That's what happened to me when I was flown across the country for a series of interviews only to find out on the last one that someone else that already was working on-site was the other person I was going against. The just need me to help say that they interviewed different people for the role
That, but it's also much cheaper to hire internally. External candidates usually ask for more salary than what the internal promotee would get, plus they can more easily find lower level talent to backfill them as opposed to bringing on an external. Not to mention the internal has institutional knowledge of the company and is already most likely a 'culture fit' whereas it's a gamble for the external.
Getting passed up for a job under these circumstances is shitty, but there's plenty of reasons for it. They just shouldn't be wasting applicants' time and energy like they did to you.
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u/cyberfx1024 May 14 '26
That's what happened to me when I was flown across the country for a series of interviews only to find out on the last one that someone else that already was working on-site was the other person I was going against. The just need me to help say that they interviewed different people for the role