When candidates disappear halfway through a hiring process, it's easy to blame them. They found another job. They weren't serious. They stopped caring. Sometimes that's true. But it doesn't explain why ghosting has become common on both sides of recruitment. Greenhouse reported that 61% of surveyed job seekers had been ghosted after a job interview, while Resume Genius found that 80% of surveyed U.S. hiring managers admitted to ghosting candidates (Greenhouse, 2024; Resume Ge