I’m a software developer, and I got an offer today from a company that basically ghosted me for almost 4 weeks after my final interview. During that time, I sent two follow-up emails and got no response. What made it even more frustrating was that I could clearly see the recruiter was active and making LinkedIn posts lol, so it wasn’t like they were completely offline or gone.

Because of that, I assumed it was over and signed an offer with my second choice 2 days ago… So now everything is way more complicated. I’m happy that I finally got the offer from the company I wanted most, but I’m also really frustrated by how badly the communication was handled. If they had just kept me in the loop at all, I probably would not be in this situation.

At this point, I honestly don’t even know what to say. On one hand, I did get the offer in the end, so obviously that’s a good outcome. But on the other hand, I can’t help but feel pretty put off by how badly the communication was handled. I get that hiring can be messy, but almost a month of silence after a final interview, even after two follow-ups, just feels terrible. It makes me wonder how a company can handle candidates like that and then suddenly come back with an offer like nothing happened.

Has anyone else dealt with this before?