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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok...so the fact that he hasn't heard after 1 week isn't necessarily bad--it often takes longer than that to make a hiring decision?  [/quote]

You have to assume that they are also interviewing other people -- [b]if they were already scheduled to interview others by the time your DH came along, they're not going to cancel them in order to give your DH an offer.[/b] They will likely finish up with everyone and then make a decision. Sometimes it happens that they meet a candidate that is such a show stopper that they must make an offer right this second -- even if that means cancellations with everyone else, but the typical process is -- pick a number of first round candidates (maybe 5-10) and invite them in; narrow it down from there and invite a few back to second round (maybe 2-3); some places do a third round and some don't; and then make a decision. Even once the decision is made internally, it can take time to get back to the chosen candidate if HR is putting together an offer package and it can take even more time to get back to the non-chosen candidates -- as many places don't release them until their offeree has accepted.

I'd say give it 2-3 weeks before you worry or even consider reaching out to anyone. And at this point I'm not even sure if reaching out does anything. From your behavior at interviews and thank you notes, they know you're interested; you expressing interest again won't cause them to choose you if they have found someone with a better fit.[/quote]

I once had an interview scheduled - call on Friday, interview set for Tuesday. Got another call Monday [b]night[/b], around 7:30pm, cancelling my next day interview because they offered the job to someone on Friday. I was pissed. I will always remember the name of that firm and be sure to tell the story every time their name pops up in any conversation. It's not just a lack of common courtesy, but of decency. I was in a full-time job while looking for a new one and had set up time off to go to the interview. It's just complete disrespect for someone's time! I totally understand if, like PP pointed out, they had a candidate who just blew them out of the water, but at least have the decency to follow through with your other scheduled interviews. So rude.[/quote]

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