Waiting is the hardest part, as it’s been said time and time again. When you have an interview, you’re excited, hopeful, and may be in serious need of employment. This makes the time waiting after an interview to hear back from the interviewer frustrating. And waiting is especially frustrating if you’ve been patient for a long time, like three weeks or more. But what should...
Trying to find a new employment opportunity is like a ladder, and there are plenty of steps you’ll have to effectively climb before reaching the top. There are many processes and requirements that must be met before getting hired. Recruiters and hiring managers have a system of organization to help the hiring process go smoothly. One of those is the use of a shortlist. Within this article...
When you’re looking for a job, you’re likely to run into a lot of different applications and interview types. While many employers still stick to the standard process of in-person interviews, others are using technology to help simplify the hiring process while also making it more efficient. Pre-recorded video interviews are a tool that many employers are starting to utilize. But...
Ultimately, landing the job you want is going to come down to how well you do in a job interview. And that can be good and bad. It’s bad in that many people hate interviewing and get nervous about the process. But it’s good because there is often a pretty low bar for delivering a good interview. And because so many people don’t like and don’t properly prepare for...
When you’re interviewing for a position with a new company, particularly in the tech world, there’s a good chance that your first point of contact will be with a recruiter. After that, you’ll likely speak with the hiring manager, members of the hiring manager’s team, and other members of the organization. And after certain key interview in the process, the recruiter...
If you’re applying for new jobs, you’re likely going to doing a variety of phone interviews as the first step in the process of interviewing with a company. And if you’re new to the process, or if you have a phone interview scheduled and haven’t heard from your contact at the company yet, you may be wondering who is responsible for making the call for the phone...
Getting an email that you’ve been invited to a job interview is extremely exciting. It means the start of an interview process for a new position or, if you’re already in the midst of an interview process, that you made it to the next round. However, in some cases, you’ll receive that invitation, respond to the email, but never hear back. This article is going to review...
Waiting on a callback from a company that you interviewed with can be painful and nerve-wracking. And that’s particularly the case when an interviewer said that they would call today, but have not yet. To that end, this article is going to unpack what it means when an interviewer said they would call today but didn’t. We’ll also cover what to do, and some related questions...
The job interview process can be long and arduous. And, in some cases, you may even be faced with an interview that is 2 hours or more. In this article, we’re going to break down what to expect if you do have a 2 hour interview coming up. We’ll discuss whether or not a 2 hour interview is normal, if it’s a good sign of a potential forthcoming job offer, what to expect, and how...
After completing a final round interview, you enter into the painful waiting stage. The stage where you’re anxiously anticipating word from the company about whether or not you got the job. And it’s natural to want to know immediately whether or not you will receive a job offer. However, you want to be respectful of a company’s hiring process and give them the opportunity to...
