EDIT: Thanks for the responses and the "reality check." Agree that it was bullet dodged and also that she should have responded sooner.
To clarify, the contract was 8 pages long and she'd never gotten something like that. She wanted to review it with me, but I was out of town. It was actually not a job but a CONSULTING contract with no guaranteed minimum hours and some provisions I'd never seen (60 days notice for terminating, etc).
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I need a reality check on a baffling situation.
My daughter just graduated from university, got an interview with a company, and did 3 rounds of interviews including a lengthy commute to head office to meet the CEO on Wednesday. She was emailed an offer for a part-time contract position, with no benefits, on next day, Thursday.
She was looking over the contract, but on the weekend they said they were taking back the offer since she didn't seem interested and hadn't signed.
Ok, so it doesn't make sense to me to take back a job offer, with no warning or check in, less than 2 business days after making the offer. They also knew it was her first job.
She had responded and showed up promptly for all rounds of the interviews. She did not acknowledge by email that she received the contract and would be looking it over, so I guess that's an oversight -- which is now considered grounds for rescinding an offer?
Back when I was hiring an offer might be taken back (rarely) if you had mediocre references, lied on your resume, or had totally inappropriate social media posts. This seems like a minor issue in comparison.
Am I just out of touch here???