Everyone is entitled to change their mind but it sure seems like lying when you verbally commit to a certain action and then renege soon after via a text message or email?

I can be persuasive but I don’t believe I’m overbearing.  Twice in the past 60 days I’ve had a candidate commit to an interview with a company only to text me within 24 hours to back out.  In both cases “radio silence” since then.  It isn’t a “millennial thing” either – one fits that demographic, the other is a baby-boomer.

Am I missing something or has common courtesy and honesty been forgotten now that the employment market is candidate driven?  Maybe this is the payback for when companies and third-party recruiters couldn’t be bothered to respond to candidates who didn’t get invited for the interview.