Another Job Interview Question (1 Viewer)

[Cjw_55106]

Had a job interview last Friday. The guy said he would let me know either way next week (which of course means this week). It is essentially Friday now and not only have I heard nothing, but neither reference I gave him has been contacted. I thought the interview went well and got two positive indications during the interview. About 2/3 of the way through, he told me the pay scale and at what point the raises occur (Union job). The first positive was, he made a point of telling me that I didn't necessarily have to start at step one of the wage scale. We could negotiate it. The second positive occurred when I was getting my jacket on. He gave me his business card and asked me to send him contact info for a couple of references.

Of course he could call tomorrow and offer me a job, but I am not optimistic at this point. I guess what I am wondering is, did I read too much into what I thought were positives?

 

[snore]

Reading too much into it. Hard to tell what the guy is thinking, what he has going on this week, etc to get a good read on something based upon him giving you a card and a quick flyby of the salary structure.

I have been recruited to interview before and was even told I nailed the interview only to find out I had been passed over for a lessor (in my mind) candidate so ya never know what people are thinking or what their actions mean.

My advice would be to follow up with a thank you (if you havent already) and then put it out of mind as its basically out of your hands at this point. You did your part with the interview and follow up so should feel good about that.

Sucks waiting though. Job hunting is an emotional roller coaster at times.

 

[CurlyNight]

Definitely follow up with a thank you note if you haven't already. Reiterate your interest in the job and give your contact info again in it. There are some good websites about this step and what to write, etc but you always want to thank the person in writing soon after the interview. You can also call next week to show your interest again and see where things are at. I wouldn't drive them crazy with calls every day but once a week should be fine.

I've been involved in hiring processes before and I have yet to see an instance where a decision is made in the time frame they said it would be done. A week is almost laughable to me. If they aren't hurting big time with this opening, it will take awhile. Others will fill the gap and it makes no difference if they are crying to the hiring manager that they are drowning and to hire asap. Things move very slow. On average from the time we'd have our interviews completed to the decision process to someone sitting in that chair, it would be 1-2 months. So don't fret. Hiring is always the last on the to do list.

 

[BassNBrew]

Definitely follow up with a thank you note if you haven't already. Reiterate your interest in the job and give your contact info again in it. There are some good websites about this step and what to write, etc but you always want to thank the person in writing soon after the interview. You can also call next week to show your interest again and see where things are at. I wouldn't drive them crazy with calls every day but once a week should be fine.

I've been involved in hiring processes before and I have yet to see an instance where a decision is made in the time frame they said it would be done. A week is almost laughable to me. If they aren't hurting big time with this opening, it will take awhile. Others will fill the gap and it makes no difference if they are crying to the hiring manager that they are drowning and to hire asap. Things move very slow. On average from the time we'd have our interviews completed to the decision process to someone sitting in that chair, it would be 1-2 months. So don't fret. Hiring is always the last on the to do list.

Wow that sucks. Process took me four days but to steal a quote, I make #### happen for a living.

Monday - Get notice around lunch.

Monday am - get work out through my network.

Tuesday - review resumes.

Wednesday - interview.

Thursday - make offer.

Friday - have a new employee on payroll.

Lucky I don't need approved requisitions as I report to the owner now. When I did the corporate thing it used to take 3 months to get the req and 2 weeks to get resumes from hr. Regardless, I always pulled the trigger fast. If you've got time to screw around for months you may really not need that person in the first place.

 

[CurlyNight]

Definitely follow up with a thank you note if you haven't already. Reiterate your interest in the job and give your contact info again in it. There are some good websites about this step and what to write, etc but you always want to thank the person in writing soon after the interview. You can also call next week to show your interest again and see where things are at. I wouldn't drive them crazy with calls every day but once a week should be fine.

I've been involved in hiring processes before and I have yet to see an instance where a decision is made in the time frame they said it would be done. A week is almost laughable to me. If they aren't hurting big time with this opening, it will take awhile. Others will fill the gap and it makes no difference if they are crying to the hiring manager that they are drowning and to hire asap. Things move very slow. On average from the time we'd have our interviews completed to the decision process to someone sitting in that chair, it would be 1-2 months. So don't fret. Hiring is always the last on the to do list.

Wow that sucks. Process took me four days but to steal a quote, I make #### happen for a living.

Monday - Get notice around lunch.

Monday am - get work out through my network.

Tuesday - review resumes.

Wednesday - interview.

Thursday - make offer.

Friday - have a new employee on payroll.

Lucky I don't need approved requisitions as I report to the owner now. When I did the corporate thing it used to take 3 months to get the req and 2 weeks to get resumes from hr. Regardless, I always pulled the trigger fast. If you've got time to screw around for months you may really not need that person in the first place.

It was a 20 "man" company. The surgeon even though makes tons of money is, well, cheap. There was no HR. Just the manager and myself. She was a slow mover but worse was the very busy surgeon as you could never catch him, and not being involved in the daily office operations, it was the last thing on his long to do list outside of patient care.