Job Offers Same Day, Next Day, or Not At All (job offer, applying)
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In my experience in corporate america, if a firm is truly interested in hiring someone they'll make an offer immediately. For all of my job offers that I've ever received they've been made within 48 hours of the final interview regardless of how many other interviews were claimed to be scheduled or pending. Should one believe that he is still in the running a week or two or even a month after the final interview? This question is mainly directed towards current and former hiring managers and human resources professionals.
In my experience in corporate america, if a firm is truly interested in hiring someone they'll make an offer immediately. For all of my job offers that I've ever received they've been made within 48 hours of the final interview regardless of how many other interviews were claimed to be scheduled or pending. Should one believe that he is still in the running a week or two or even a month after the final interview? This question is mainly directed towards current and former hiring managers and human resources professionals.
What type of job are you applying for? It would be helpful if you say what the job is.
I can tell you in my world-- hiring managers can never present the offer. That is HR. Period.
Also-- generally speaking in my world, we do panel interviews. The higher the position is-- the more difficult it is to get the relevant people to interview the candidate. No one can promise the candidate a position--
Typically at the levels my area hires for- they have to look at a few things and the salary negotiation is longer-- so no one is going to call up and say, "We want to hire you! An offer will come at some point"
Managers have to work with HR-- they can discuss what they would like to pay, but generally HR and compensation work together to develop the package.
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Job offer timelines varies based upon the type of position, industry and even internal variables within the company. Yes, private industry tends to move at a much faster pace than civil service/government/public industries but even larger companies can have periods of delays when it comes to offering candidates jobs.
Someone I know went in for a job interview and was offered a job the following day pending a drug and background check.
Granted, it only paid $11 an hour plus bonuses, so perhaps they're not as fussy as someone paying a higher wage. But, she said it provided full benefits after 90 days and was an 8 to 4:30 job, 40 hrs a week.
I went on a job interview last week and was told before the interview even beganj that they had interviews throughout the week, and would then be contacting the top candidates "probably" this coming week. I'm not really vying for a "corporate" job, so maybe my situation is different.
In my line of work, it typically takes a week to ten days to assemble a formal offer after the decision has been made. During the summer it's closer to ten because people involved are sometimes on vacation. The decision is usually made as soon as the last candidate has been interviewed, or within 24 hours.
So I would say typically you should assume that after a week or two you are still in the running, unless the employer has specifically given you a shorter time frame.
I accepted a position at a pretty big corp. I got the job offer the same day of the interview while I was commuting home. I was really surprised on how quickly they got back to me. I don't think that's the norm but I guess if the company's really interested you'd hear from them really quickly(within a week). At least that seems to be the case for a lot of other people I know.
In my line of work, it typically takes a week to ten days to assemble a formal offer after the decision has been made. During the summer it's closer to ten because people involved are sometimes on vacation. The decision is usually made as soon as the last candidate has been interviewed, or within 24 hours.
So I would say typically you should assume that after a week or two you are still in the running, unless the employer has specifically given you a shorter time frame.
What I don't understand is why it takes a week to ten days for an offer to be made if the decision is usually made shortly after the last interview. What takes so long? It just makes me anxious. I interviewed for a job at the beginning of last week, but the other interviews were going through the end of the week, so that leaves me with an extra long time to wait. Do you think if they choose me, I'd be contacted this week? Again, I just don't understand why it would take until the next week (not this coming week, but the week after that) for me to hear back. Is it right for me to be worried if I don't hear back this week?
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I make the decisions but HR makes the call, and they do the reference check first. We'll make the offer the same or next day if we reached at least two references by then. If those are both good we can skip the 3rd.
I would say most are withing 24 hours, 2 business days if there's a weekend in between. Still, things happen, so it could take longer. If it's been a week you can probably expect a call or letter that you were not selected.
What I don't understand is why it takes a week to ten days for an offer to be made if the decision is usually made shortly after the last interview. What takes so long? It just makes me anxious. I interviewed for a job at the beginning of last week, but the other interviews were going through the end of the week, so that leaves me with an extra long time to wait. Do you think if they choose me, I'd be contacted this week? Again, I just don't understand why it would take until the next week (not this coming week, but the week after that) for me to hear back. Is it right for me to be worried if I don't hear back this week?
Usually they have to do background and reference checks. I received my offer in 5 buiness days
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