What should I do
I interviewed with a company in a phone interview, had a great first and second interview. At the end, I asked the HR Manager a time frame to hire and she was vague. This was last Friday. On Wednesday I called and left a message with the hiring manager to see where they were at in the process, no call back. It's a great position for a great company, while it's not my first choice of jobs, it's a close second. I don't want to seem pushy, but I don't want to seem like I'm not interested. It's been a week, I've called, do I just figure they've offered it to another person? do I call the hiring manager again? call the HR manager and ask if a decision has been made?
You've already spent your one call for this week. At the end of next week you can call again, once a week until they tell you no or tell you a time frame. In the meantime, don't pass up any other opportunities.
Tess
Well, I really think your call on Wednesday after a Friday interview was too soon.... The status of the hiring process was probably not much further along then than on Friday. You write "it's been a week" like that is an exceptionally long timeframe, when, in fact, it is not. Although I used to encourage and welcome follow-up phone calls back when I was hiring people, I would have been taken aback by a call less than a week after an interview. A week? No problem. Less? I might have gotten the impression you were either impatient or pushy. (Not that you are; I suspect you are merely anxious, but the person you are calling may not realize that.) Tess is right--you used your one phone call for the week. Wait till next Wednesday or Thursday, then try again. If you don't get anywhere, then you might want to move on.
A week may ot seem like a long to to an HR person, but it's an eternity to a candidate who has landed other offers. If a candidate goes a week without hearing back, they assume that the company is not that serious about them, so if they're hot stuff they'll probably end up elsewhere. I once got a call from a recruiter at 9, interviewed at 11, and took the job at 1. All while I was waiting for another place that had interviewed me for three weeks to send me their offer letter. That was the best contact I ever had.
I don't feel my call was pushy or rude. Simply left a message asking what their timeline was for the position, since it wasn't given during the second interview. I'll probably try calling the HR manager, who should know if the position is filled, if nothing else. I'll make the call Thursday/Friday, which will be two weeks from the day of the second interview. If they've gone with someone else, it's fine, but it's still nice to have some closure on each interview. Hopefully, my first choice of jobs will work out and this won't even matter!
If you'd prefer the other job I wouldn't even bother calling these guys. I'd say no news is definately good news when it comes from your second choice company. What happens if they feel obligated to make you a quick offer at the same time the other place calls you in for a third round of interviews? Then you've finesed yourself into a corner. If you press them for an answer and then drag your feet when the ball is in your court, they'll think you're flaky and they may rescind the offer, which would be bad when you don't know if the other deal will pan out. Wait and see, and then follow up with this one as a worse case senario.
I don't want to slack on my second choice, especially since it's not like it's my second choice because it's not as good. It's still a great job at a great company. I don't have a guarantee of an offer from the other job, so I want to do what I can to hopefully get one of the two.
I understand what you're saying, and I didn't say that I personally thought you were being rude or push, but that it could come across that way to an interviewer. And I do know, as someone else mentioned, that a week can seem like forever to a job applicant, but to a hiring manager, a week can seem like a day! I think there's a great lesson here: always, always, always ask during an interview, near the end of course, not upfront, what the hiring timeframe is. Do not wait for the interviewer to bring it up. If he/she doesn't, the best time to ask is when they ask you if you have any questions. Not before you ask about the job itself, but work it in somewhere! | |
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