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It's tough, hang in there! Don't rule out 100% this latest job yet.

On 8/10/13, anxious wrote:

> Thank you again. He did tell me at the end of the interview that he was

> going to interview one other person that same day and they would be

> making a quick decision. I sent him a thank-you email that night.

> Then when I called two weeks later just to "check back," they were

> "still interviewing." I sent another brief email last Monday,

> reiterating my interest, etc. No response. This is why I am not

> constantly applying for jobs. I know you have to apply if you want to

> get a job, but this process - all the preparation, filling out lengthy

> applications, and the ultimate rejections- are so demoralizing that I

> can only take so much. I guess it's back to subbing this fall.

>

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> On 8/10/13, sorry wrote:

>> I'm sorry, I realized I put no news is good news, I should have put

>> no news is "you're not being offered the job." Sorry.

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>> I am just going from my experience. There is no set answer. I have

>> had literally 12 interviews since May, with 10 of them being "no's".

>> The responses have ranged from a Sorry we went with someone else"

>> call the next day, to a call 2 weeks later, to a form email to all

>> candidates who did not get the job sent out a couple weeks after the

>> interview.

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>> I have 2 "second interviews" next week and both of these districts

>> called me the next day to schedule the second interviews.

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>> MOST and I say most, interviews will involve you being told at the

>> end of the interview the "what's next" process with timeline of

>> hiring process, when you should hear back, and that. I was at one

>> where this was not stated and I just asked as the principal was

>> walking with me to the door. No biggie, he appreciated that I asked

>> and he was glad to tell me.

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>> So the short answer is - it all varies from district to district

>> when you find out after an interview. You seem to have a special

>> case where the interview process is being extended.

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>> That said - I have been told by someone "in the know" to send a

>> short, to the point, pleasant email after the interview re-thanking

>> them for the opportunity to interview, but not too "pushy" like

>> don't go on about how great of a fit you are for the school, the

>> job, etc. So you have given them followup contact, they know you

>> are interested in the job still. I personally in this situation

>> would not call them and press again. But I don't think it would

>> HURT to call the principal directly???? I personally wouldn't

>> though.

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>> I hope this helps, I'm sorry I'm not an administrator, I am just

>> giving my experience from having several interviews over the last

>> few months.

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>> Good luck! I really hope you get the job and everything goes as you

>> hope. If it helps, I still have not secured a position, although

>> the possibilities are still there with these 2nd interviews next

>> week, but I am not counting on those as a solid thing yet. So we're

>> sort of in the same boat! Cheers and good luck to you! Maybe an

>> administrator will better answer your question from their

>> perspective, I just felt compelled to answer since I can relate!

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>> On 8/10/13, anxious wrote:

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>>> Thank you for replying, but your answer is a little confusing.

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>>> you say you hate to be negative but then you say no news is good

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>>> news. I gather that although they said they were going to make a

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>>> quick decision, someone materialized that caused them to draw out

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>>> the process by scheduling more interviews. If they chose someone

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>>> else, I wish they would just let me know. I need to plan what I am

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>>> going to be doing this fall if I do not get this position, yet I

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>>> am hesitant to make other commitments until I hear something. Yet,

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>>> I know about a bird in the hand, etc.

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>>> On 8/10/13, not an admin but... wrote:

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>>>> I would not call. I am also interviewing for teaching jobs,

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>>>> and have had a lot of interviews since May. I have 2 2nd

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>>>> interviews next week. Kind of getting down to the wire

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>>>> considering teachers are starting back to work in 2 weeks.

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>>>> Anyhoo, I am finding that hiring officials will call you

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>>>> either within a day or two (meaning that you were eliminated

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>>>> pretty fast and they moved fast on another candidate to land

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>>>> them) or it may take a week to longer to get a response (that

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>>>> means that they chose someone else, but is taking a while to

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>>>> finalize everything with references, paperwork, etc.) and they

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>>>> don't want to call the other candidates until ALL is finalized

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>>>> with the other candidate as in signed a contract, references

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>>>> checked, all that.

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>>> > In your case it seems they may have gotten more applications

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>>>> and candidates they wanted to interview.

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>>>> I hate to be negative but usually if you are not hearing back,

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>>>> it means you're not a top candidate, or they are having second

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>>>> interviews with other candidates. Like the old - no news is

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>>>> good news. Because this late in the summer, the principal

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>>>> wants to lock it in and fill the position.

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

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

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

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

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

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>>>>> The principal was on vaca the week after that,

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

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

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

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

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>>>>> the position and saying I would be happy to

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

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

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

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

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>>>>> they offered me the job? If someone

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

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>>>>> tell me?

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

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

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

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

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>>>>> process. Thanks in advice for any advice.

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