Comments on: Ask Brian- How Long Should I Wait Before Following Up After An Interview?

By: Mitch

Mitch — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:05:06 +0000

Hoping you can help…interviewed four times with this company, they phoned my references last Thursday, told me the salary. Yet I haven’t heard back from them? what gives?

By: Sally

Sally — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:04:31 +0000

I have a similar situation. I had a good interview with a vocational institute here in corpus christi, texas. It was for their career service department for a career/resume counselor. I was told that I would be contacted for a second interview. I have not been contacted yet. How long do you usually wait to follow up with them and see if they are still interested in a second interview?

By: Vikas

Vikas — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:08:13 +0000

Narendra,

Im assuming ur based in india..in india
CTC matters to HR dept..in USA,
its never that way,companies pay top $ for best in USA.

In india , policy is not hire to the best..but rather the cheapest who meets the minimum critieria and also lot of preferance for regional
candidates..ie; if must speak the local
language..(eg; Marathi, Kannada)..

I had similar experience where i quoted say Rs 19lakh/yr expected CTC
while HR person could match only 12-13lakh/yrs..i

By: Summo

Summo — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:24:49 +0000

I was interviewed with company 3 times and 4th time it was with CEO. Sent them Thank you email and was told that i will hear in a week or so. Its been two weeks havenot heard any thing back. Please suggest what to do

By: B

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:22:38 +0000

I solely manage the HR function at a smaller company and handle all the emails, job postings, interview scheduling, phone screens, etc. To be honest, I get so bombarded with emails and resumes and follow ups and phone calls, if you came for an interview and we didn’t see a match, its really common to just put the resume aside and be done with it, leaving no follow up. I am not saying this is the best, but it does happen a lot (I try to NOT do that, but….) But also sometimes, thing just take a bit longer….and thank you letters are KEY, as are proof reading

By: REALDEAL

REALDEAL — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:04:46 +0000

hatethewaitinggae… when you think you have done really well in a interview, theres always some shroader that comes along and wipes everyone off there feet and does better, thats happened to me b4. But if your good at interviewing, hell find something else while your waiting, but enough with the thank you and emails, they will prob get annoyed.

By: hatethewaitinggame

hatethewaitinggame — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:37:25 +0000

I had my first interview with employer on Jan 12 with the Hiring Manager, VP of the department I’d be working for. He said he loved me and my work, and set up a second interview with the team I’d be working with on Jan 14th. The 2nd interview was with 3 different members, 90 minutes total, all of whom I’d be working with, and they all went really well from my perspective. I sent a thank you email the next day (Jan 15th), and have not heard anything back. I am working with a recruiter who landed me the interview, and he said that he would get back to me if he heard anything. Nothing yet. Yesterday, I saw that the job I was interviewing for, posted on some job boards. What does that mean? It’s been a week since my 2nd interview and this morning I sent a follow up email to the hiring manager to express my interest in the position. The second interview was set up so quickly, and went well ( so I thought) , I’m wondering why I haven’t heard anything yet.

By: Narendra

Narendra — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:12:51 +0000

I was interviewed on last month,i have also sent them thank you email,After interview the HR manager asked my salary slip and after producing that salary slip,they didnt replied me.
one of my friend inside that company told me that the company made the decision to hire me but my existing CTC is little more.
Still i have not done any follow up,please suggest what should i do?

regards

Narendra

By: TJ

TJ — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:56:32 +0000

I think theres no magic number of days to wait for following up. I base it on the company and it’s habits. If it’s a small firm (a few 100 employees), I’ll follow up a few days after and keep following up with the hiring manager about once a week. Especially if it’s a sales gig as you are expected to be persistent. If it’s a large company that has their own internal recruiters, I typically send the hiring manager a thank you email within a day after the interview and then wait about 2 weeks before contacting the recruiter. All of my contact is with the recruiter. Hiring managers at large companies usually don’t like dealing with candidates. Note that I have broken my rule in the past and contacted the recruiter within a week after my first phone interview, and although I can’t say it hurt me, it certainly didn’t help. Both times the recruiter said that they didn’t have any feedback yet from the hiring manager. Both times the recruiter did contact me at a later date and I progressed all the way through to the final candidate stage. I don’t think I’ve ever heard back from a recruiter within the timeframe he/she laid out for me when they first contacted me. Recruiters get bombarded with resumes and emails. Also many times they haven’t followed up with the hiring manager by the time I’ve contacted them. They truly had no information to tell me. Oh, and I’d also advise not to get worried if you haven’t heard right back from a recruiter. In my experience if you were not a good fit for the position, they will call or email you and tell you right away. This gets you off their radar while they work the other open positions that they need to fill.

By: jf

jf — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:39:02 +0000

I had a video conference interview and it was a week ago, how long should I wait.