Sales

I’ll preface this by saying I’m currently employed and have recently started casually ramping up my search for a new position. I went through three interviews for a Sales Operations role (HR, the hiring manager, and the C-suite). Overall, the conversations seemed to go well. In the final round there was one question I probably could have answered better, but nothing that felt like a dealbreaker. I sent the usual thank-you emails to each interviewer afterward. They all replied saying they enjoyed the conversation, which of course doesn’t necessarily mean much. After a week of hearing nothing, I followed up with the hiring manager. No response. I nudged again a few days later and she replied saying they were having some internal conversations and would get back to me in a week or two. Two weeks passed and I still heard nothing. At that point, it was pretty clear I wasn’t their first choice, which I can accept. But for a director-level role, after multiple rounds of interviews, I do think candidates deserve some kind of update or closure. Yesterday I sent a polite email withdrawing myself from the process. It’s the first time I’ve done that, but it felt necessary in this situation. If I were out of work I probably would have just let it fade, but given the circumstances it felt like the right move. TL;DR Employed but casually job searching. Went through three interviews for a Sales Ops role, got positive responses, but the company went silent for weeks after saying they’d update me. Rather than wait indefinitely, I politely withdrew from the process. Update: Hiring manager got back to me saying they decided to take a different direction, still are figuring things out and apologized.