Are interviewers generally entitled to a response? Forum

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 4:42 am

Lateral junior here. Interviewed with a firm and really liked it. The partner said they will make a decision soon and i should hear back the following week. The following week came but no response. I waited until week 2 to follow up and to reiterate my interest. It is week 3 now and no response.

Im not entitled to an offer but doesnt the partner owe me at least a quick ding email considering I actually interviewed?

zot1 · Post by **zot1** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 8:32 am

No one owes you anything.

Yeezus Wept · Post by **Yeezus Wept** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 10:38 am

You're coming off pretty entitled lol. Is it rude for someone to interview you and never officially ding you? Yes. Are they under some sort of obligation to let you know they don't want you? No.

goodman1 · Post by **goodman1** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 10:55 am

Wait till they find out who u r posting anon bs here. This is so obvious why did u even post anon. I bet your interviewer is on here looking at this now

User outed for inappropriate use of anon

RaceJudicata · Post by **RaceJudicata** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:20 am

Yeezus Wept wrote:You're coming off pretty entitled lol. Is it rude for someone to interview you and never officially ding you? Yes. Are they under some sort of obligation to let you know they don't want you? No.

Entitled? The expectation of common professional courtesy is now considered entitled? Yikes. OP - unfortunately, you may never hear - but that doesn't make it right. You are entitled to a decision, good or bad.

zot1 · Post by **zot1** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:24 am

RaceJudicata wrote:
Yeezus Wept wrote:You're coming off pretty entitled lol. Is it rude for someone to interview you and never officially ding you? Yes. Are they under some sort of obligation to let you know they don't want you? No.
Entitled? The expectation of common professional courtesy is now considered entitled? Yikes. OP - unfortunately, you may never hear - but that doesn't make it right. You are entitled to a decision, good or bad.

We are not entitled to courtesies. Would they be nice? Sure. But a business doesn't have to follow up with candidates they don't even want anyway.

Being upset because a firm won't respond back won't get anyone a job. Best thing to do is keep looking. A firm that doesn't even bother with professional courtesies might not even be a firm OP may want to be in.

A. Nony Mouse · Post by **A. Nony Mouse** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:32 am

The other thing is that hiring timelines are never set in stone, especially since it's also OCI season right now and people are busy. Yes, someone who interviews you should give you a response, but not getting a response by week 3 also doesn't mean you're never getting one. Some employers wait until the whole process is complete to send out dings (especially if they're negotiating with another candidate and might get back to you if that person falls through - since you're a junior lateraling this is possible, it's a different setup than OCI).

dixiecupdrinking · Post by **dixiecupdrinking** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 12:31 pm

You will get a response. Being an asshole about it will help ensure it's not the response you want.

kalvano · Post by **kalvano** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 1:30 pm

In all fairness, I have emails from the beginning of August that I haven't even had a chance to look at yet. So it may just be that the person is slammed.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 7:16 pm

I thought we hit it off but guess not. I sent an email last week. Can I follow up again today? Or should I just give it up?

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