Waiting to hear from a job agony

[Golaz]

I had an interview last week. I feel like the longer I wait the lower the chances are that I'm successful. The wait is so stressful and I can't think of anything else. Last night I had dreams about being rejected from various jobs. I want this job so badly. At first I thought the interview had gone well and felt really good about it, but now I'm thinking of all the stupid things I said 😔, and all the things I forgot to say. I feel like my confidence is so low at the moment. How to get through the next few days and focus on all the million things I need to be doing in the meantime. Help!

Sympathies, that sounds so stressful!

Thank you!

The wait is so stressful, have they given you a time period that they'll get back to you by?

If not, it's perfectly acceptable to contact whoever you've been in touch with to organise the interview and ask. Something along the lines of 'great to meet you last week, do you have an update on when I could expect to hear the outcome? Many thanks'

I'll always remember when I was strung out for three weeks waiting to hear, then they rejected me at 7.30pm on Christmas Eve! I decided I dodged a bullet, as I didn't want to be working for a company that were still sending emails that late on Christmas Eve, crazy.

Good luck OP

Thanks so much for your reply! Ugh how awful to leave it three weeks and then reject you on Christmas eve 😡.

To be fair they said they had more interviews the "beginning of this week" and they'd let me know for sure by the end of the week, so I'm not sure what I'm expecting really.

I just feel like they'll obviously call the successful candidate first, and wait for them to accept before rejecting the rest, so I'm feeling like I should have heard by now. 😫

The waiting bit is horrible! But it doesn’t necessarily mean all is lost - sometimes the panel take some time to get together to compare notes, or there’s a delay signing off the salary they want to offer, or a candidate was sick at the time of their interview and they agreed to reschedule them later etc etc. If they haven’t given you a date they’ll come back it’s fine to politely follow up and ask.

My best advice is to throw yourself into other things as hard as that can be - so maybe it’s a good thing you have a hefty to do list. Be it your work, housework, life admin, catching up with a friend - distraction definitely keeps me saner than refreshing my email and checking my phone every few minutes!

Thanks all for your words of wisdom. I really do need to try to focus my attention elsewhere as I'm currently driving myself mad!

Fingers crossed for you 🤞 I’m also facing an anxious wait right now. Firstly, I’m waiting on my redundancy settlement amount. Secondly, I’ve got a job interview next week and thirdly, I’ve applied for some other jobs and am hoping I also get interviews for them. Stressful all round really 😬 😬

I got the job!!! 🤓🙌. Thank you all for being a sounding board and distraction for a wee while.

@TheEliminator oh gosh that really does sound stressful all around. Really good luck with the interview next week, and figures crossed for a good settlement and some more shortlist opportunities!!

It's horrible isn't it. Constantly checking your phone.

No news is good news a lot of the time. When I've interviewed, I nearly always give a quick no to those who aren't appointable.

Oops just seen your update.

Congratulations!!!