u/AdStill5232

Hi everyone,

I’m currently recruiting for internships and recently completed a second round in-person interview with the hiring manager for an internship role. (It's U.S.-based multinational company which has around 3K employees, mid-sized)

The meeting lasted about an hour and felt very conversational rather than overly formal, even though the manager reviewed my resume throughout the discussion. At the end of the interview, the hiring manager also gave me an office tour.

The next day, after I sent a thank-you email, the hiring manager replied,
“HR recruiter will be in touch with you shortly on next steps. In the meantime, enjoy the rest of your week!”

Earlier in the process, the recruiter had already discussed compensation, work schedule, and the overall hiring process with me. From what I understand, there were only two formal interview rounds, and the remaining step may be an HR/onboarding conversation.

I still feel both excited and anxious since I haven’t received an official offer letter yet. Would you consider this a positive sign or somewhat of a “soft offer”?

Would love to hear others’ experiences with internship hiring processes in the U.S.

Thank you in advance!

Hi,

I'm currently looking for an internship in the U.S. and I'm actually an experienced candidate with a few years of experience.

HR recruiter reached out me the other day, and she told me about internship pay range and working schedule and asked me about my availability for phone screening. I suggested Thursday and Friday, but I mentioned Friday is more preferred. (needed some time to practice interview)

The next day, she sent me an invitation on Thursday lol and I had just one day to practice.

During the call, she let me know about pay and working schedule again at the beginning. I told her like I agreed and feel comfortable with that. After briefing of internship info, she asked some questions including behavior/technical related. And I showed her my interest about how this company generate revenue, then she asked me the follow-up question like oh, so which part of the revenue structure made you interested in? and I answered based on my research. And I was able to see she were taking notes at some points.

After 30mins by wrapping up the call, she informed about the whole hiring process. She was like I will pass the today's interview note and CV over hiring managers, and they will review. If they want to see you, it will be informed in early next week. Also, second round will be on next week in-person. So, she told me that the finalist will be decided by the second week in May.

And she asked me do you have any questions? then I asked what qualities make candidates differentiate? she answered it with good/bad examples.

And she said alright, you're good. Thank you for your time today. Finger crossed with smile and actual gesture. (I also copied her with saying thank you and looking forward to the next step!)

I have no experience of phone screening in U.S. company. Can I expect the good result by moving forward to the next step?

Thank you in advance!

Hi, I'm early 30s female. Long story about 5 months situationship but pls read.

I matched someone in last November. We talked on the phone like 2-3hours straight a few days since we're in different state. I felt good feeling on him because he is like a person that I was looking for in many ways. And then 1 month later since started talking, we met in nyc for the first time. We walked around like 5 hours to feel the vibe and had dinner together, but we didn't talk that much. He's very shy and not a talkative. I felt a bit pressure to say something to fill in the pause. But he was super serious and didn't laugh. (I guessed he was nervous) Seemed he also want a marriage. So the questions were like are you ready for the marriage financially and mentally? (I was a bit embarrassed and felt bored)

After we met, he texted me like let me know when you get home, and I said I had a good time today. But tbh I wasn't into him much. So I didn't take any action since then. He kept texting me on X-mas and New Year. And text me to help me for my recruiting. No flirting messages at all. That's why I was a confused that he's interested in me.

We text like once a week or biweekly back and forth thru i-message and IG.

He kept checking my IG stories, and one day I posted about my upcoming trip. And he asked me like Hey, are you going to xx? I'm gonna go there too. When will you leave?

It was the first time he asked me out confidently. Hey, are you able to meet there?

Honestly I was on the fence. We just met one time and I wasn't sure that I would be comfortable with him during the trip. But he seriously wanted me to go on a trip together.

And we were on a trip for just three days. Was a good time but I was in mood swing with my period syndrome. So we argued and I was super upset. I didn't want to talk him.

But it's funny, he was good in bed. I was satisfied actually, out of bed, not sure about him.

Also, actually I had a trauma. I wanted to be in relationship with someone but after a trip, he ghosted me. That hurt me a lot. So, I was very scared during the trip. What if he rejects me or ghosts me after the trip? I chose to push him away like hey, you can meet someone else if you want after this trip. And he was like.. what...? didn't say anything.

I'm not sure if he wanted a serious relationship with me or not. But I wanted, even if I didn't feel completely sure about this guy. And my dating style is like I only commit and give attention to my boyfriend. Hardly give attention to someone in dating stage.

So I told him with the last greeting like thanks for being my travel buddy. (I was trying to defense myself) and he immediately texted like lmk if you get to the gate. I enjoyed the trip too.

After the trip, I've felt serious depression and mood swing. I send a text him first,

Me: Hey, I felt both positive and uncertain about us. I'm not interested in something casual. If we're not on the same page, I'll move on.

He: what do you want to do then?

Me: It was a question. Tell me about your feeling.

He: I don't think we're a good match personality wise and we couldn't communicate well.

Me: Ok, since you told me like that, I think we cannot move beyond. Thanks for being honest.

He: Did you want to be in relationship with me?

(In the meantime, I inactivated IG)

Me: I mean, at least I wanted to give it a chance and put it some effort. But it seems like we're not on the same page. Take care.

He: Ok, take care too. Did you unadd me from IG? Why did you think we're not a good match?

Me: Just inactivated. I said a lot of things he did to me from facial emotions to action, attitude. One thing that I pointed out was frowning face.

He: I know it's not a good thing, I should work on that. And Did I talk about superficial stuff? what did you want me to open up about? and so on.

so many follow-up questions from him but I was a bit annoyed and said does it matter? and he said like just curious.

I still had light good feeling on him and wanted to talk about us. So, I end texting like hey, lmk if you're in nyc. And then he just saw my IG stories (I met a friend and uploaded some pics enjoying life) and didn't contact.

A week later, he inactivated IG for like a week (not sure if he wanted my attention?), came back and then removed me from IG.

I was thinking we could be friends or wasn't sure how I can approach further.

After I noticed he removed me, I texted him like hey did you remove me?! I wanted to see and talk to you in nyc. And still have good feeling on you. Wanna talk.

But he left me on read. I have no clue what was wrong. I need men's perspective.

Did I hurt him? or He's just not that into me?

If he's not interested in me, I want to stop bothering him anymore.