When do I reach out again post final interview?

Hey guys,

Just need some advice on my current situation. I recently went through a final round interview(5+hour interview with lunch included) with a shop where the MD straight up told me it was essentially going to be between me and another candidate. He also noted that they were going to mover swiftly for the decision process. I performed very well in my interview and feel its mine.. I reached out the same day of my interview and thanked all who I interviewed with.

It will be two weeks tomorrow since I had the interview, I was wondering when I reach out to the HR recruiter (who has been my POC since the beginning) just to be caught up to date with the process? Or should I let it be and be patient and wait for her to reach out.

I am just anxious about the whole situation. I started the process in February and am still in the running/ final candidate and were nearing the end of April, so you can imagine my angst. The job would be a huge blessing for me and my family, so i guess i just have a lot riding on it.

Any advice on this situation would be helpful, thank you in advance!

 

Two weeks is fair game to reach out to the recruiter assuming you have not had any other info. Read back through any e-mails you may have to be sure you aren't asking something stupid. The MD saying they are moving swiftly versus the HR contact are very different realities.

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I reached out to the recruiter yesterday and she has yet to get back to me, which is odd because through the whole process she was very quick to get back to me. Thoughts on this? Should I email the MD directly for an update? Thanks guys.

 

She is probably following up with hiring manager before answering you. There's no point of her telling you no update before she even tries to get an update. A lot of people are busy and forget to submit their reports to HR without being reminded a few times. Give it another day or two.

 

Thanks guggroth,

Appreciate the advice. I am a young buck (graduating UG in 2 weeks) so all of this is very new to me. I will just wait to hear back. At the very least I would expect a formal no before I lose hope. I was literally the first guy they interviewed for the job and even though I didn't have my second interview until 6 weeks later(due to them interviewing others), the MD said I was the strongest candidate out of the bunch, and it would be between me and someone else. Hoping for the best, i will keep you updated!

 

Considering you called and left a voicemail, I would say that the HR person returning your call and leaving a voicemail is in no way positive or negative with regards to your chances. HR will not give offer or rejection info over voicemail.

Typically, you will hear back within a couple days if you get the offer and having 1.5 weeks pass means either waitlist or rejection. However, if this is a more unstructured process it may take longer.

I wouldn't worry about it or look into it too much.

 

At a minimum I follow up with a thank you email. I have written thank you letters, but honestly don't think there is any benefit to sending them vs an email. The contents should be straightforward, thanks for taking the time, thanks for the opportunity to interview and thanks for informing me about the opportunity. Normally I send within 24 hours.

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Chances are any email you send won't get read or will get skimmed and quickly forgotten. It can be a nice touch, but if you do send something, keep it quite brief and simple. The thought counts more than the wording, don't obsess for half an hour over the language.

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from my experience this semester, with all the banks I have interviewed with(a shitload), if you don't hear back the night of or at least the next day, you are on hold. In other words, you are there if someone drops out of the interview and for second round interviews, you are there if someone declines the offer(which happens more than you think). So many kids get multiple offers but obviously only end up taking one. So, your chances will greatly open up when deadlines across universities come up

 

I would first email the recruiter that contacted you first or the person who you had the phone interview with first. Asking if there is anything else you can provide them with to help them with their decision process. I wouldn't make the email to complicated and I don't think you should directly ask when you will hear back. Emailing them will show you are eager already.

As for contacting the global head of recruiting, I would email them not to ask about the next steps but to get more information about the position. Explain you already had a phone interview and that you wanted to reach out to them to further talk about the experience you may gain. Being an alumni, they should be happy to talk to you.

Hopefully this helps a little bit.

 

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