Why am I getting ghosted after great career fair chats?
Recruiters often act enthusiastic during a career fair and promise interviews, only to leave candidates waiting weeks for a response or sending rejections later. This lack of follow-through leaves job seekers feeling misled and stuck in limbo after putting effort into networking.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1following up and applying online
- 2waiting for application deadlines to pass
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Feel like I got played at a career fair, talked to 4 firms that said they liked me and would love to interview me, followed up and applied the next morning and now nothing almost a week later.”source ↗
“They took two weeks to contact me just to be rejected in the final rounds 🥲”source ↗
Where this came up
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- 2Is leaving a job after one year too early?
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