Hi all,

I recently went for an interview with KPMG advisory department, after a week when I followed up with the HR personnel through email, I received an auto reply that the HR person is on leave for a week and returning on 26th May.

So on 27th May, I sent a follow up email and I got a reply the next day saying that the status is still KIV as interviews are still ongoing.

I am wondering if this is a polite form of rejection?

How long should one potentially wait for a KIV status? I'm quite afraid that it will remain in KIV status for months without response/until further notice.

Should I keep following up with the HR (scared I will be annoying) or should I just wait for their response?

Just because they need people, doesn't mean they will simply hire. FYI, they have TONS of other applicants and I just saw November's new intake (Wednestday 1st Nov) and ofc they will choose someone who exhibits positivity vs someone who ( I don't want to be judge but it comes off as being very vague, avoiding questions, etc)

If you couldn't read between the lines and understand that the interviewers wanted to see and understand more on how you overcame your failures/difficulties, then you should really understand how behavioral interviews work, as I recall most fresh grad interviews are behavior based vs experienced hire interviews which involves more knowledge/technical.

I guess its a good learning experience in terms of interviews, the more interviews you go for, the more familiar and comfortable you can get.

You can be really smart but have negative attitude, fact is you won't be hired unless you have a really niche skill which is urgently needed and you can have mediocre results but good attitude/good co-curricular activities, you can find yourself receiving the offer letter.

Just my thoughts, feel free to correct me if the interviewer was rude/etc and or my understanding was wrong.