Unsuccessful interview

natley

If you have been unsucessful after an interview with NHS how do they let you know? Email? Phonecall or nothing?

CruisingSaver

I always phone the candidates I've interviewed and offer them feedback at a time to suit them if they'd like it.


Did the interviewer say when you'd be likely to hear?


CS

natley

Said at the interview it would be Friday. My interview was on Tuesday.

CruisingSaver

Sometimes it can take longer than you think, especially if HR won't let you offer until references have been received, although this isn't the case at every NHS body.


I'd give HR a ring on Monday afternoon if you still haven't heard by then just to ask if a decision has been made.


Good luck!


CS

t0rt0ise

My experience is that it varies enormously. They can call on the interview day or anything up to two weeks later even when successful. If unsuccessful they may call or email. Or, one hospital I interviewed at they didn't contact me at all. I emailed HR a couple of weeks later but didn't get a reply from them either.

sarahlouisexo

I got a no from the NHS HR Grad scheme and they sent me an email saying no - didn't offer feedback though and when I asked they said they wouldn't be willing to.

Think it varies as to what department/who within the department

teffers

When I had my interview they called me back a few days later to tell me I was over-qualified.

I was ever so grateful they !!!!ed away an afternoon for me when they knew before the interview what my qualifications were.

Most of the time they have an internal candidate they are going to employ, but they have to go through the external interviewee procedure anyway.

gettingready

Very true about NHS and internal candidates being lined up for the jobs but they still having to advertise - and wasting people's time.

Also, terribly long recruitment process - ages ago I applied for a job and was called for an interview.. 7 months (!!!!) later.

Often, job advertised, people interviewed and then freeze on recruitment.

I spent 10 years in NHS, seen it all.

FBaby

Very different practices depending on the organisation within the NHS. My experience with PCT/CCG and hospital care is that everyone, successful or not, get a phone call usually on the day of the interview or a few days later, however, I applied once for a job with another internal organisation, they said candidates would be contacted in 2 days (Friday) for a second interview, in the end, didn't contact until the Tuesday via nhs jobs to say I was turned down, later found out they had decided not to take any of the 6 candidates interviewed further (for either of the two posts). I found this very poor practice, even an email would have been a bit more personal. Not sure I would have wanted to work for that sort of organisation.

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Yeah I met someone on the jobs round recently who got a call out of the blue (well later then expected) some weeks later saying the job was his, well that was the story when quitting for the Hospital : )))

Personally I always give an interview 2 weeks really before I file them in the unsuccessful.no contact pile and lose all hope, I remember as a council YTS placement when I tried for a permanent post that was all office politics heavily back then, told on the day I had been unsuccessful but interviewed better then the person offered the job... OP no news is good news, that's what I tell myself ; )