I thought about it but the recruiter said the feedback was positive, so much so that another hiring manager saw it and wanted to talk about another position.

Even if that had happened, ghosting would hardly be a good course of action, but I’m biased.

It is unprofessional but not surprising.

Once you are rejected, the recruiter probably has moved onto the next project and forgot about you.

Before the pandemic, I did a round of interviews on site with a bank. Not a very senior role, just a developer. Everything went well or so I thought and then radio silence.

Got a text months later from the recruiter who told me the whole group that I interviewed for was gone. So bizarre.

The point though is the recruiter reached out to me, which was nice.

Well one of the people I interviewed for one of my manager openings said, when asked on the motivation to apply: “too many surprise layoffs in banks”. I guess he was right.