Do companies normally call to set up interviews during or after the open recruitment period is over? (employee, interview)

[Action100]

Just curious,

If a company says the position will be open from __ to __, do they normally wait until after that recruitment period is over before they even start calling people to set up interviews, or would they start calling people they knew they wanted to talk to to set up times before the recruitment period was even over?

[Mr_Geek]

At my company it is always done after the posting closed.

[Boosane]

From all the places I've interviewed, it's rolling.

[johnp292]

Bottom line....could go either way.

[oldtrader]

If an especially good potential employee comes along, they are going to get on it, before someone else hires them. Otherwise, they wait till the open period ends, waiting to see if someone really perfect comes along. If not, at the end of the open period they will take a look at what they have, and chose who to interview that are not perfect.

[mkpunk]

Normally it happens at the end but that doesn't mean you cannot have calls before it is done. It depends on how the company had it set up.

[timberline742]

Either way

[Hemlock140]

i have also seen and done it both ways, currently we wait, but elsewhere we have interviewed during and made a decision the day after it closes.

[joe from dayton]

However the company wants to do it.

[alanaj7]

It can be both. They just stop accepting applications once the closing date hits.