That was the experience of one reader, who posted the comment below.
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Dear Kevin,
I appreciate your advice about responding to rejection.
I am wondering what I should do in this situation:
I live in Michigan and this has been such a difficult time for our state. I have been unemployed for over 8 months now.
The economy here has been terrible here for several years, and it’s tougher to find a job than ever before.
I had an interview last Friday with a PR firm for an Account Exec position. The main partner got stuck in traffic and couldn’t make it. I ended up meeting, very briefly, with the other partner for about 5 or 10 minutes, while we waited for the other person to show up.
I hardly had a chance to talk about my qualifications or anything I could add to the company, after which, I waited in a conference room for almost 40 minutes, alone.
Finally, they said that the other partner was not able to attend. I wrote a thank you email to the man I did meet with within two hours of my interview, thanking him and letting him know that I was very interested in the opportunity and that I looked forward to continuing our discussion when we could all reconvene. He emailed me back and thanked me for my time, then said they’d be in touch (nothing concrete).
I called Monday and left a message with the person who set up the original interview, letting her know I would like to reschedule.
It is now a day later, and I still haven’t heard anything from them.
What would you do at this point if you were in my position? I don’t want to be a pest.
Thanks in advance for your help.
– Anne
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