I had a total of two interviews. One with a senior manager in the department, and then another with the hiring manager and a peer team member. For the second interview, I was tasked with drafting a sample campaign for a given title. Both interviews went very well, everyone I spoke with was warm and friendly, gave positive feedback on my campaign, talked up their management styles, and indicated that I’d hear back within a couple weeks about next steps. After six weeks of silence and multiple follow ups on my end, I think it’s safe to say that Chronicle has ghosted me. This is sadly a normal enough occurrence in the job market, but I was particularly surprised in this instance because it felt like such a 180 from the interactions I had during the interviews. Hiring managers, if you want to attract and retain strong candidates, the least you can do is have a basic level of respect for their time and actually communicate with them!