Interview Follow Up AdviceI had an interview last week for a job I am very interested in. The hiring managers told me they should know something by the end of the month. I talked with the recruiter after sending my thank you notes to the hiring managers and she said she would hope to know more by Friday (a week ago today). I do not want to seem eager, but I would like to get an indication of what the status of me as a candidate is. I was thinking of contacting the recruiter to express my continued interest in the position. Is this OK or should I wait until the end of the month to do so? If I should wait, should I follow up with the recruiter or the hiring managers? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. My opinion about recruiters is not fit to print. In a nutshell they do not help with the actually getting the job. They don' t return phone calls or emails. They seem to feel that you need to do things on their time lines. They misrepresent the job, the company and if they are so blatant in that misrepresentation I can just imagine what they say about the person they are sending on interviews. So, since my experience has been so bad with them and my opinion is so skewed, let me just tell you what I would do. And then you can do what you feel is best in your position. I would email the recruiter letting her/him know that you expected to hear something a week ago. Let her know that while the hiring managers did state that they may not know anything until the end of the month, the recruiter did say she might know something as soon as last Friday. Let her know that you would appreciate hearing from her either by email or telephone by a certain time on Monday (10:00 is a nice mid-point morning time) and let you know anything. That they are still deciding, that you are out of the running, that they have made a decision. That she doesn' t know anything. Something. Send her the email tonight so that she will get it first thing on Monday morning. Inform her in the email that if you do not hear from her you feel that you will have no choice but to not use her services in the future. I did that once and the recruiter couldn' t get back to me quick enough. I emailed her at about 1 or 2 o' clock and she called me about ten minutes later. While I am not saying that you need to be as aggresive as I was in that instance, I am saying that it does work.
Thank you for the suggestion. It is very helpful. Anyone else care to chime in?
Definitely call the recruiter back and ask what the status is. However, I would not take Kelly' s advice to "push" or threaten the recruiter. The company had said it MAY know something by last Friday, but they had already said probably not till the end of the month. This is nothing, in this case, to do with the recruiter. There is no promise from her/him to get back to you by a certain time, nor was there a clear indication that anything would be known by last Friday. In this case, it is your obligation to follow up and see where things are--don' t sit like a bump on a log wondering; just call for heaven' s sakes! It is perfectly alright to call under these circumstances, and doing so is only common sense. Now, if they had said they' d definitely know something by last week and they' d call you, and nobody has, then your aggravation is justified. But the ball is in your court right now. Just pick up the phone & call! "Hi, Ms/Mr Recruiter, this is pawville. I interviewed on March X for the position of whatever with XYZ Company. They had said they might know something before the end of the month. Can you tell me what the status of the hiring process is?" If they don' t know, ask them politely if they would check with the company and see; make it clear that you understood what they told you about the time frame, but at the same time, express you continued interest and that you would like to know if you are "in the running." If you are, fine; if not, then you know and don' t need to stress about this particular position anymore. | |
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