A week after the interview: What Now?

Waiting for the results of the interview after 1 Week, the feeling is long. However, some businesses and organizations have a very high selection process. Should you contact the employer or not? How to satisfy curiosity but still not “devalued”?

ViralHire's answer is that when you have a panoramic view, you will be restless, worried about this situation, and confident in doing what you want. 

Waiting State

Recruitment process

Some places – especially large corporations often have a recruitment process, choosing to last a few days to a few weeks. This depends on the personnel objectives and the recruitment stages of the organization. It usually takes 30-90 days for companies to find the desired personnel. In some places, recruiters can pre-interview by phone, compile a filter list, invite you to interview the 2nd round with the hiring manager, and then to the higher level – who will directly decide on the recruitment of personnel.

You keep asking

The effective and proactive way to avoid waiting is to ask questions from the first round about: the selection steps and how to announce the matriculation, how long it is expected after the interview will make a decision. Just keep an eye on the email, don't forget the Junk folder.

Contact error

There may be an information error somewhere that prevents the recruiter from contacting you after the interview. You should check the contact information provided to them. If necessary, call or email the employer to ask about the situation. You appreciate that position, as well as other positions, should be perfectly reasonable if you need information to select and make decisions. 

Prepare in advance for rejection

In some cases, employers may be flooded with calls from countless candidates, or are still continuing to interview candidates for multiple positions and cannot respond to results early. When you call or write an email to ask for results, you activate the response mechanism on their part. Most likely, the recruiter will ask you to add some additional information, such as a list of references, which is when you can take additional action to advance the process. Or at least you know they refuse so that you can remove this opportunity from the list.

Prepare in advance for rejection

Waiting State

Sometimes, due to fluctuations in business orientation, or corporate funding, hiring for a certain position can be delayed or canceled. Please check back on ViralHire.vn to know if that position is not. This will help you not need to call the employer.

Contact after interview

Often a professional will send a thank you email within 24 hours of the interview, but if you haven't thanked the recruiter yet, the 1 week mark is an opportunity to say “thank you” and ask gracefully. You should express appreciation for the interviewer who has spent time with you and show your interest in this position again. Remember to write the interview date in the thank you letter. 

For example, ” Thank you for giving me the opportunity to come to the interview last Thursday (August 30, 2012) for the position of assistant. As I have shared, I am very interested in this position of the ABC Company and confident that I have the necessary skills to perform this job well. I hope with 8 years of experience in the industry, I will make new contributions when working for the company.”