Waiting for interview outcome thread!

[Hopefulnurse24]

Hi all!

im patiently waiting for the outcome of my interview that i had yesterday. They said by the end of the week/early next week. Came out of it feeling positive but the more time that goes on the more im feeling that I actually didn’t do as well as I first thought.

anyone else waiting for an interview outcome?😁

I've had an offer! Just negotiating on salary and conditions. If we can agree terms I'll be accepting. Hurrah!

Still no response from two of the others. One where I had second interview over two weeks ago and one where first interview was over one week ago. How hard is it to give an outcome to candidates who've made the effort to interview?!

Good luck to everyone waiting for responses or still on the hunt. Keep on keeping on.

Congratulations lovely !!!! I hope they give you a decent offer !!

God knows why companies don't come back to people !!

Congrats @HellonHeels ! I hope you get feedback on the others soon.

I posted a separate thread in frustration yesterday when I had yet another rejection after second (final) round interview. The most annoying thing about this one is not only was I really accommodating when both round interviews were rescheduled literally hours before they were meant to take place, but I spent ages working on presentations for both rounds, and they couldn't even be bothered to give me actual feedback on why it was a no. Just had the automated thanks but no thanks generic email. Is it just me or is that not really rude of them?

Can I join in. I got made redundant in Dec and have been job searching. Did loads of preparations and failed loads too. Finally I had three promising interviews last week. The one I really wanted has said no. I am waiting for hear back for the other two.
Each one had 3-4 rounds of tests and interviews. I am in late 40s and working for over 25 years. Job search was never so difficult as it is at the moment. In the beginning it totally knocked off my confidence and slowly I am getting better, but I have to admit, in the one interview I failed, I couldnt think properly and I was stressed.

Good luck to you all. Fingers crossed you get the result you are waiting for soon.

It's really inconsiderate and rude not to give a decent response to candidates who have put a lot of work into preparing, presenting etc.

The demands on applicants seem to be growing, too. Round after round of interviews with tests, presentations etc. I really wonder if these processes are helpful in getting the best person for the job. Job hunting is exhausting.

@Vtm I'm also mid/late 40s and in the past have never struggled to find a job, in fact I've got nearly every job I applied for, but I've been looking since September and only actually got one job offer which then fell through (was supposed to be remote but HR told the hiring manager it had to be hybrid and the office is too far away for that to be possible). I also feel like it's so difficult out there at the moment. Fingers crossed for your other interviews!

@HellonHeels I totally agree, the processes are exhausting and based on the feedback from all but one of my rejections, nothing I could have done at any point could have influenced the outcome as it all came down to experience or personality fit which I'm 100% sure didn't need multiple rounds, presentations, etc, to decide on!

Can I join? Three interviews in last month, all for quite different roles, two in civil service and one in public sector. In general felt I did well in terms of being able to answer questions, had examples etc. Obviously a bit nervous and in perfect world may have been a bit slicker but generally I felt I did well in the difficult circumstances that are interviews.

First interview - was told I missed out by a point. 1 single point. Civil service and based on a scoring system, the lead panel member actually called me to apologise, said they felt for sure I was going to get the job but then when it came to scoring the candidates at the end I lost by one point and they have to offer it to the highest scoring. Great.

Second interview - I felt I did well but I got the feeling from the very beginning that they weren't interested, had someone else in mind already and were going through the process. The lead panel member was disengaged, looked bored before I had even begun and messed about with his laptop and paperwork throughout. Lo and behold didn't get that one, but feedback all positive. Public sector.

