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to think this interview and the follow up is incredibly unprofessional

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Orlantina · 26/04/2017 11:49

There's so much I want to say about this interview. But it would be revealing. My colleagues now and were shocked.

Closing date was before Easter hols. Was for a teaching role. Interview was 3 days later - just before break up. Interview went well - and the head phoned up to say that there was still a few things to consider money wise but they were on holiday so he'd get back to me after holidays to let me know more. So it wasn't a yes, it wasn't a no, it was something...

So they're back. I emailed him last week and then rang up on Monday. And still no reply. Not even a courtesy follow up.

There's so much more to this - but they've had 10 days. I don't know what to do. Ring again?

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Orlantina · 27/04/2017 09:30

Yes - teaching interviews can be brutal. Meeting other candidates. But I am used to them and the call afterwards. However - normally there is closure and quite soon after the interview.

I'll let people know if I hear anything. It does seem reasonable to expect to hear something in the near future, doesn't it?

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ILikeBeansWithKetchup · 27/04/2017 10:59

Geek

I call my line manager Dolores Umbridge behind her back

ILikeBeansWithKetchup · 27/04/2017 11:00

It's just really rude OP !

I'd pester.

ILikeBeansWithKetchup · 27/04/2017 11:22

Sometimes I wondered what kind of interviewing process there could have been to produce the people who taught me.

If they were sado masochistic jobsworths it probably was the interview process....

SE13Mummy · 27/04/2017 13:02

Is it an independent school? In state schools, I've always received a response the same day as the interview. The one independent school I applied to had a farcical interview process that involved making up second interviews in a different part of the country with 24 hours notice, having to wait over the Easter holiday for the proprietor to decide who to employ...and then how much pay to offer. I think it took well over a month in the end which meant the school I was at had to delay advertising my post.

In hindsight, it was a sign that this particular school was being run for the benefit of the proprietor, not the children.

ToDuk · 27/04/2017 13:10

It's usually pretty hard to get candidates all available on the same day ime- it can happen though, I have done it a fair few times.

instasista that's just the way it works in schools. When you're invited to interview you're told the date. If you can't make the date then generally you eliminate yourself from the recruitment process.

ILikeBeansWithKetchup · 27/04/2017 13:15

Yup- we just didn't shortlist an applicant for a headship because he expected us to wait until he came back from a school in Africa.

WellThisIsShit · 27/04/2017 13:21

Tantalising glimpse of a funny story /experience with the cats!

In my sector it's very common to wait weeks, and often you don't hear back at all. If there is radio silence and/ or the interviewer mysteriously can't be contacted, I'd always inns meeting etc, then that means out didn't get the job. It's frustrating and unnecessary - but the teaching interview process sounds horrible too

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Orlantina · 27/04/2017 13:26

Slight update....seems they advertised a job without knowing their budget. So they have to wait for their budget.

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ILikeBeansWithKetchup · 27/04/2017 15:10

I would say 'Run OP, run and never look back.'

frieda909 · 27/04/2017 16:11

*One thing that is different is 'all ggod candidates' don't have to be interviewed, for example.

Safer recruiting would suggest anyone who meets the criteria of the person specification needs to be interviewed.*

ILikeBeans I don't think this is unique to teaching. I can't think of many industries that would interview every qualified candidate just to be safe. The general consensus I've heard is that it's normally a waste of time and resources to interview more than about six people for one job, although I'm sure it varies.

I work in a very competitive industry where all the badly paid jobs are highly sought after. We've just advertised for an unpaid intern (I know, don't get me started) and had over a hundred applicants!

LottieDoubtie · 27/04/2017 16:45

I agree Run- you don't want this job!

highinthesky · 27/04/2017 19:51

owenjonesismyhero I'm shocked that The Kings Fund policy is so unhelpful to candidates worth interviewing! This is where networking comes in handy: if any organisation could provide you with a mentor, I'd be looking to one of the KF supremos.

GeekLove · 03/05/2017 10:13

My record between interview and knowing whether I've been rejected is 2 months and counting...

I'm still applying for other jobs. For me it is surprisingly difficult not to apply for the same job multiple times...

jollyjester · 03/05/2017 10:22

Thats strange that they don't know their budget.

I work in accountancy, I once sent my cv in for a role and didn't hear anything back. One day I got a phone call asking me would I be interested as they were just getting around to looking at cvs. The gap between sending my cv and the phone call was 3 years! Shock
In that time I'd changed jobs and had another child. I declined. Bit too disorganised for my liking!!

highinthesky · 03/05/2017 10:44

I think the issue around budgets is because of the new funding formula. It would make more sense for the school to have allocated a firm budget for teaching posts and recruit within them.

If this is the case, the OP might as well wait until after the election to hear. (Not that we will have a change of government then).

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