Internal job ghost

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I was told to apply for a job by hiring manager (person I would he reporting to).

This was a week ago and no "you've got the job"

Aibu in thinking I haven't got the job?

Jeez, give them a chance. It may be they have to wait for an official closing date. Or the person who signs it off is on holiday. Or people have other stuff on.

You could just ask the hiring manager for an update/any news....

The closing date has gone and interviews held

Contact the hiring manager for an update.

Have you interviewed for the position or just not heard anything about your application?

My colleage went for an internal promition recently. 2 weeks for outcome. I knew the reason for the delay was because they were reviewing budget to see if they could take on a more senior role and a deputy. There could be other factors at play and 1 week isnt too long!

Did you have an interview? This sounds like quite a short timeline if you only applied a week ago, especially with the bank holiday. Hang on, if you were asked to apply that’s a good sign

I was in your position once and the manager had to go through the motions of holding interviews, taking time to consider each applicant. it was 2 weeks before i "got" the job.

Interviewed a week ago

Thanks. We've had lots of jobs for the new FY and this was one of them

A week is a reasonable amount of time to wait, but equally it’s not unreasonable for you to ask for an update on the status and ask for an estimate of when you might find out if you were successful or not

Sure they will tell you either way. Be patient.

They haven’t ghosted you, they just haven’t given you an outcome yet. Perfectly normal if there’s a number of roles being recruited at once. Could be a wide range of reasons why. Be patient. If you get it the wait won’t matter. If you don’t, ask for feedback for next time.

Chased up and still no update.

So I haven't got it then