Anonymous wrote:I politely withdrew a couple of applications upon accepting an offer. I would not have entertained a competing offer at that point and did not want to waste any of their time considering me. I thought it merely polite and would have left the applications outstanding if I wanted those jobs more. I'm surprised others don't do this?
+1. This is what I do too. Although I will still reach out even if I haven't heard back after 2 weeks. If I haven't heard anything 3 weeks post interview then I won't bother to withdraw, but 2 weeks isn't super long to me.