Third interview today - civil service. This one I am less well qualified for than the other two so have low expectations of an offer. Four panel members, three seemed genuinely interested in what I was saying but again the chair/lead panel member looked bored before I even began, as if he has to go through this process but already knows who he actually wants to offer to. It puts me off and makes me feel more flustered than I would otherwise be! Again thought I did quite well, gave examples using STAR for all questions, but it is knocking my confidence that two out of the three interviews have involved at least one panel member looking totally disengaged before I have even really begun :/

I am lucky I have a job already so not under loads of pressure but I have always felt quite confident in my ability and felt I generally cope with interviews well, but my confidence has been really knocked the last few weeks :/

That sounds hard going @Anotheranxiousone . It can really knock your confidence when one of the panel appears disengaged. It's them, not you, try to separate yourself from their behaviour and KNOW you can do it.

Are you aiming to move on for career progression, or are you desperate to get out of your job?

Got my next one in just over half an hour.

God, I hate this. I'm absolutely capable, probably overqualified, thanks to my current employer I'm getting desperate to leave making me do stuff and then refusing to pay me accordingly (nothing to do with me being older/ADHD/likely to say when something isn't legally compliant, obviously 🤔) and I need a decent fulltime wage and security.

Why can they not see I'm actually good enough?

Hand holding to all of you. Whenever I get a thank you but blah blah email, I tell myself that it is the hiring manager's failure to see a good sensible reponsible candidate among others and not my failure.

Arrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

I fucked that one right up.

Hour long technical skills test - no problem, even though there wasn't any indication of the scale of it beforehand. Perfectly happy with that, it was fine.

But then the interview. Took another hour and a half. As I was talking, the sheer enormity of the fucking workload and skills and competencies and technicalities and the toxic environment of my current job all crashed in on my head as they were getting a detailed explanation of a multifactorial process. I've just given them a textbook 'this is what somebody with ADHD looks like when they are completely mentally fucked and you ask them to explain their usefulness and essentially justify their existence on this planet' demonstration.

Highest paid role I've ever had an interview for. And I fucked it.

@NeverDropYourMooncup I'm so sorry, what a nightmare situation. What in the fuck is this 1.5 hour interview PLUS a technical test? No wonder you had a freakout, I'm having one now just reading about it 😱

@HellonHeels progression mainly and I’ve been stretching myself applying for jobs that I don’t quite meet all criteria for/or I do but in a different sector, so I’m trying to see this all as good practice.

@NeverDropYourMooncup that sounds hellish. I can relate to total head spins during interview though. I really struggle with how to articulate my answer using STAR method as find balance of giving them enough info about situation and task vs activity and result really hard. Always feel I’ve done more of first two or second two and not enough of the other. Then I panic and head fills with tonnes of other examples and I can’t string a good answer together. Sigh.

hopefully you’re being hard on yourself and they call with an offer x

@NeverDropYourMooncup that sounds awful, I'd go into a total tailspin with an hour technical followed by a grilling! I really hope this is a situation where it feels bad to you but looks good to them, I've got everything crossed for you.

Meanwhile, I'm still waiting to hear back from an interview I had last Friday. I know it's still early days but I dropped HR a polite email yesterday to see if there was feedback and have had radio silence. But, the HR person did seem to think the role was too senior for me when we spoke pre-interview (it isn't, it's equivalent to what I do now) so I'm guessing she won't chase the hiring manager for me.... will see!

@NeverDropYourMooncup , totally understand what you went thorugh. I had an hour design interview which went over time, then 5 min break and an hour technical interview with test. I dont know what I was typing and what I was saying, a total headspin!

@Anotheranxiousone , I also struggle to express myself, I mixup all the things in that STAR format and even though I had thought about couple of example etc , my mind goes blank after 5 mins. I cant even find things to talk about with my mum for more than 5-10 mins, how can I talk to a stanger for so long about anything. Thank goodness in my line of work, there are not many such interviews and it is mainly technical.

@firebrand123 and @NeverDropYourMooncup fingers crossed , you get positive outcomes.

@HellonHeels , hope they agree to your terms and you get positive from other interviews too.

I have got a No reply for my two interviews already which is disappointing as salary was good for those roles. For a third one recruiter said it can take upto two weeks for outcome as they have some other candidates to go thorugh!

