Radio silence after a job interview
The deafening silence from employers leaves candidates waiting without any updates regarding the further process. This prolonged waiting causes applicants to overthink everything, leaving them to wonder if the hiring manager simply forgot about them because they interviewed first.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
Share your steps and trade-offs so fellow engineers don't have to reinvent the wheel. No account required.
- 1Tell yourself you didn't get the job to manage your expectationsDid this help you?
- 2Keep applying and shift your focus to the next interview rather than waitingDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Do you think I’m in a good spot? I’m assuming I was the first to interview since I moved so quickly during the hiring manager rounds, do they usually forget about the first interviewer? Idk why I’m overthinking everything. I just wanted to talk to someone about it.”source ↗
“Hi there, did anyone attend an interview for the TSE role in Hyderabad, got any update regarding further process or still waiting? I have my interview on Sep 26th, till now no update. Did you get an update or still waiting like me?”source ↗
Where this came up
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