Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

To feel frustrated I haven't heard back after interview yet

17 replies

juiceandwater · 06/10/2022 15:33

I had an interview on Friday for a public sector job. I asked at the end of the interview when I should expect to hear back, and the response was "within a week... or two weeks". It'll be a week tomorrow and I haven't heard anything yet.

I would really like the job because it is in my field of expertise but also because it would allow me to get out of a very difficult relationship. It would be so much better for my mental health to be able to leave and heal. Each day I've been thinking "today will be the day that I get a response" but as yet there's been nothing. How long do I wait before I assume I haven't got the job? I was really hoping for a positive result because I tried my best in the interview and thought it went ok.

OP posts:
startfresh · 06/10/2022 16:02

I think you need to reframe your thoughts. "I won't hear back until the end of October" then anything earlier is a bonus.

Interviewing and feedback can be a long process and they don't want to rush and get the wrong candidate/let the right one get away.

Annoying but sometimes that's how it is.

LuckyCat4 · 06/10/2022 16:03

Way too early to write it off yet...welcome to the public sector

Grandeur · 06/10/2022 16:04

How are we supposed to know why you haven't heard back? It hasn't even been a full week yet. Why so many work/interview threads in AIBU recently? There is a work topic for these queries, you know.

RobertaFirmino · 06/10/2022 16:07

Could you tell us why your leaving is dependent on this particular job? Would any old job do? Because if you keep waiting for the job of your dreams, you might be waiting a long time (although I hope you aren't!).

Yetanotheryeti · 06/10/2022 16:09

Definitely too early to write this off, systems are soooo slow and things take ages! Plus there’s lots of staff sickness at the Mo. I know how annoying it is though. Fingers crossed you get it, OP :)

OverTheHillAndDownTotherSide · 06/10/2022 16:09

They said it could be up to 2 weeks. So wait the 2 weeks before catastrophising.

MRSE20 · 06/10/2022 16:10

OP could you call them perhaps Monday and ask if there has been any decisions made or follow up from your interview? You could even call tomorrow if you wanted but would give them a full week first personally.
Not sure if others would agree with this but I don’t see the harm. Some friends of mine have done this and got the answer on the phone call and some companies like the enthusiasm of you calling and shows you really want the job.
If you’d rather not then I think you’ll have to sit tight until next week and just try and keep your mind busy

InCheesusWeTrust · 06/10/2022 16:13

They won't gove you an update if you call or email. You need to wait for it to go on a system.
The panels are not just interviewing they also have their jobs. They also interview usually over few days, then have to scire, has to get checked and into the system.
It's not just a case of letting each person know asap.
They said week or 2. 2 it is then

madasawethen · 06/10/2022 16:15

Have you been applying to other jobs?

That takes my mind off of the waiting.

whatshouldIdo2022 · 06/10/2022 16:17

Did you get any idea how many they were interviewing? I've been for a couple of public sector roles recently and one I didn't hear for 2 weeks as they were interviewing every day of that time and the other I heard a day later than they said because they had an incident with a client that management needed to deal with.

FivePotatoesHigh · 06/10/2022 16:22

Don’t chase up - there is no point and you won’t get a different or quicker decision. Sorry but you will just have to be patient.

Best of luck for the outcome you want!

CheezePleeze · 06/10/2022 16:34

Wait two weeks and then if you haven't heard, drop them an email.

I did this when I interviewed for my current job and received an apology. I'd got the job but the person who was supposed to tell me had gone off sick.

Mangolist · 06/10/2022 16:48

I had an interview 6 weeks ago and was told I would hear 'by the end of next week at the latest'! I have sent two enquiring emails, and nothing....This is the NHS!

woff45 · 06/10/2022 16:57

If it's civil service then this isn't unusual at all (unfortunately)

Original poster
juiceandwater · 06/10/2022 18:07

Thanks for your responses.

Glad the consensus is that it's too early to conclude I haven't got the job.

I of course have been and am applying for other jobs too but for some of them I haven't even been invited to interview and this job in particular is aligned to my interests. Also more than a specific job I just want to be able to get out of the relationship! It's really having a negative impact on my mental health and so naturally I am itching for a better job than my current one, and therefore a way out.

OP posts:
Darbs76 · 06/10/2022 18:08

Sorry but public sector can be a very long wait

FivePotatoesHigh · 06/10/2022 18:20

Missed the part about your relationship. Is it worth you talking to Women’s Aid or similar?

New posts on this thread. Refresh page