When they don't call back!!!

Nala

Hi all,
Went for an interview for a job in a department store a week ago and it didn't go brilliant but not terrible either. She asked me were there any reasons why I wouldn't go back to my old job in a well-known multi-national, slave-driving, minimum-wage paying fast food restaurant and I just said that I wanted a change cos it got a bit repetitive. (Had I given all the reasons, I would still be talking now). She didn't seem impressed with that. Also didn't seem too impressed with me only being able to work weekends during the college year. I'm not sure if the manager of the aforementioned fast food restaraunt would have given me a good reference either, considering she took an instant dislike to me and took great pleasure out of picking on me and patronising me (I'm not being paranoid...other people noticed).

Anyway...she said she'd be in touch within a day or so but still hasn't bothered so I take it I didn't get the job. Has anyone else had this? Sorry about my little rant but........grrrrr.....hate jobhunting.

Stephen

Ring them back yourself.

ravenhead

No news is good news!!

emertoff

It won't do any harm to call them but I disagree with previous post about no news being good news. It almost always isn't. Not for that type of job anyway. Ah well, you won't have lost out on much. I am also job seeking so you have my full sympathy.

RicardoSmith

If you got the job, why would they NOT call you? So odds are you didn't. Sorry.

That said some places take months to decide.

KdjaCL

I have had 20 minute interviews turn into hour long sessions of me selling myself and coming out of the interview ,smiling knowing there is no way in hell i didnt get the job.

And then finding out a week later that i didnt get it , my last 3 interviews i was deadly ( i did all that HR crap about how to act and i am really, really good in them) but each time i did well I didnt get the job on 2 occasions somenes family member got it in a companies that were meant to be against that kind of thing.

My last interview didnt go well but i only went to it to make up the numbers for the week, trying for at least 3 a week. i dont want this job it doesnt appeal to me ,the money isnt great but i know due to my crap interview i will get offered it.

Rant over , ring them back they owe you an answer, either way you did show up for the interview so therefore did your part of the job application.

kdjac

eth0_

Originally posted by neev
I just said that I wanted a change cos it got a bit repetitive. (Had I given all the reasons, I would still be talking now). She didn't seem impressed with that.

Oh my god, NEVER say that! That makes the interviewer think 'Well, serving customers in a department store is a similar job, and it's also repetitive...she's obviously going to f*ck off after a short while when she finds this job is repetitive'.

Wait til Monday and call them then, they're probably very busy and may not have even made a decision.

Nala

I know....if only hindsight were foresight! She asked did I not think department store work would get repetitive and I said "no because there's lots of different sections". She caught me out with her "why would you not go back to your old job" question. I think it was a little bit nasty of her to ask that, considering nobody likes working in a fast food restaraunt.

Trojan

No reply can sometimes mean that you're 2nd or 3rd on the short list, and they're offering first refusal to another candidate - you still might hear from them after a week or so.

Of course, pride could mean that you refuse to take it, knowing that you weren't first choice, but depends on how much of an idealist you are

Sleepy

Calling them won't do any harm.

And next time they ask why you wouldn't go back to work in a fast food resteraunt tell 'em that the grease used to play havoc with your skin

Nala

Ha ha ha. Well I wouldn't go back for the sole reason that they'd have me working for 5 1/2 hours before grudgingly giving me my break...bastards!

rubadub

Calling back got me a job once. I worked just with the one guy and he told me a few months in that the deciding factor was that I seemed so keen. I think I rang 4 times, they werent sure of the starting date so I had a good excuse.