State Prosecutor Interview Question Forum

[StingerD]

I had a panel interview at a county DA's office a few weeks ago and as I was leaving was one of the interviewers told me I'd hear whether I made it to the second round or not within a week. The following week the same interviewer sent me an apologetic email indicating there had been some delays in their process but that I would hear within another week. That would've been last week and this week radio silence even after reaching out to the HR recruiter who set up my interview to begin with.

For the prosecutors out there, how long did you wait between interviews? I'm trying not to drive myself crazy but if they wanted to reject me why string me along and also why tell me I'd hear "one way or the other" but not reply?

[Mobster1983]

Not a Prosecutor but possibly they have made another offer and are waiting for them to accept or reject.

[nixy]

The above is totally possible. It is also extremely likely that other things have come up and they haven't been able to complete what they need to do on their end, for reasons that have nothing to do with your candidacy (someone got sick. someone went on vacation. they need to get approval and haven't got it yet. some massive case erupted and people's priorities are elsewhere). It's a pain in the ass for candidates who are waiting, but employers don't "string people along" for no reason (not saying they're always good reasons, but shit happens, and DAs' offices are really busy). This doesn't help give you the answer you want, but you've done everything you could by reaching out to HR. I'm only saying that asking "why did they string me along to reject me/tell me I'd hear back" is just going to annoy yourself and make your paranoid. You *will* hear from them, you don't have any control over when, and it may well have nothing to do with your candidacy specifically, so don't try to read the tea leaves.

[Anonymous User]

I'm in my fifth year at my office.

I was told I'd hear within a week after my interview.

I ended up hearing like a month later, because the elected (who "does" all the hires) was in a two-week murder trial, and then the elected and the background investigator had a miscommunication about whether my background check was done, and then they decided to wait for bar results at that point because they were almost out. For years I assumed they offered it to another candidate who ended up rejecting it it, but that apparently didn't even happen. Just good old-fashioned miscommunication and dysfunction.

p.s. In the meantime I assumed I'd been ghosted, accepted a post-grad internship at another DA's office, and moved 5 hours away.

[StingerD]

This office is definitely understaffed and very busy so I could see how they just haven't gotten around to it. Or like the first poster said I could be a secondary or tertiary candidate too. Going to do my best to not rack my brain over it. Thank you!