Hi, wondering if somebody could give a little insight. I'm feeling really sorry for my husband! He is currently looking for a new job and recently got through all the stages for a very senior technical role: in total he did six stages, including technical assessments, the final interview being chat with the CEO. This went through recruitment agency and he got excellent feedback, the company said that they were very keen and were just working things out/were very busy and will be back in touch soon. This was two weeks ago.... Basically radio silence since.
Husband has been in touch with the recruitment agency who have said that they "don't think this length of wait is normal but they have no reason to believe the vacancy has been filled, and remember the CEO is extremely busy" etc, which I'm sure they are.
Two weeks without a yes or a no seems very long to me? This is a London based recruitment agency / role but mostly WFH. Is this normal for this kind of role? I think at this point he would just like to hear that he hasn't got the job, if he hasn't got it, so that he can move on psychologically.
It was a huge investment of time on his part and all interviews went well, but now he is feeling a bit ghosted ! I've only ever been self-employed or had jobs that required 1 to 2 interviews, my husband has been largely self-employed just as a consultant (and hasn't had formal interviews for many years) so that neither of us are really sure if this is normal! He has been applying for other things in the meantime, assuming the worst.
Should he just assume he'll never hear back and move on? Is this a standard amount of time to wait? Grateful for any perspective.