I know…the wait is killing you, right? ( Especially if you really like the position or need it…or Both.

Was there any info on which show reach out to you later? Sometimes people day that in a few days…could of weeks…they'll let you know. If you had nothing like that said, then giving it a full week is reasonable to then write and ask.

I hired and hire people and only once I had an example where candidate was really pushing it same day…minutes after the interview already saying that he needs to know!) I didn't even had a chance to discuss with the team….i mean.

But after a week if people ask politely about the application status or some feedback on their interview - nothing wrong with that.

It's ok to look interested, but not too desperate:)

So if the week passed, send a pole note saying that it was good interview and it excited you and you were wondering if they/he/she had a chance to consider you and would love to know some feedback.

If the hiring people hate you for writing that - not the kind of people you want to work for….

A good lesson is that the job search is similar to sales. You are actually selling and marketing your skills and experiences. Sales and job searching are a numbers game. You need to apply for several positions to get one interview, and you need to participate in several interviews at various companies to get one job. Therefore, you should never “wait” for interview results. You continue to apply for other positions and participate in other interviews at different companies. You don’t stop the job search until you have an official, written job offer that you approve.

Whether you had a first, second, or third interview stage, you are still in the same place. You still don’t have a job offer. Therefore, please continue your job hunt. The worst that can happen is that you end up with multiple job offers to choose from, which isn’t a bad position to be in.

I had my second interview exactly 2 weeks ago and had no reply. I called the HR this morning and he told me he still has no feedback. What should I do?

What do you need to do?

Do you have another offer that you’d only take if you don’t get the first job? If so, you’ve got a tough decision. If that’s not the case, why can’t you just keep waiting?

At some point you have to assume that no news is bad news, but when you do that is completely up to you.

It’s probably a good thing to, after two weeks, call to ask. They may be waiting to see which candidate(s) care enough to follow-up. Or maybe it annoys them that you’re not patient enough to wait. This is why the last thing you should do at an interview is to ask what the next steps will be, and in what time-frame you can expect things to happen. Failing to do that just sets you up for the uncomfortable situation you’re in.

This first depends on if they stated a time frame to you when you interviewed. Sometimes you may be an early candidate or the company is looking to hire for some time in the future, if they indicated that you should wait the appropriate time based on what they stated for when they will be making a decision.

As a general rule of thumb it is appropriate to follow up with a company you interviewed with 2 weeks after the interviewing is completed (important if you go through a couple interview cycles). So if has been a month then you certainly can look at following up. This is a you don’t want to be too pushy, but you also don’t want to wait too long and make it look like you were really not that interested.

What really matters is how you follow up and that you really only do it once unless you have been given good reason to follow up again. Normal follow up would be contacting the recruiter / HR person (or whomever you have contact with) but just one person at the company, don’t send to several people. You should say something like “Thank you again for the time to interview me, I am excited about the opportunity to work at X; I just wanted to follow up to see the status of my application for the position”.

Now they may not get back to you, sadly these days many company HR don’t find it appropriate to send or communicate rejections.. they simply don’t respond. This is a bad business practice but it is unfortunately somewhat common.

They may also respond saying that they are still in the process of interviewing making a decision, this is not a great sign if it has been a month but does not mean you are out of the running. Normally if the right candidate comes in they will move quickly, less you get another job, but some companies have processes that take time. If that is the case hopefully they can indicate a time frame in their response and you have an idea of when you should hear back.

I would avoid calling if you can, email or some other less “in your face” approach is better if possible. If you applied somewhere that is not practical then you could attempt to call. Often however the better approach is just keep looking till you find something and don’t look back or get caught up on “that job” because you may not get it regardless.

It's been almost a week since I had an interview and they haven't called me back yet, what should I do?

Nothing.

A week is much too soon for anything.

