People of color are almost a quarter more likely to be “ghosted” than white candidates after interviewing for a job in the U.S., and the biggest gap comes after the final conversation about a role, according to a survey from hiring strategy company Greenhouse Software.
While 62% of white candidates said they’d experienced no follow-up from a company at some stage of the interview process, that number rose to 78% among people of color, according to the March survey of 1,200 job seekers by the New York City-based company. Ghosting, commonly used in dating lingo when one person cuts off communication after an interaction, is used here to describe when a candidate didn’t hear back from a potential employer at any point in the hiring process after an initial conversation.
