Mass mailed firm taking a while to schedule the initial screener?
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:28 pm
About a week ago, 2 firms that I mass-mailed replied:
1. Firm X said "what times work over the next [stretch]?" I reply the next business day. I followup after a day of no response to confirm that they got it. The same afternoon, the initial HR person said that he was in the process of contacting [specific attorney] to work out a mutually beneficial time.
It's been silence since then (a few days have passed)
2. Firm Y asked if I was interested in practice area A, which is where their opening was. I replied yes. Since then it's been silence.
Obviously I'm can't be the only candidate they're looking at, but if Firm X takes more than a week to schedule an initial remote screener, does that mean that the screener may not even happen if they hire someone in the interim? Or is that a normal wait?
As for firm Y, it's been an even longer period of silence (by a few days). Unlike firm X, they didn't even ask what times work since their initial reply.
Should I just chill & wait, or does the delay in response indicate that they've already written me off?
1. Firm X said "what times work over the next [stretch]?" I reply the next business day. I followup after a day of no response to confirm that they got it. The same afternoon, the initial HR person said that he was in the process of contacting [specific attorney] to work out a mutually beneficial time.
It's been silence since then (a few days have passed)
2. Firm Y asked if I was interested in practice area A, which is where their opening was. I replied yes. Since then it's been silence.
Obviously I'm can't be the only candidate they're looking at, but if Firm X takes more than a week to schedule an initial remote screener, does that mean that the screener may not even happen if they hire someone in the interim? Or is that a normal wait?
As for firm Y, it's been an even longer period of silence (by a few days). Unlike firm X, they didn't even ask what times work since their initial reply.
Should I just chill & wait, or does the delay in response indicate that they've already written me off?