After two weeks, you can send a follow up note, but NOT just a reminder that you are waiting for an answer. You can email them with a comment or question about something your learned in the interview, preferably something that shows interest in making a positive contribution, such as, “I was thinking more about the widget project and wondering if it could be applied to electric cars.” The idea is to remind them, but not pester them.

Many take several weeks before making a decision.

I have had companies contact me as late as a YEAR later.

Firstly, sorry to hear about your candidate experience. Here are 3 things that you could try :-

• Connect with the hiring manager on Linkedin
• Look through the confirmation emails you received from the HR partner, if there is a email address for the hiring manager, email directly. If there is no email, try copy the format of the email of the HR partner, for example…firstname.lastname@company.com

Once you have the contact details - reach out to thanking them for their time, let them know you enjoyed meeting them, express your interest/ excitement for the role and that you’d like some feedback on your interview.

Although it can be difficult, don’t look at it negatively, the delay in coming back to you isn’t a reflection on you, companies do face the below challenges when recruiting:-

• Managing 100s of applications to a job role at any given time is something that is extremely time consuming.
• Internally, HR/ Recruiters often struggle to get time with the hiring managers after interviews to get outcomes and feedback for candidates which just adds to the delay in responses.
• Over stretched staff, some of the companies these days have a lean talent team, so even they are overwhelmed with the workload.

Keep persevering!

From Management/HR side. After the initial interview it can take weeks to months to get selected by the Interview Board or whomever you got interviewed by. Some companies or organizations has a point system to see who is the best qualified candidate.

Once they select a person for that job position. You will receive an email. You will either get the “You have been tentatively selected for this position” or you get “You we're not considered the best candidate for this position” or “this position has been cancelled/postponed”.

Write an email to them to tell them thank you for the interview. Don't ever write to them and request the outcome. HR Specialist or Supervisors don't like that.

• Have patience
• Keep applying for other jobs.
• Let multiple friends look at your resume. Always add action verbs to your resume
• Dress to impress at the interview
• Bring your “A” game

Go ahead and send an email to the recruiter, asking for an update and if you are still under consideration. Recruiters do ghost applicants, unfortunately. So it’s hard to say whether the company is still interested in you. Sometimes the interview process can get stretched out due to factors like vacations, headcount issues, other candidates going through the process.

As far as the comments here stating that you should have sent an email earlier, I can tell you as a recruiter, that it probably wouldn’t have made any difference as far as your candidacy. Recruiters aren’t going to not consider you because you didn’t send them an email within a certain period of time.

When you send your email to the recruiter, make sure to express your continued interest in the company and role.

I hope this helps.

Wait for another couple of days. Normally if companies mention one week means, it is not exactly 8 days time. It may be even 10, 12 days. It depends.

Best wait would be two weeks. If no response, from the company, it means you are not selected. Companies usually send a response either positive or negative. If nothing comes forth, it is understood you are not selected.

Recruitment managers will always be busy because when they select somebody for a job, each and every question by the top officials should be answered. For that purpose, a lot of details, plus points have to be collected for the selected candidate. Naturally the RO will be busy with such works and least bother to answer incoming calls.

Any way, GOOD LUCK, my friend.

Clearly there are some internal issues that are preventing the hiring manager from progressing the interview process. This can be anything from stakeholders not being able to coordinate diaries, budgets being withdrawn, changes to a department which can affect the job specification. Interest from an internal candidate or they could have found someone else and are waiting for that person to accept the offer before they let the other candidates know the outcome.

You have already made contact. You can contact them again for a progress update but you may not get the answer you want.

Keep looking for jobs, you don’t want to loose time in your job hunt or pass up other opportunities for something that may not happen. When they are ready they will come back to you — however by then you may have found something else with another organisation who are in a better position to move forward with an offer.

