The company isn’t going to spend the time walking someone through the hiring process if they don’t have any intention of hiring someone.
Oh, the logical fallacy of appealing to logic.
I have personally seen companies post, interview, with no intention of hiring. No guff!
Case 1:
* "Just in case" they get a contract to provide thing X, they "want to be ready" to go.
Case 2:
* Forced to look at internal staff first, knowing full well they would not hire external, but going through the motions for appearance sake
Beyond the above two, I have heard:
* A government department interviewing, offering, and then the union hears of it, and challenges the new hire
* A company interviewing a dozen people, ready to hire, and a stakeholder suddenly thinking "let's contract this out instead"
* A company doing 3rd round, time consuming (for them and the candidates) interviews, after an offer, while waiting for the response. And I mean, scheduling and doing, not "already scheduled and doing".
Oh, the logical fallacy of appealing to logic.
I have personally seen companies post, interview, with no intention of hiring. No guff!
Case 1:
* "Just in case" they get a contract to provide thing X, they "want to be ready" to go.
Case 2:
* Forced to look at internal staff first, knowing full well they would not hire external, but going through the motions for appearance sake
Beyond the above two, I have heard:
* A government department interviewing, offering, and then the union hears of it, and challenges the new hire
* A company interviewing a dozen people, ready to hire, and a stakeholder suddenly thinking "let's contract this out instead"
* A company doing 3rd round, time consuming (for them and the candidates) interviews, after an offer, while waiting for the response. And I mean, scheduling and doing, not "already scheduled and doing".