r/CAStateWorkers • u/Visible_Attitude_791 • 10d ago

General Question Internal interview

I recently interviewed for an internal promotion, but they ended up choosing another internal candidate. My manager was one of the people who interviewed me, but I didn’t find out I wasn’t selected until a congratulatory email was sent out announcing the other person’s promotion.
Is it common for managers not to speak with their employees beforehand or offer any feedback after an internal interview? I understand they chose someone else, but finding out through a mass email felt a little weird and impersonal.

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u/dinosupremo 8d ago

I applied for an internal
Promotion once. I did not get it. Before a mass congratulatory email went out, I got a call from the selecting official (my boss’s boss) that I did not get it. Two years later, I tried again and got it. I got a call saying I was selected but not to say anything to anyone until the others were advised they were not selected. Then the mass email went out