Well the same thing happened to me. It can certainly make one anxious waiting for a long period without any contact. Anyway, I mailed him twice (without any reply) and since I had the phone number of my recruiter, I called him up after a month. He told me he would get back to me (but I didn't receive any sort of update). I called him back after another week. He told me he would get back to me as he was in a meeting. He called me back the next day and told me I got borderline scores on couple of my interviews so he couldn't proceed with the process. I guess that was the reason he wasn't updating me as much as before. But it could be different in your case. Maybe he has put you on hold or something. Hope for the best. I would advise the best thing would be to get in touch with your recruiter as it definitely helped me get a definitive answer and move on with other plans. All the best ! :)

Why do we seem content to leave it up to others to dictate the flow of our time? Take control of the process. There is so much going on there that could be interfering that you have no way of knowing unless you ask. The last interviewer was a partner. They have many other more pressing matters that could arise both professional and personal that could have redirected their attention from relaying a decision back to HR..

Pick up the phone, call, professionally and politely ask if there is any update. If not, ask the HR for a time frame for the decision to be made. If they give you something vague then negotiate a date and time when you will follow up with them. E.g., about 1-2 weeks, you commit to a date to call them back if they haven't called you at the end of those 2 weeks. In closing, let them know that you appreciate the opportunity but will be continuing to pursue your search pending their decision.

I would say, with all compassion, keep looking.

It is entirely possible that the company is still interested in you; many things can delay a placement. But if you are a serious job-seeker, then this company should be only one of your best efforts to find the right place for your skills and dreams.

Still, there are things you can and should be doing while you are hoping for this job:

1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s not too late to send a handwritten thank you note to anyone who took time to speak with you.
2. If you do follow up with an email or the like, avoid nagging, whining, hard-luck stories, and all that crap. First, remind them who you are. Don’t assume they will recognize you right away. Then, acknowledge that you understand job placements can take time and that you respect their due diligence. Then, simply let them know that you are still interested and you’re happy to provide additional information if needed, etc. Sometimes you can ask in an upbeat way when you might expect to hear from them, but even that can sound a little desperate or pushy. Your email or letter should be concise, accurate, careful, and complete, so that your recruiter or hiring manager can forward it directly to their leadership if you are still in the running. (Yes, it becomes part of your Permanent Record!)
3. Continue researching the company, the job, the business climate, etc., so that when you follow up, you can do more than just repeat how great you are. Instead, you can show that you understand and care about their needs—you can briefly mention what you can do to help them. Try to show how you can offer value to the company.
4. If you are considering re-writing your resume to re-submit to the company, be extremely careful that you don’t look as if you are padding it or polishing your experience just to look better for them. (You should have customized it before you submitted—I submit a custom resume to every job I apply for. The facts don’t change, but the emphasis does.) I would only suggest submitting a new resume if you have found an actual error in it or your interviewer was interested in information you did not originally include. Then, you need to explain why you are sending it and what you have changed. This will show that you remain diligent and are willing to correct an error or misinterpretation.
5. Unless you are a highly sought-after candidate who is being heavily recruited, try not to play any deadline games with the company. For example, I don’t recommend you say something like, “I have another offer, so I need to know by such-and-such a date if you guys are going to offer me a job, too…” The company may then infer that you are going to play one company against the other, to drive up your price. In my experience, when a candidate says something like that, the company usually will say, “Well, good for you! We haven’t made a decision, so go ahead and take that other offer.” So… be very sure of your ground if this scenario comes up.

Hope these ideas are helpful.

Good luck to you.

Most HR people do want to make sure they don't loose a candidate by waisting time to get to the offer process. It would be in the HR representatives best interest to follow up asap because in today's hot market active candidates will be engaging with other companies and they could loose you. HR reps should contact you with in a day or two. If not HR could be dealing with something behind the scenes on the companies end, getting the job approved, interviewing other candidates, or poor communication from the hiring manager to HR on wheather you are a top candidate or not. Since you waited 2 weeks it is appropriate to ask if your in the candidate pool still or what time frame can they tell where you stand? You don't want to miss other opportunities if your not in the top tier of their applicant pool. The representative should contact you as a consideration so you can persu other opportunities. Best of luck to you.