It's been 3 weeks since an interview, should I follow-up?
It has been 3 weeks since my interview, and I am starting to get anxious. I have had 3 rounds of interviews so far, and during the last round they said that would probably bring me in for a 4th. They also told me that they are not in a hurry to make a decision and it could drag out until late August. I have met with several Associates, VPs and MDs so far. For reference, the firm is a partner owned boutique.
Should I follow-up to reiterate my interest and ask where they are at in the process? I would be emailing a VP in the group who I have a good professional relationship with. However, I do not want to come off as desperate or needy.
Thank you for your help!
I wouldn't count on them right now. Focus on your job search and then reach out late August if you don't hear back or if you get an offer elsewhere and want their attention.
In my experience so far, whenever I hear they're not in a hurry to hire often ends up sounding like they're on the fence for filling the position and may scrap it altogether.
What experience level is this role and when did you have the first interview?
This is an Associate level role. The first round was in mid-June.
Based on our conversations, they made it seem they desperately needed 1-2 more Associates. I'm just surprised they are purposely being so slow!
yeah just keep looking, no sense in waiting on them.
I experienced this "on the fence" situation with a boutique. They're a lot tighter on head count it seems. They ended up scrapping their process all together. My contact at the firm said it was between me and another guy; they ended up hiring nobody.
Keep looking. If they call you in, great.
You didn't get it.
If they need you they'll let you know. With that being said, my current employer contacted me 3 or so weeks after I applied. I was a distance candidate and they really tried local candidates before going for me, but I was apparently hands down better than the local guys/gals, so they gave me a full relo package.
So it doesn't mean it's the end, but odds are it is the end. So please keep trying and don't stop til you're sitting in a new seat.
If its been 3 week already then of course you should do follow up for an interview. Proper follow up is what gives you an idea about whether to look for another job or not. So as in your situation you must do it.
Sometimes recruiters takes time to complete the process as they might looking for more candidates for same position and so on. So follow up is required in this situation.
Go with follow up and don't be hurry to make decision.
Hate to say this, but it’s very likely that you didn’t get the job. Always keep looking until you have an offer IN WRITING.
Interview Follow Up (Originally Posted: 05/25/2016)
This is my first post but this forum has been helpful in my current job search so I thought I would seek some advice. I currently work in loan servicing but had an interview a few weeks ago for a dispositions analyst position at a LIHTC investor. It's not my ideal position but would be a step in the right direction and give me experience needed to possibly move into an acquisitions role.
The interview went well but the major concern I was sensing was with my lack of excess modelling experience. The interview was about 3 weeks ago and I have since been in a class on investment analysis, have been going through REFM and have been able to build some simple models. I am considering sending the team I met with another follow up email reiterating my interest in the position and attach one of the models I have built which would probably show that I am better with excel than they thought. HR emailed me today and they are meeting with the last candidate tomorrow so a decision hasn't been made.
Do you guys think sending this email would be a good idea? Any advice would be appreciated.
I don't think it would hurt if you phrased it the perfect way.... I think it's more of a hail mary than anything else.
Did you fail technical/modeling questions? Do you have absolute reason to believe that their perception of your supposed lack of modeling skills is going to lose you the job? I ask because an unprovoked model submission is, as the prior poster said, really a hail mary play. Depending on the person it makes its way to and the culture of the shop, whatever you submit will be open to a high degree of scrutiny and, depending on how air-tight your model is, possibly some ridicule (maybe I've just worked with soulless people). It sounds like you're taking some great steps to beef up your modeling skills, that's to be lauded and it sounds like something you need to do in your position, but you may be opening yourself up to a lot more downside risk than upside.
Summation: if I were in your seat, I'd only do it if I really strongly felt I had already lost the job because of lack of modeling skills and this was the only way to stay in the game.
I could have answered a couple of technical questions a little better. I don't necessarily think I lost the job based on these answers but would feel more confident if I had answered them better. I think the email may come of as a hail mary, maybe I will hold off and see how it plays out.
