[inmyhead]

Unfortunately, yes. I'm not sure if it's directly related to the fact that HR is a high volume function and there aren't any objective metrics that track how gracefully non-selected candidates are degraded or if legally, it's better to say nothing at all. I also have some suspicions that many posted jobs are posted on spec, which is to say that they are 'in the pipeline', but not authorized to actually hire.

In the current job market, it's easy to get sloppy with practices like these. It is rude, but such is life.

Personally, I've had endless reschedules, interviewer no shows, long dark periods (even when the outcome has been positive) and no response (after being flown for on-site interviews). It's not specific to company size, stage, industry, location, etc. As I mentioned above, it probably has to do with a lack of managing the feedback loop of non-selected candidate satisfaction.