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I've not been out of work for many many years , so not sure what to expect anymore ?
We recently sold up and moved up to Yorkshire, just before the covid thing happened ...
I've been looking and applying for anything i can just to get some money coming in as we are burning through the savings and its hurting my bike fund 🙁
Anyway i had a interview (phone) on the 23rd June , all seemed to go well etc , I've got all the bits and pieces they need etc, but the actual job didn't close to the 29th, but so far I've heard nothing, no calls , emails etc ..
Guessing I've not got the job 🙁
Is it OK to email them or phone to ask how i did or at least for some feedback etc
Am i expecting too much for them to contact me with at least a thanks but no thanks ?
They may take a week after closing to sift applicants, then more time to interview and decide.
No harm in asking what the timescales are presuming they didn't give you any.
Actually it can be good news. They may have offered it to someone else and holding you in reserve
Some HR departments are also just rubbish
All bets are off in the current climate, did you ask when you might expect to hear by?
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All bets are off in the current climate, did you ask when you might expect to hear by?
No i didnt 🙁 .. just forgot to ask even though id wrote it down !!
Sadly, it's common practise for recruiters not to inform unsuccessful candidates. As someone previously involved in HR and recruitment processes, decision-making it usually quite quick - write up the notes from interviews and make decisions on the day where possible. Certainly OK to follow-up but don't expect much feedback.
If the applications didn't close until the 29th they may still be arranging other interviews. As much as interviewees would like feedback- where's the benefit to the interviewer? They've made their choice and move onto the next task.
Also, as said above they'll hold reserves. I got turned down for one role and 2 weeks later approached as the prime candidate had a better offer. Knowing this I was able to get a better deal than I was looking for.
Never underestimate the incompetence of organisations - I've had two job offers in the past that go lost in the system (that I know of), one of them turning into a job that lasted 10+ years after a chance conversation 3 months later.
As its over a week, there's no harm getting in touch just checking and potentially getting any feedback on where you were marked down if you didn't get the job. Getting in touch and showing an interest can act in your favour and waiting ten days won't be seen as a negative or overly pushy. At least you'll have an answer
Longest I’ve had to wait is nearly 3 months. Didn’t bother chasing, assumed I wasn’t good enough and got a job elsewhere. 3 months later they offered me the job, I wasn’t a reserve. They were just a busy global co, the U.K. country manager had a million other things to do and the job I’d applied for was nowhere near the top of their priority list. HR dept was overseas and had no idea what was going on. Poor form but a few simple email / calls chasing would have got me the job.
Net net, of it’s important to you, don’t stop chasing until you get a hard yes or no.
Sitting on the other side, it’s not often the perfect candidate rocks up to fill your role, after weeks searching you sometimes have to wait for new applications and/or compromise. This can make things drag.
Good luck.
My boss was rejected for the job by hr, he had quite specific skills that not many had. Anyway, got blown out by hr so phoned them back saying there must have been a mistake. He got the job...he wasn't really an arrogant type, just confident he was probably the best candidate.
I would try everything and be different, to stand out. Loads of people just apply for everything.
Your question is "what do people do?" Who knows.
It could be that they're not in the habit of notifying unsuccessful candidates - likely if they're interviewing 100 people rather than six. Could be that it'll take them a while to decide, especially if they're on reduced staff / hours at the moment. Could be any number of other factors.
The date of your interview is not relevant but rather the date on which stopped interviewing. If they closed applications on Monday then they could well have spent all this week interviewing the remaining candidates, in which case they're unlikely to be making any firm decisions until early next week at best.
I'd have thought a couple of weeks after the closing was not uncommon, so leave it a bit and then give them a call.
I'd leave it until Monday then polite call or email to ask likely timescales for a decision.
It can take ages. I just had two that took 5+ weeks, but I was prepared as I asked timescales at the end of the interview.
Best of luck
Give it a week and then chase by email at first. No reply then a call a couple days later. Explain that you're very interested in the role but that you're involved in other hiring processes and so would appreciate a timescale. It's a gentle nudge in the right direction.
depends on the size of the company. if it's a large corporate everything will have to go through a central process most likely, and that can take an age - as in weeks and weeks without contact, which i've experienced as both a potential employee and a recruiting manager. if its a smaller company, if you've not heard anything after 7-10 after the closing date, i would follow up
I’d also add a call or email won’t hurt. When I was at university I wrote off to local companies for summer jobs. After not hearing I thought that was that. My mum persuaded me to call them up to check.
I thought it was a waste of time- the replies that jobs were filled confirmed it. The next day one called back- one of their temps had a permanent job and was leaving so they had a space!
I may have been the only person on the list or the fact I had called was in the HR persons mind.
Varies as others have said. Some don't seem to bother even after final interview, one I had recently did by post so took a while. I know when I've been interviewing it always seem to take longer to get back to candidates tganvi expect. Tis worth following though, job I'm in now I chased after a week from having what I thought was good call with the recruiter to be told sorry they've filled the vacancy (I was not impressed), got a call back next day, candidate had pulled out, can you interview tomorrow, (a Friday) followed by can you come back Monday, offered the job Wednesday.
Well I got an interview on the 18th and just got the call to tell me I didn't get the job. I'd be a little less ****ed off by it all if the recruiting manager wasn't also my shift manager who never cracked a light.
Cheers for all the advise, just need to word it now as to to not sound too pushy or desperate !
I'd maybe word it as asking when you can expect to hear anything rather than pushing for an answer.
Playing devil's advocate for a moment: they aren't going to offer you the job and not actually tell you, and if you've failed the interview then you've not got it whether they tell you or not so it makes no difference to you.