Re: Had 2 interviews mid July, still dangling!
    Posted by: not an admin but... on 8/10/13
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    I would not call. I am also interviewing for teaching jobs,
    and have had a lot of interviews since May. I have 2 2nd
    interviews next week. Kind of getting down to the wire
    considering teachers are starting back to work in 2 weeks.

    Anyhoo, I am finding that hiring officials will call you
    either within a day or two (meaning that you were eliminated
    pretty fast and they moved fast on another candidate to land
    them) or it may take a week to longer to get a response (that
    means that they chose someone else, but is taking a while to
    finalize everything with references, paperwork, etc.) and they
    don't want to call the other candidates until ALL is finalized
    with the other candidate as in signed a contract, references
    checked, all that.

    In your case it seems they may have gotten more applications
    and candidates they wanted to interview.

    I hate to be negative but usually if you are not hearing back,
    it means you're not a top candidate, or they are having second
    interviews with other candidates. Like the old - no news is
    good news. Because this late in the summer, the principal
    wants to lock it in and fill the position.

    On 8/10/13, anxious, need advice wrote:

    > I had one interview and then a second at private school in

    > mid-July. Both went well and everyone said great things

    > about me. The principal said he was interviewing one more

    > person that day and that there would be a quick decision.

    > The principal was on vaca the week after that,

    > the 22-26. I called Friday Aug. 2 to check on things and was

    > told by the person who answered the phone that they were

    > interviewing more people! I sent the principal a brief email

    > last Monday Aug. 5 just reiterating my strong interest in

    > the position and saying I would be happy to

    > provide any more information. Still nothing! Granted, this

    > does not look good for my team, but it is hard to completely

    > give up hope when you have not been given a definite "no."

    > If they liked me as much as they appeared to, why haven't

    > they offered me the job? If someone

    > else popped up that they like better, why don't they just

    > tell me?

    > This is driving me nuts! I don't want to pester them, but

    > should I call again on Monday and ask to speak to the

    > principal himself? This is a small school, so it is not as

    > if there is a bureaucracy that needs to go through a long

    > process. Thanks in advice for any advice.


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  • Had 2 interviews mid July, still dangling!, 8/10/13, by anxious, need advice.
  • Re: Had 2 interviews mid July, still dangling!, 8/10/13, by not an admin but....
  • Re: Had 2 interviews mid July, still dangling!, 8/10/13, by anxious.
  • Re: Had 2 interviews mid July, still dangling!, 8/10/13, by sorry.
  • Re: Had 2 interviews mid July, still dangling!, 8/10/13, by anxious.
  • Re: Had 2 interviews mid July, still dangling!, 8/10/13, by Good luck.
  • Re: Had 2 interviews mid July, still dangling!, 8/10/13, by Other Options.
  • Re: Had 2 interviews mid July, still dangling!, 8/13/13, by chemteach.
  • Re: Had 2 interviews mid July, still dangling!, 8/13/13, by anxious.