Call or not to Call?
Call or not to Call?
(OP)
Short and sweet, here is my situation:
-Interviewed for a position March 26th (Monday)
-Was asked for references Wednesday April 4th
-Was asked to take an online third party personality survey Thursday April 5th.
-Email notified the company that online survey was complete, they told me "will be in touch soon"
Do I call for follow up this week? Do I leave it sit? It's a position I'd really like, but don't know the protocol.
Any opinions?
-Interviewed for a position March 26th (Monday)
-Was asked for references Wednesday April 4th
-Was asked to take an online third party personality survey Thursday April 5th.
-Email notified the company that online survey was complete, they told me "will be in touch soon"
Do I call for follow up this week? Do I leave it sit? It's a position I'd really like, but don't know the protocol.
Any opinions?





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Plus HR may be seeing who is interested enough to follow up: anything you do to show interest and commitment might be taken as a positive attribute and raise your profile with them.
Alternatively, HR may be blacklisting people who pester them before they are ready to make up a shortlist.
You pay your money and take your choice.
JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com
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I've done it on every job I've ever interviewed for and I've only once not been offered a position.
"On the human scale, the laws of Newtonian Physics are non-negotiable"
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Do call to ask if they have any further questions for you, or if there is any additional information they need.
Don't call HR, it's pointless. Call the most senior person you interviewed with.
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Another approach is a thank you letter or email - I think I used that my first job out of school.
You could even do both, email/letter sent the day after the interview and a phone call when you haven't heard from them for a week or so.
Ideally call the person you'll be reporting to if you know it, as they are most vested in getting you on board.
Don't overdo it though - some places are long winded and find constant calls from interviewees annoying.
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I strongly disagree with your opinion on the uselessness of calling HR. During almost every job interview I've ever been on, it's the HR manager who has coordinated the interviews, escorted me about and managed the paperwork. In almost all cases, I'm sure the HR manager had input into the hiring decisions. In at least one case, the company I interviewed with decided not to fill the position and hired no one. The HR manager remembered me because on one of my follow up calls, we discovered we had a mutual hobby. I was the first one he called when, a year and half later, another position came open at that company. I interviewed for, and got the job.
I know that we analytical types tend to have a pretty negative view of HR folks, but, at least when interviewing, making nice with them can be quite a good idea.
"On the human scale, the laws of Newtonian Physics are non-negotiable"
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I hate to hound them, but at the same time I'm sort of tearing my hair out.
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After some of my life experiences, I don't care about the peccadillos of people. I've learned to meet them where they are and work with them. So liking or disliking someone because of one peccadillo to me is irrelevant. After all, I've got my own peccadillos. Further, liking or disliking someone based upon one flaw cannot be answered with a yes, no, or undecided. I think Mr. Hogan needs to revamp his questions and model for those of us with a little life under our belts.
My friends have laughed loudly about this experience. The personality profile got it wrong. Very wrong.
Pamela K. Quillin, P.E.
Quillin Engineering, LLC
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Mike McCann
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"On the human scale, the laws of Newtonian Physics are non-negotiable"
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Therefore I would disagree with Mints advice regarding contacting the most senior person you interviewed with. After a couple of calls from interviewees, I stopped giving my business cards out.
Back to the OP, this is easter week which conincides with school holidays, so I am not surprised that you have had no response. I suggest waiting until mid next week.
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Been nearly two weeks, no contact. Do I keep sitting? I guess they'll get back to me when they need to, but the wait is frustrating.
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If the interview was on the phone not face-to-face, you may have not met their requirements from the personality profile. A friend of mine had that experience. They never called him and he didn't call them, just gave up.
I had the phone interviews, Hogan personality profile, and the face-to-face. I think the results of my personality profile biased them against me before I arrived for the interview. I am OK with it. They never called to say squat.
The personality profile said I was not goal oriented. It also said I was not inclined to develop people. So much for their model and its validity.
Pamela K. Quillin, P.E.
Quillin Engineering, LLC
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The personality profile was a sign that the interview went well.
Four weeks is reasonable.
No reason not to think you are seriously being considered for the job and in which case it is reasonable to ring them about now. Unless, of course, the psychometric testing revealed you are a worrier.
JMW
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Regards
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So, it was worth the call.
Thanks for the input from everyone.
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You never know.
JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com
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Pamela K. Quillin, P.E.
Quillin Engineering, LLC
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"On the human scale, the laws of Newtonian Physics are non-negotiable"
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