If I were you I'd go halfway with what you suggested and email them with all of the work you've put in but leave off the attachment. From their perspective, it could always be someone else's model and/or if it has errors in it, it'll just hurt you more.
I don't think you're going to hurt anything by sending them a "I'm still very interested in this position and I've been working hard to make sure I'm ready to hit the ground running by taking X course and Y class to further strengthen my skillset." email. I think it shows initiative.
No answer after 3 weeks (Originally Posted: 10/05/2016)
Had an interview nearly three weeks ago and they still have me on the fence. It's for an FP&A role and I have followed-up several times (second time asked for a reference, third time said they were still interviewing).
It is strange b/c the interview went really well and the HR manager e-mailed me to follow-up and apologize that it was taking so long (almost in a condescending way toward the hiring manager) and said the group really liked me.
They know I am unhappy where I am currently and in the market so maybe they are thinking... "that guy was great, but we know he'll reach out if he gets a competing offer, so let's just keep interviewing in the event we find someone even better...if not we'll go with that guy"
I have a couple of interviews I should be hearing back from shortly (early next week).... but assuming I don't get one of those offers I am almost tempted to just tell them that I have an offer on the table and I am going to take it if they can't make me an offer?
When I went in for this interview they had already interviewed 7 candidates and it had been a while since that had happened so I have to imagine they have told those 7 no by now....or maybe not...not sure what to do. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. On a scale from 1-10 how dishonest is it to tell them I have another offer?
Thanks!
I would try to stop thinking about the possibility of receiving an offer from this company. You will or you won't and there isn't much you can do to make them go faster. Attempting to bluff to say you have an offer could work, however, if they know someone from that company, they could ask them about you and who knows where that would leave you.
Ever Receive an offer 3 weeks+ ? (Originally Posted: 10/18/2017)
Not entirely sure what you mean by brand new role but if this is for a banking role, I have not seen it. I could see it happening for a newly created IT position or something along those lines.
Brand new I mean, the role was newly created within the B.B. to help grow another part of the teams business. There hasn’t even been a training program completed yet- that’s how new the role is .
When to follow-up - Decision in 2-3 weeks (Originally Posted: 02/17/2012)
So I had a full day interview 3 weeks ago today. The firm said they would have a decision in 2-3 weeks after interviewing more candidates. I am pretty sure I got dinged and wasn't selected, but should I follow up today (exactly three weeks since the interview) or wait till next week and give them time?
Follow up.
Follow up now, for sure.
Thanks. Followed-up.
How did the follow up go for you?
Still reviewing candidates...will contact me next week. Usually I think this means they aren't interested because I feel like if a firm knows, they know, but we'll see.
If you interviewed for a position 3 weeks ago (Originally Posted: 11/27/2012)
I was told that I would hear back within one week but I didn't. I followed up but HR said that I was one of the first in the interviewing process and that he would let me know as soon as there's an update. Then another week passes, and I see an ad posted today for the position through a recruiting agency. That means I'm pretty much out right? Is there any hope?
Not ideal of course but don't let up. Recruiting agency could just be a refresh of an old post? Don't stop until you get a definite answer but keep being polite of course. I really hate it when recruiters play games like that.
He? HR? lol
Trading Firm hasn't mailed me back with decision after ~ 3 weeks? (Originally Posted: 11/03/2014)
Hey all,
I recently interviewed with SIG (final round interview) regarding an internship position at their firm. Their internship program blew me away and I was really excited about possibly being able to be a part of it. They gave me an estimate of a week to hear back from them regarding their decision. I spent the next week anxiously waiting for a reply, but did not receive any.
I was wondering if it would be okay if I emailed the recruiter a quick email asking about this? I am afraid of jeopardizing my chances with them if I seem impatient, but at the same time I'm confused about the delay. I checked my Spam folder just in case, but saw nothing.
Thanks in advance!
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