I spent an hour after work last night completing (my least preferred) job application’s third party test. Apparently I rank significantly higher than others of a relevant testing pool. Lovely. Next they want me to give them a four minute video response to some questions…
Meanwhile. My preferred job is cold-shouldering me after telling me I’d probably hear yesterday if I made it to the in-person interview. They are playing hard to get. I’m their best applicant I bet. But I’m still sad I haven’t heard yet.
In a past role when I was short staffed and hiring people, I was often lumped with interviewing people on top of my regular duties. It is a lot of extra work. It also took longer than I expected. I was often a bit late getting back to people for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes, candidates had to reschedule. Sometimes, more urgent work came up and I had to do things other than processing the applications. Suddenly, your last interview isn’t Tuesday, but Friday instead.
I was never more than a few days late - the best candidates usually had more than one offer to consider and I’d lose them if I didn’t get back to them. If they told you Wednesday, I’d give them until Monday before giving up.
I spent an hour after work last night completing (my least preferred) job application’s third party test. Apparently I rank significantly higher than others of a relevant testing pool. Lovely. Next they want me to give them a four minute video response to some questions…
Meanwhile. My preferred job is cold-shouldering me after telling me I’d probably hear yesterday if I made it to the in-person interview. They are playing hard to get. I’m their best applicant I bet. But I’m still sad I haven’t heard yet.
In a past role when I was short staffed and hiring people, I was often lumped with interviewing people on top of my regular duties. It is a lot of extra work. It also took longer than I expected. I was often a bit late getting back to people for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes, candidates had to reschedule. Sometimes, more urgent work came up and I had to do things other than processing the applications. Suddenly, your last interview isn’t Tuesday, but Friday instead.
I was never more than a few days late - the best candidates usually had more than one offer to consider and I’d lose them if I didn’t get back to them. If they told you Wednesday, I’d give them until Monday before giving up.
Thank you Nath 🙏
You got this! I believe in you! Hopefully your preferred job gets back to you, but either way you’re gonna move up! 💜