Question by Anonymous: Did I get the job? What’s your opinion?
I’m driving myself nuts analyzing the situation. However, I don’t have a job so it’s human to be uncomfortably anxious.

Here are the facts:
- The company approached me three times regarding the position before I became interested.
– Interview 1: Phone interview with internal recruiter.
– Interview 2: Phone interview with hiring manager one week later.
– Interview 3: They flew me out to Chicago for a 90 minute interview with hiring manager.
– Interviews 4 – 9: Flew from Chicago to Indianapolis to meet not only peers, but potential direct reports. They took me on a tour, took me out for lunch, etc.
– Interview 10: After two weeks (one holiday week), had a phone interview positioned as “the final interview” with a VP that is a stakeholder, but not in my reporting line.

ALL interviews went extremely well. However, I expected an offer after interview #9 – and it’s been two weeks since #10. I sent an email to HR to ask the status and they said “Sorry for the delay – a decision will be made within the week. Do not view this delay to mean anything more than that.”

The interviews couldn’t have gone better. Even during the final interview, there were small slips when the interviewer said “when you get here you’ll notice”, etc.

I’m thinking that since I haven’t actually had any conversations with the hiring manager since Interview #3, the rest were more “sign off” types of interviews. The #10 interview puzzles me a bit – it was the “final interview” but he’s not in my reporting line. I know I wouldn’t send more than one candidate to an interview #10 like this without being involved myself – it seems like the hiring manager would lose a bit of control of the decision if there were still multiple candidates and she hasn’t been involved for the last 7 interviews.

I’m going insane over the anxiety. Does anyone have a perspective on this? Don’t worry, I won’t hold you to it…

Thanks!

Best answer:

Answer by Masta NJ
Usually when it comes down to the hiring process, it can take up to 3 weeks for them to contact you back. My father applied to a University for a research position and they were very interested in him. He had 2 phone interviews, one Skype interview, and one final official interview at the university. Its been nearly 3 weeks and he still hasn’t gotten contacted yet. He called last week and they said that the process is taking a while but they are working as fast as possible.

If they dont contact you within 2 weeks, i recommend calling and inquiring about the status, then waiting. If not, then i would move on to other positions. Either way, keep trying and don’t give up on the job searching. Nothings more important in life at a certain point than finding a job and getting a steady source of income.

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