Is one week too soon to follow up on a job interview when recruiter said I’m moving to second interview ?
A senior manager at E&Y contacted me on LinkedIn for a consulting job. He was very enthusiastic about my resume and we met last week. The interview was great. He told me on the spot that he wanted me to move to the second round (an interview with another Senior Manager) before eventually meeting a Partner.
He tried to schedule it before I left but couldn’t (for some reason) so he told me his assistant would get back to me ASAP.
I haven’t heard back since and it’s been a week. I really want to email him but don’t want to come across as pushy or desperate
Should I wait longer or just go for it ?
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1 week is an appropriate time to follow up if you haven't heard anything. That's persistence, not pushy or desperate.
I'd call wish him happy friday just follow up
I'd wait until eqrly next week, then email him.
Email him. One week is long enough, he can always simply ignore the email if he has nothing.
I worked with executives and they are very busy. However, according to what is written, an assistant should have contacted you. If you had that assistant's contact info it would be the right path to followup, so without it, you should write a carefully worded brief specific email. Something like-
Dear Mr. ____ :
You interviewed me last week on _DATE/Time_. My name is ____ ___, telephone -----. You informed me of a follow-up interview requirement with an additional manager to be scheduled. You informed me that I was to be contacted quickly by your staff, but nothing has arrived in a week. I do not wish to impact your valuable time, but is there is a change of plan or communication issue to correct? Many thanks in advance, and I look forward to being a contributor.
It’s odd that you cannot remember why you couldn’t meet with someone at that moment - regarding a job it seems like you would like to have. It could not have been that important if you can’t remember why you couldn’t go meet the person. You probably should have done it then. It might have been a test to see if you were really interested in going to work.
....or the person they wanted you to see might just have been unavailable over the past week.
You just never know.