Advice needed please, as I haven't been through the job application process for a while and am more than a bit clueless! I applied for a job a while back - it's in a different field from what I've been doing recently, but my skills/qualifications are highly relevant. Didn't hear anything for ages (six weeks or so!) and had pretty much given up, but then I was called for interview. I felt the interview went well, and they gave me some follow-up tasks to do afterwards - they were going to make decisions about 2nd round interviews based on these.
Did the tasks, sent them in as requested - but have heard nothing since. This was more than a fortnight ago now, and I'm wondering where I stand. It's a highly competitive field - think they interviewed about a dozen of us in the first instance - so I'm fairly convinced I haven't been successful, but I'm surprised not to have heard either way. I'm aware that in the current climate unsuccessful candidates are unlikely to be notified after the initial CV stage, but having turned up for interview and effectively done several days' unpaid work for them, I would have expected some kind of response.
Is this the 'new normal' for job interviews? Is it worth emailing them, or should I give up and move on? I don't want to make a pain of myself in case I want to reapply for another position later on!
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Response time after interview - how long is too long?
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DiamondsAndRust · 01/11/2013 14:40
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