[Need Advice] No contact for two weeks after interview; should I follow up?

hate to break the bad news, but you didn't get the job.

Interviews are a lot like first date. You can get recommendation from everyone inside the company to hire you but if you don't impress the interviewer then nothing else matters because let's face it you screwed up during the interview process.

I could understand if there was no contact for 4, 5 days, heck even a week, but two weeks passed and no response. I think they filed the position internally.

You did your due dilligence by sending up a follow up after the first interview, and that's all you can do really.

You did the right thing by sending another follow up, but if i were you, i wouldn't expect anything.

 

Schmoozing is a survival trait in bureaucracies

 

As a former employer, my advice is absolutely. Organizations are very busy, following up is critical. Applicants who are persistent tend to be remembered. This does not mean calling every hour, then you become a pest.

 

Some companies are very slow. I had no contact for a month and I got accepted for a new position within my last company. I sent an email and the interviewer picked me, because nobody else followed through with action. There were multiple candidates interviewed, sometimes it can take 2 weeks to finish the initial round. Then, there is another week to narrow it down from 10 guys to 2-3 candidates. Then, there is a discussion with the employee's manager and the paperwork to get approval. The first manager has another week to get back the paperwork. They have to post a new position for the employee that's leaving, if a temporary vacancy would cost $$$ to the company.

When I was hired for the first position as an external candidate for this company, they didn't respond until 3 months later. There was a temporary hiring freeze put in place, after another company bought them out. They could not hire until the acquisition was completed. By that time, I had already started a contract position. When they finally did bring me on, they doubled my previous salary to get me to start. It was worth the wait.

 

My S.O. Is an executive with a state entity, so I know a bit about it. Don't be discouraged at not being told anything one way or another, at least not yet. As you already know, and what some are missing, is that government agencies can be ponderously slow. For example, with the state, they have to post a job opening for a certain period of time, and make a "good faith" effort to look at several possibilities for the position. Sure, that can be worked around to a degree, but frequently those wanting to hire someone, even if they've essentially made up their minds about who they want, not only have to wait, but continue to take interviews. Sometimes, the interviews cause them to change their minds. I won't ask who you're working for, but if they have that policy, it could explain a lot. It sounds like you are doing what you need to be doing. Good luck!

 

I've been hired for 2 jobs past 2 weeks after my follow up, just depends on the situation really. I wouldn't be too thrown off about it.

 

Did you get a response?

 

Don't be that way!

 

I'd say follow up with a phone call, you'll prob. leave a message, and they
Either A. Will call you bk orB. The don't call you bk.
I'm guessing B since they did not respond to a said follow up e-mail,
but this is from my experiences, I've also been hired directly after one interview and let go
within 3months so....I'veheard and seen a lot at my late 20's
GOOD LUCK

 

This is very true, but it didn't sound like they were mucking through the interviewee process, as I took it, he is trying to get bk to a past job that is in Houston, he interviewed, and your possibility is possible, because he didn't state
what they told him after the interview was over.

After an interview ends are extremely important moments, they will tell
you when you should hear bk, and/or if they have more potentials to interview...so what did they say as the interview ended and you had no more questions, and the "talk y'all had" on the walk out the door maybe a long or short walk and thus your "pleasure meeting you" "take care" happens...so how'd it end?

 

I'd hate to piggyback on this thread and I do apologize in advance, OP, but I figure it's better than starting a new thread about the same issue.

I dropped off my resume to a doctor's office last Wednesday (7/25), due to a forwarded email from my advisor saying that this clinic was hiring a medical aide.

Now, I didn't hear anything for a while, so I called yesterday (7/31), acting as someone who hadn't applied yet, asking them if the position was still available. The receptionist said she didn't have omnipotent knowledge of all the hirings, but to the best of her knowledge, resumes / applications were still being accepted.

I then asked her where the doctors might be in the entire process, and the receptionist said that some people have come in for interviews.

So my question is, would it be appropriate to contact either the receptionist through phone again, on Friday or next Monday? Would it be appropriate to contact the doctor via email? If so, when would be a good time?

I don't want to seem like I'm pushy or trying to jump the gun, or anything like that, by contacting them.

 

If they want you... they would have offered it. Highly unlikely they were waiting for a thank you card to make an offer.

 

Admit it. You guys laugh maniacally like the Evil HR Director on Dilbert because you have so much power over the employees.

 

I say Yes

What is it going to hurt?

It shows you're interested, and plenty of time has passed.

 

Sometimes it takes weeks. Sometimes they interview 3 or 4 people over a 4 week period due to scheduling issues...and if you were the first person to interview you wouldn't have heard anything yet.

Companies take their time, people get busy, decisions get delayed due to vacation or illness, budget questions come up and they have to wait until after a quarter is over to hire someone...companies take lots of time to call people back all the time.

 

Totally agree.

dachuda86 is only speaking from personal experience.

 

Yes, but HR Dept is speaking from personnel experience.

Spoiler

 

Absolutely- nothing to lose. And you're right- they're so wrapped up in their own things that many slip through the cracks.

 

Umm, sorry, but that's bad advice, and your post is full of guesses dressed as absolutes. OP never said he screwed up or didn't impress them- he said he had a few items that he could have answered better- and because we're always harder on ourselves, it's quite possible that they thought his answers were fine. I've had multiple clients follow up beyond the thank-you letter and get 2nd interviews and the job- yes, even as much as 3-4 weeks later.

OP, ignore parts of this person's response. He/she is correct in that it's possible they hired someone else, but he/she is wrong in several other areas. Follow up.