Rejected or succesful in interview?

mikemac

Hi guys

Just looking for some advice

I went for an interview last Friday afternoon in Dublin
It was the standard interview and a few technical exams
I thought I did fairly well and was very confident

On my way out, the manager said he’d let me know if I was successful on Friday
I said it was 4pm on Friday so was he sure about this.
He then said he’d definitely get back to me on Monday but there were only two positions and as he’d only interviewed two people “it looked good”.

On Tuesday afternoon, I’d heard nothing so I rang and left a message to see if he’d call me.
It’s now Wednesday and I’ve still heard nothing.

The thing is I trying to plan a lot of things at the moment.
I’m applying to other jobs and also sorting out a mortgage so I badly need to know if I’ll be employed or not. Can’t realy put my life on hold.

So should I expect a rejection letter by the end of the week.
If a manager says he’ll reply and doesn’t, is he just fobbing me off. Any point in me following up with a phone call again?

Thanks

comer_97

from experience i would expect a rejection, but if it is a small company or a busy and badly organised one you may be in luck.

I'd keep looking....

krankykitty

Id agree with Comer_97, in my own experience I would expect not to get the job.
however, if you are offered it even though they haven't got back to you by the time they said - what kind of company will they be to work for? Will they mess you around when youre working for them, seeing as they haven't kept to their word while everyone is supposed to keep to the rules... Just my 2c.

I would definitely follow up with a call though, at least you'll know one way or another and can move on if not successful.

jhegarty

forget about it and move on.... some compaines are too ignorant to even give you a call back when you don't get it... will also doge all your call and ignore you emails....

comad

The might have offered the jobs to tow others and are waiting to hear back from them. They probably won't sent out rejections until they fill the positions.

How a company runs an interview process can be very indicative on how the rest of the company is run. I've done interviews for investment banks in the UK, Government positions, small companies. The cliches about these types of companies were clearly evident in the interview process.

Eoin

He actually said "it looked good"? Pretty unprofessional to say that without a firm offer.

You may have well have gotten the job, but one thing to remember is that an interview is generally a bigger deal for the interviewee than the interviewer. The company probably doesn't have the same sense of urgency about the issue than you do; so for them waiting a couple of days extra is not a big deal.

If it was a larger company, they may have more processes to follow, and more meetings with HR the manager has to go through in order to get out a formal offer. It is not necessarily a sign that the company is bad to work for. Lets face it, who really likes their HR department?

best of luck with the job hunt either way.

mikemac

Thanks for the responses, guys

I tried to contact the manager one last time and got through.

He never phoned back as he was so busy at work and pretty disorganized
Bad form to leave me hanging all week and not explain the situation
I'll take his word for it, he sounded pretty stressed.


I actually got the job but HR are kicking up a fuss.
I already work full-time and this was to be a weekend job.
I was to work a shift on Saturday and could do Sunday if I wanted

The company’s HR is not sure if I can take on the role due to the European Directive stating you can’t work over 48 hours.
The new job would put me over it.

However, as I’m planning to take on a mortgage shortly, some extra income would be great.

Since it’s my choice to take on a second job, can the 48 hour rule be disregarded?
Sorry, if this has been asked before on boards

onedmc

micmclo wrote:

Thanks for the responses, guys

The company’s HR is not sure if I can take on the role due to the European Directive stating you can’t work over 48 hours.

Typical of HR, they havnt got a clue, of course you can work more than 48 hours in a week you can. Once you write a letter to absolve them of any responsibity.

This of course must be on your initiation not the companies.

onedmc

micmclo wrote:

Thanks for the responses, guys

The company’s HR is not sure if I can take on the role due to the European Directive stating you can’t work over 48 hours.

Typical of HR, they havnt got a clue, of course you can work more than 48 hours in a week you can. Once you write a letter to absolve them of any responsibity.

This of course must be on your initiation not the companies.

leeroybrown

micmclo wrote:

Since it’s my choice to take on a second job, can the 48 hour rule be disregarded?

To my knowledge it is cumulative over all jobs worked.

If you look on oasis.gov.ie you'll see that there are a number of different ways that the average can be calculated but if you're going to be over every week then the HR people might not be willing to let it go. There are a number of types of employment that can be exempted but I'm assuming that since you mention 'technical exams' you'll probably fall outside these. All paid breaks, leave, etc can be excluded so that might help if you are borderline.

onedmc wrote:

Typical of HR, they havnt got a clue, of course you can work more than 48 hours in a week you can. Once you write a letter to absolve them of any responsibity.

This of course must be on your initiation not the companies.

To my knowledge this is incorrect. You can work over 48 hours in any week but the maximum you can work (unless in a particular list of exempt professions and work areas) is still an average of less than 48hrs over 12 months and that requires specific approval. The EU introduced the directive to force member states to protect employees from over-working not to allow them to sign away the right to be protected.