# Cleared the final round. Told they passed on the helpline. Then Accenture went silent for a month.

**[TRUE STORY]** — by Software engineer · consulting · via r/recruitinghell

A software engineer cleared every interview round at Accenture for a Custom Software Engineer position. They called the company's inquiry helpline to confirm the result, and an agent told them they had indeed passed. Then the silence began. A full month later, a single email arrived: Accenture was "no longer recruiting" for the role due to "recent developments." The candidate posted their experience on Reddit's r/recruitinghell, where it ignited within hours. Dozens of others surfaced with near-identical timelines. One person said they had cleared the final interview three times across two different roles over seven months and received the same "no longer recruiting" email each time. Another reported that a friend was rejected, only to receive calls from different Accenture recruiters for the same position across five months, as if the left hand had no idea what the right had done. The pattern points to what candidates increasingly describe as ghost hiring: companies running full interview cycles for positions they have no intention of filling. The motives range from talent-pipeline building to market signalling to placating overworked teams with the appearance that help is coming. The candidate told News18: "I had hopes with this offer. It was necessary for me." Accenture has not publicly commented.

*Source: [r/recruitinghell via News18 · Jul 5, 2026](https://www.news18.com/viral/candidate-clears-final-interview-at-accenture-but-receives-rejection-mail-a-month-later-internet-says-theyre-fake-hiring-ws-l-10191513.html)*
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