Help me settle an argument, please. My sister had an interview on Friday which went very well. The interview was at 9:30 and I dropped her off at 9:00. I guess she utilized the ladies room in  the lobby of the building before going up to where she was supposed to because she said she didn't actually get there until quarter past nine. She announced herself to the receptionist and was told the person interviewing her hadn't arrived to work yet. The receptionist called someone else and they stated for my sister to sit and wait. So, she did. And then she waited some more. The receptionist and she made some small talk between the phones ringing but by 9:40, the interviewer still hadn't shown up. The receptionist then decided to call the interviewer 's cell phone number and was asked to have my sister sit tight and the interviewer was coming down the street and would be there in five minutes or so.

Well, the interviewer finally got there, walked by my sister even though the receptionist tried to get her attention and went to her office. The receptionist called and announced that my sister had been waiting for close to 1/2 an hour (actually only 15 minutes since the first 15 minutes was because she was early for the interview). The interviewer made her wait another 10 minutes and finally, 1/2 hour (almost) after the interview was scheduled, the interviewer and my sister go to the interviewer's office. They meet for about 15 minutes and my sister says that the interviewer acted very interested and then asked her if she had time to meet with two other people. My sister said yes and the interviewer left her in the office and went to hunt down the other people. When she came back she said she found one person but was still looking for the other. She came back again and told my sister that she found both of them but one of them was working on a deadline that would be completed in about 1/2 hour and the other was on the phone and then would help with the deadline project to get it done faster. She asked my sister to wait back in the lobby. So, my sister sat on the couch, made a little more small talk with the receptionist from time to time, pulled a book out of her pocketbook and settled in to wait.

The interviewer walked throught the waiting area and said it would be a few more minutes. Finally, after 1/2 hour or so, my sister went in to the interview with the additional two people. Everything went great, they said they were impressed with her. They did not say when a decision would be made, however. She said goodbye and thank you to the original interviewer, the two additional people and the receptionist and left there almost two hours after the interview was scheduled. (9:30 so she got out of there about 11:30). (Not that it matters, but bear in mind that I was waiting in the car in the Las Vegas downtown area where shade trees are non-existant)

So, she sent the email thank-yous Friday afternoon and told me that one of the additional people told her that he was leaving early because of a family thing. Yesterday (Sunday) she said that if she did not hear anything that she was going to call right after lunch.

This is where the argument comes in: I say that is wwwaaayyyy too early. There was no way that all three of the interviewers would have had the chance to meet and discuss the candidates between Friday after lunch and Monday after lunch. Especially since one of the decision makers left on Friday early. I told her she should wait until at least Wednesday or Thursday. I said that she needs to not be so impatient and give them a chance to at least reflect on answers given by all and to review the resumes, etc before pestering the bejeebers out of everybody and possibly screwing her chances. She says no way, the sooner she contacts them the better her chances.

I also say that her willingness to wait for the interviewers and then agree to waiting for the two additional people are in her favor. She just rolled her eyes and said, "U-huh".