Average Waiting Period

MuAZD · #1 10-23-2003, 06:46 PM

I've been doing some interviewing and the time they tell me that they will get back to me is extremely varied with each job. I've been told anywhere from 7 days to 4 weeks. Anybody have any advice/input on what an average time period might be and maybe when I should contact them if I hadn't heard back? I know they say that they are interviewing alot of people, but more than a week or two just seems awfully long.

mu_agd · #2 10-30-2003, 08:08 AM

with one company that i interviewed with last summer, i started calling after 3 weeks i think. and i kept calling until i finally got to speak to the person, i kept getting voicemail for awhile. of course, she put me off and said they hadn't come to a decision yet. a few weeks later, i got another job so i stopped trying to get information from her. and you know what, i never actually heard if i was rejected from the position or not!

Lady Pi Phi · #3 10-30-2003, 08:49 AM

I don't know if there is an average waiting time. Some organizations seem to take for ever. My dad recently started a new job that he applied for over a year an a half ago. That's a right a year and a half! He hadn't thought much about the positon until one day he got a call and asked in for an interview. And yes, it was the same position he had applied too.
I think if you're truely interested in the position you should follow up with them after a week or 2 unless they give you a time frame when they will be finished interviewing and follow up with them after that.

AchtungBaby80 · #4 10-30-2003, 11:37 AM

I used to think 2 weeks was a long time, but not anymore. A year and a half is insane, though! I may just be naive, though...I mean, I actually thought that employers would be nice to people interested in working for them, but the last time I turned in an application, the lady just snatched it from me without a word...no thank-you, no have-a-nice-day, no kiss-my-a$$ or anything. I didn't call them back, either.

MuAZD · #5 10-31-2003, 01:47 PM

Wow, a year and a half! That's nuts. Well I just found out that I didn't get the job that I was waiting to hear about but I'm still waiting on some others. This getting a job idea is overrated

The1calledTKE · #6 11-06-2003, 05:15 PM

Coke called me life 4 months after applying and all ready having a job.