heads up their butts
• Its personal/political.

If you get the sense that you're not being seriously considered, you should ask why not. It won't likely change the outcome, but at least you'll know if there's something you can remedy for the next time - or if the management at your company are just nincompoops.