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Is it appropriate to ask what "moved in another direction" means for job interview?
I had interview sometime during last week of August on the 29th in afternoon. I was supposed to meet with 3 people but for some reason only 1 person was in. I was told to tell person scheduling interviews so they knew so they could get me another interview and to make sure those 2 people were in. I emailed that day or next day and said what happened on the day of the interview. Didnt hear anything until September 2nd (Friday) and scheduler said he was busy because of holiday weekend coming up and didnt have chance to respond all week. Said he would call sometime the following week to tell me when next interview was (it was whenever he found out based on when they told him what happened) and to see what the problem was the first time since he was told the 2 guys missing were supposed to be in. Well, all of last week passed and crickets. So, Tuesday (this week) I emailed to check in to see if he had an answer but had no response all week. Today I emailed to see if he ever got email and told him what I said if he didnt get email.
Apparently "they moved in a different direction." I have no clue what that means. Should I email back and ask what that meant? Or is that something Im not allowed to do, and I should just respond saying thank you?
6 Answers
- Mr. OpportunityLv 75 years ago
No, it is not appropriate to ask.
When you are not called in for a follow up or second interview, they have decided to go with another candidate who they felt was more qualified than you and others for the job.
Do not look at this in a bad way, you had an interview and you were one of many they called. However you should keep sending out more resumes as well.
Good luck.
- ?Lv 75 years ago
Basically they are telling you that they either aren't interested in you for this job; hired someone else; stopped interviewing for the position... You should forget about them and move on. You should have called to find out what was going on from the beginning instead of emailing. Personally the fact that you kind of kept getting brushed off and the lack of response would have told me they probably weren't the most dependable and some place i'd want to work.
- Donald BLv 75 years ago
It means that they have decided not to hire you. Moving in another direction can mean many things including not hiring anyone; to doing improvements; or hiring someone else.
- ?Lv 75 years ago
Means they either decided not to fill the position or already found someone else or are revising the job description and requirements. Which means in a nutshell that the job you applied for is no longer available to you.
- Anonymous5 years ago
It means they hired someone else.
Pure and simple. That's all it means.
