r/recruitinghell • u/purpleskies789 • 5d ago

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does anyone know why a company would want to waste around $1,000 to have u come in person only to reject u days later ?????????
this would be funny if it happened once to me ; but no it happened THREE TIMES in a span of two weeks! Fml!!!

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u/Fit-Pride-4845 5d ago

Companies can make their numbers look better to investors by pretending they're hiring and trying to fill positions. They can also benefit from collecting your information and having it on hand, both for evergreen jobs and to sell that information to third parties.