[CM30]

It's baffling to be honest, since it feels like there's less feedback the further you get into the interview process, not more. About 40-50% of jobs I've failed to get to the first stage in have sent rejection emails in at least some form, yet somehow far less of those where I've reached the second, third or even fourth stage in have sent a rejection letter.

That doesn't make sense to me. You'd think candidates you don't even care to interview would be the ones you'd ignore/ghost, not the ones who are probably in the last 5 or so candidates for the role.

But hey, I guess that sort of strange behaviour isn't entirely new. I still remember getting ghosted by a company that gave me two phone interviews and two in person interviews in the office.

[P_I_Staker]

It makes some amount of sense. I wouldn't be shocked if they are more concerned about lawsuits, as you get further.

Also, it seems that they also have some incentive to drag it along for candidates that drop out of the process, so you have a back up.

Plus, you're now busy onboarding and so it's like you already ate your meal.