Does immediate hire mean anything? (job interview, job, interest, resumes)
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Quick question. I did a job interview last Thursday.It was about 50 minutes long. I was called in right away for the interview at the Government office. (The person that screened the resumes was in another side of the country BTW).
It lasted about 50 minutes, the main supervisor woman was nice and liked most answers or close to all got smiles nods etc. The other person looked like he was going to fall asleep but like her he did smile and nod etc and was paying attention.
Nothing bad happened, no negativity, no rudeness, no cutting it short. smiles nods the whole thing. I didnt feel it went badly
( Also I have somewhat of a unique background as I have multiple citizenships and its partially why I got called in )
It didn't go badly thats for sure, but I cant tell if it went good.
It was a solid 50 minutes and when it was my turn to ask questions, one question I asked was, " is this an immediate hire, or something in a few weeks etc" She said it was "an immediate hire yes". No hesitation in her saying it
I cant tell what that means. If they didn't like me, would they have said "we need to interview more candidates and we'll get back to you" when asked if the hire is immediate or not?
Saying "its immediate hire" when I asked, does sound positive. But is it really? thats the closest thing I got to a timeline.
There was nothing that seemed like a brush off, why would she say its immediate of they didnt like me? they could have said "we'll be interviewing others for a couple weeks and then get back to you or ".. " We'll be in touch" etc. I heard none of those standard lines, zero.
Immediate hire just means when they make up their mind and offer the position to someone they want them to start very quickly. It has nothing to do with whether or not they liked you.
Immediate hire just means when they make up their mind and offer the position to someone they want them to start very quickly. It has nothing to do with whether or not they liked you.
Ok when should I follow up then thank you note etc?
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Originally Posted by Mr_Geek
Immediate hire just means when they make up their mind and offer the position to someone they want them to start very quickly. It has nothing to do with whether or not they liked you.
This. Immediate may still take weeks for an offer or rejection notification, however. It means as soon as possible after someone is hired they will start. If it was not "immediate" it would be starting next March, or something like that.
This. Immediate may still take weeks for an offer or rejection notification, however. It means as soon as possible after someone is hired they will start. If it was not "immediate" it would be starting next March, or something like that.
The listing states after an offer is made we have three weeks to get everything else done before starting. If we dont get it all done then we lose the opportunity.
Its a job requires allot of clearances, It's a political job. So Im not sure how that factors in
Also the politcal office on the east coast reviews resumes and then books them for the office here out west. So after the interview do they notify the eastern office as they were the initial screeners?
It was a solid 50 minutes and when it was my turn to ask questions, one question I asked was, " is this an immediate hire, or something in a few weeks etc" She said it was "an immediate hire yes". No hesitation in her saying it
I cant tell what that means. Saying "its immediate hire" when I asked, does sound positive. But is it really? thats the closest thing I got to a timeline.
So you asked a question and they answered yes and now you don't know what your question means? Why did you even ask it?
I would never ask this question the way you asked, it does not sound professional.
I had panels questioning me and they were always smiling and nod friendly about my answers but then rejected me.
I can feel by entering the room if I make it to the next round or not. They either like me or not, my answers are secondary. I usually only get to the next round if there are foreigners, slim and/or tall people interviewing me. Sad but true. Short overweight men/women don't want me to be around them on an everyday basis.
So you asked a question and they answered yes and now you don't know what your question means? Why did you even ask it?
I would never ask this question the way you asked, it does not sound professional.
I had panels questioning me and they were always smiling and nod friendly about my answers but then rejected me.
I can feel by entering the room if I make it to the next round or not. They either like me or not, my answers are secondary. I usually only get to the next round if there are foreigners, slim and/or tall people interviewing me. Sad but true. Short overweight men/women don't want me to be around them on an everyday basis.
How is it not professional?
They seemed fine I felt no negativity from them. Smiles nods positive body language etc
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