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I sent out all of my thank yous after the workday ended on Friday, and received a couple pleasant responses in return that indicated they’d let me know “soon.” Last night I was tossing and turning and having stress dreams about work that included being offered this job but the offer not being legit. Will be relieved when I receive a response one way or another, but man, interviewing is a lot of effort and I need to learn to emotionally detach from the process.
So a few days ago, Dimples successfully “tried to” contact me before he heads back to Asia for work. Based on our brief exchange I actually no longer think he’s trying to ghost me or fade out, but don’t think things will work out for us.
In other news one of my coworkers’ wives had a baby yesterday and he and I work very closely on a few large client projects and I’m dreading the next couple weeks because I’m now alone with all the work. We were supposed to meet today to discuss his upcoming absence but the baby had other plans and came early.
Is it acceptable to send thank you e-mails to interviewers who did not provide you with their contact information? (The information is easily accessible on the website.)
When my current company hired me, I had an offer letter the day after my final interview. The company prior was within a few business days. So, I’m antsy. My confidence right now may come back to bite me in the ass if/when I’m rejected, because I KNOW having a good interview doesn’t mean I am the best person they met, but I don’t anticipate they’ll take long to extend an offer to someone. So I keep refreshing my e-mail thinking maaaybe they’ll move as fast as my current company did.
I think it went well. It was pretty relaxed, and I made everyone laugh. So, fingers crossed that it went well AND that I’m the best candidate. 🙂
I just got back to my desk after a few back-to-back meetings and got the e-mail with all of the details. It’s a four-person panel. Yikes! I’m nervous. 🙂
Yeah, they confirmed the interview time by phone yesterday, and said they’d follow up by e-mail with interview details and some information about their benefits package. Still waiting on that e-mail, and I’m annoyed.
I interviewed at a very large, very well-known law firm in December and found their HR somewhat appalling to work with when it came to scheduling my in-person interview. We had planned it for maybe a Tuesday morning, and most of Monday came and went without any confirmation, so I called the interviewer. She was all, “J/K! That time doesn’t work for the hiring manager! Let’s aim for the same time on Thursday.” Most of Wednesday came and went, and again, no confirmation. SO I called my HR contact again and left a message. Within about 10 minutes she sent me the confirmation e-mail. I’m not sure if this is normal, but it gave me so much anxiety to see the minutes of the day ticking away and not having any kind of confirmation about my 8 a.m. interview! This is the same firm that said they’d have an answer for me one way or another in January. February is now almost over and I’ve reached out twice and gotten an “Oh, the hiring manager hasn’t decided yet!” response. So. I’m not a fan of their processes and have decided to move on.
Thanks, Nookie! I feel like by the time you make it to in-person interviews, you know you’re qualified. Knowing that the candidate pool is probably very narrow for tomorrow, I’m super excited/nervous.
I wear make-up and LOVE hiking. He’s missing out.
I run, but don’t have a stereotypical runner’s body. I lift but I’m sure I don’t look like it. For anyone who does Crossfit, I just started up again (did a few months last year, took a long break, and am back) and can squat clean 100 lbs. I’m positive I don’t LOOK like I can do that — I’m petite, and when I carry a little extra weight (like right now!), it’s all in my gut — but I can, and it’s awesome. Even though I think I have super strong legs, my calves are nothing special so that guy would never, ever know.
Alright the dramatic conclusion: FINALLY got a hold of the manager at her office. It turns out they were doing some construction(?) work in the office late last week and over the weekend that required all electricity to be shut off. My e-mail was bounced back because of that, and not because my email has been blacklisted. She did get my e-mail earlier today, but was busy. So I apologized for the aggressive follow up, and she was understanding. Ha.
I only sent one e-mail. In my limited experience e-mailing this woman, though, she’s been fast to respond. SO, I’m assuming it didn’t go through again. (The last bounceback e-mail took days to receive.) I agree that text is invasive, but truly don’t know what to do. The other options I can think of are:
– Send an email from an old school account that still works and explain why I’m following up with a different account
– Call the other guy I met last week (he’s not in HR, but has at least met me and presumably liked me), explain to him what’s going on and ask if he can ask HR to call meTheir main offices close in 30 minutes and I feel like I’m running out of time. I’d rather not wait until tomorrow morning.
Alright, is texting inappropriate? I’ve now called her office three times, and her cell once — I don’t have the option of leaving a message to her cell phone. I truly don’t know what to do.
Alright, is it creepy to call the HR manager’s cell phone?
I was invited for interview two by e-mail. I responded by e-mail and it occurred to me AFTER I sent it that my correspondence probably won’t go through again. Because this job would be based out of the regional office, my interview NEEDS to be this Thursday — that’s when the higher-ups based out of their main offices will be in town for interviews. So they’re not giving me much notice, but the times they have available are fine and I can manage it. So I’ve responded by e-mail (which is probably lost in cyberspace, AND I called the HR manager’s direct line (twice) and no one answers. I want to get a hold of her ASAP to nail down a time. I called their main line to see if she’s in today, and was told all they can do is transfer me. The last time we were scheduling interviews, I called first then e-mailed, and her response to my e-mail was something like “Oh, glad you e-mailed — I’m working from home today” — which makes me wonder when she’ll hear my voicemail.
She gave me her cell phone number last week knowing that it was tough for me to carve out the time to meet them, and told me to feel free to call or text if I had any interview-day issues.
I don’t want to overstep, but good grief, it should not be this hard.
