How long have you waited to hear back from an interview?

JKSandy

About 2 months.


I once applied for a job at Sainsbury's head office, got a rejection letter a year later lol

SnowyOwl_2

Not getting a response after an interview is more common than I realised. It has happened to me three or four times now. I don't bother chasing them up, they aren't worth a phone call, just like I am not worth the price of a stamp.

falko89

I once got a letter 3 months after the interview telling me I hadn't got the job, Like I couldn't work that out for myself after that period of time. I have been offered 2 jobs on the spot, Of course I accepted but it soon became clear why they were so desperate.

noelphobic

Answering my own question here. I got a phone call today, 2 weeks after the interview, to say I hadn't got the job. I wasn't at all surprised and, although I am upset, it's almost a relief to have my worst fears confirmed.

Frustratingly, the presentation that I though had gone really badly can't have been as bad as I thought. I got 75% for that. The presentation was before the interview and the fact that I thought it had gone badly dented my confidence badly and was partly responsible for the rest of the interview going downhill. There were also a couple of questions that were difficult or impossible to answer because of the fact that I hadn't done an identical or very similar job in the past.

On the plus side, I think I have learned something from the interview and have got a few ideas in mind for improving my chances for similar jobs in future.

M0ney

I once waited around 6 weeks but I knew someone working at the company and he kept telling me that the people who had interviewed me were making the case to their management that the position had to be filled (this was mid-late 2008 so the credit crunch had just hit and companies were scrutinising every addition to the company's headcount).

More recently I had an interview on a Monday and got a call the following Wednesday offering me the job so 9 days for that one.