Had one of the weirdest interview experiences this week. · Breakthrough Elites

Had one of the weirdest interview experiences this week.

I had my third interview with the SVP this week, it went genuinely well. Good flow, good alignment, no red flags. Naturally, I assumed I cleared that round.

Two days later, HR emailed me asking to book a quick 10-minute call. In my experience, that usually means next steps, more details, or lining up the final round.

So I booked it for the next day…And on the call, they rejected me.

No explanation that really made sense.Just a short, polite ‘we’re moving forward with another candidate.’

What threw me off wasn’t the rejection! That’s part of the game. What confused me was why they scheduled a call just to deliver it, when an email would’ve done the same job.

Has anyone else had companies do this? Is this normal now?

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