How long between your final interview and receiving a job offer?

[Anonymous]

I am just curious what type of gap people have experienced between their final interview and job offers - two days, two hours, two months. Please also post the type of job if you are comfortable with doing so. The thread about the sister receiving a job offer after three hours made me curious.

[Anonymous]

Two months would be a long time, but it can be longer than two days. The reality is that organizations and hiring managers are busy and it can take a while to get a decision made and an offer signed off.

[Anonymous]

I didn't end up getting a job offer, but know from insider info (friend of mine who was involved in hiring) the person that got the job I applied for was made an offer 8 months after interviewing. She took the job!

Not that they were asking, but I wasn't going to take it after that long anyway

[Anonymous]

Usually 10-14 calendar days seems to be the norm.

[Anonymous]

First job was 4 days, second job I got an offer the day after. Both legal support positions.

[Anonymous]

Got a job last yr -- 2.5 weeks after my last interview. Turned down for a different job last year -- about 3.5 weeks after the final interview. Both attorney positions -- one at FINRA and one in-house at a bank. There can be a lot of variance though, so I wouldn't read into it - if you can help it.

I have a friend who interviewed for an in-house role in Jan, it seemed perfect, they loved him etc. He didn't hear from them so he wrote it off (he had sent thank yous after the interview but refused to check in and say - hey is there a decision yet - bc he assumed they'd just say they hired someone else). He got an offer in October. And it wasn't a big bureaucratic company -- it was a 10 person real estate development company where he met about 9 of the people; I guess they were just going back and forth about whether they actually needed to hire someone.