how long before I can assume a job application was unsuccessful?
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Soldato
wasn't there a closing date?
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Ring and ask them.
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Zaphan58 said:I appplied for a job for work placement at Uni over a week ago and have not heard a sausage since, how long do you reckon before I can take it they were not interested?
Months, seriously, a week? Is that it? Some of the placements I have interviews coming up for I applied for 6 months ago and only heard a month back.
If you've got the job you usually know within a couple of days in my experience to be honest mate 
No longer than a full working week anyway.
Always been told the same day or following day if I was successful, can take a month to get a "sorry" letter especially if your applying to councils or large corporations with rubbish HR departments.
No longer than a full working week anyway.Always been told the same day or following day if I was successful, can take a month to get a "sorry" letter especially if your applying to councils or large corporations with rubbish HR departments.
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Little tip:
If they do ring back and say you were unsuccessful, don't just say "ok thanks anyway lol bye noob"
Ask them why, how did they feel the interview went? They'll usually tell you quite a few useful (albeit negative) things about yourself that you can work on for your next interview.
If they do ring back and say you were unsuccessful, don't just say "ok thanks anyway lol bye noob"
Ask them why, how did they feel the interview went? They'll usually tell you quite a few useful (albeit negative) things about yourself that you can work on for your next interview.
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Sparky__H said:
I agree with this it not only puts things to rest either way, but if they are still selecting shows that you are very interested in the position.
Soldato
I remember when I worked at Philips and we had a placement student in every year. Took us quite sometime to decide who to interview, weeks usually 
We did have stacks of CV's from multiple unis to look at.
We did have stacks of CV's from multiple unis to look at.
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Don't rule it out, took ages for some to get back to me. In the mean-time thought, just keep looking.
Depends on the stage he is at.... If final interview stage, I would expect to hear within a week.... The first stage? Could be weeksKami said:If you've got the job you usually know within a couple of days in my experience to be honest mate
Always been told the same day or following day if I was successful, can take a month to get a "sorry" letter especially if your applying to councils or large corporations with rubbish HR departments.