interview

Who knew "ghosting" at work was a thing?

We were recently hiring for an open position in our office. We had a number of great applications and we picked our top candidates to bring in for an interview. We had a number of great interviews over the course of a few days and we were waiting for the final person to arrive. We kept working and waiting, and looking out the door. Five minutes went by, then ten minutes, and by twenty minutes our office convened to answer the question, "What will we do if this person shows up now? Will we interview them or turn them away?" We never had to actually act on the answer to that question. We were ghosted.