I have lined up some more applications for coming days and have one first round interview today.

Ah don't think this as a follow nd person interviewing it's always hideous.

One of my best hires was a female with adha and she said she thought she had blown it in interview. V senior role and really knew her stuff and did talk a tad faster than usual pace but it all made sense.

Don't rule yourself just yet !!

It's as rude as shit tbh. But it does indirect how they view their staff and people's time.

If people are interviewing they are on their best behaviour (bit like first date) so I know it's disappointing but you dodge a bullet !

Hope everyone is having better luck than I am.

Had three round interview with presentation in April - still haven't heard back. I did follow up and the hr person said she's so sorry she's chasing an update and no response but they are definitely interested and it's not a no. She's said this the last three emails in her updates but I'm treating it as a no at this point nothing either way.

Should have heard finial answer mid April. I'm happy for it to be a no but the we are still interested but no update is doing my head in.

Got second stage interview next week, and first stage also. Is it just me but is the normal now to expect 3 rounds of interviews per job.

Withdrew from civil service job as it just had red flags all over the place.

The markets defo picked up so that's something! Good luck all

How was your interview @Vtm?

@NeverDropYourMooncup any news? Im a fellow ADHDer and unless its a really good day interviews are hard going for me. Last contract I had, they gave the questions in advance which makes a huge difference in just keeping thoughts together.

Ive considered asking for that as an accommodation but not confident that it wouldnt trigger discrimination.

My good news is that Ive got the salary and conditions I wanted and have accepted the offer.

No news from one of the two remaining roles, the one where I had the second interview, I've now dismissed as a poor recruiter who doesn't bother with comms.

The other, I had a call asking if I'd heard from the client as they hadn't been able to contact them (!) So that's in the Whacko Employer file, I think..

It's a bin fire out there 🔥🔥🔥

@livingnight You haven't heard back from a 3rd round interview in April???? That's frankly completely disgusting, it's even worse than the auto-generated thanks but no thanks email I got after my final round interview. Like you said in response to my comment above, this is them on their best behaviour so as much as it sucks, you've dodged a bullet. Good luck for your next interviews! I'm finding it's typically 2-3 rounds at the moment with at least one of those rounds usually involving a presentation.

I've got two initial chats next week with HR - not interviews, just those discussions where they vet you and you find out more about salary, etc.

On that last point, does anyone else get frustrated with the lack of salary information on job ads? My field has huge variation so I rarely know whether a job I'm applying for is actually a waste of time or not! I've had to pull out of a couple of interviews because I only found out last minute that it would mean taking a significant pay cut. Could have saved everyone time if they'd just advertised what they'd be offering!

Yup. A big, fat No.

Why do I bother learning new things, training in my own time, working my bloody arse off in the hope that somebody will think that the burbling twat clearly has a lot of knowledge in her head and her writing and technical skills are great, so let's pay her properly to use them like we would a bloke?

To top it off, I got assaulted in work today and my back is fucking killing me.

Bollocks to the lot of them. I'm going home to drink gin and eat pizza all weekend.

My interview didn't go well. As per email it was supposed to be an initial chat, but it turned out it was a proper technical screening interview. I did well on my key skill but I couldn't answer some questions on the additional skill 😥

@NeverDropYourMooncup , I am sure a better opportunity will come soon. I am saying this to you, even though I am still thinking about the interview/test I gave last week and messed it uo just because I was not in right state of mind.

@firebrand123 , not mentioning salary it is a huge problem. There is a wide range in my field too. I am currently only applying where salary is mentioned and is in range. That means I am missing out on a lot of roles, but if I apply to everything that looks suitable, it will become unmanagable and i cant focus on any roles.

@livingnight , I am seeing atleast 4 rounds because it involes atlease two tests as well.

How is everyone doing? My recruiter said I should get an outcome today but so far nothing. If I dont hear anything soon then I will have to wait through the weekend!