[amingilani]

I was ghosted by a recruiter 8 months into a process, but I still got the job, including a visa sponsorship.

I've tried running startups so I know how much work recruiting is. The recruiter made an effort to stay in touch with me but for reasons unknown to me I stopped getting replies. I'd put months of effort into getting positive signals from a company I really wanted to work with, and I noticed that they actively monitored their Glassdoor. I left a detailed message on the situation I was in. I wasn't rude, I didn't throw a tantrum because I didn't know how the situation the recruiter was in. It's possible they were in a bad life or organizational spot and didn't know what to do. People are humans. But it was my last effort before I moved onto something else.

That message was picked up by someone senior in the org, and they explained that even though they wanted to hire me, I wasn't as far along in the process of getting hired as I thought. This was a bit sad to me, but they referred me to another recruiter that would be handling my case. I decided to work with them nonetheless, since I really liked that place. It took about 6 months from that initial email to me getting a visa, just as COVID-19 began to impact borders.

If it had been another company, I would likely have given up. But, humans are humans and unfortunately recruiting, especially from overseas, isn't an area with the best experience.