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Hear back "in a few weeks" on a possible job offer?

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Hear back "in a few weeks" on a possible job offer?

I just had the last interview (of six!) for a job I really would love. I thought it was going great.

But, at the very end of the interview, the interviewer said this: "You will hear back in a few weeks at the earliest. Thank you for your time."

In addition, in the middle of the interview, he randomly said, "Well, we are interviewing a lot of people" after I responded to something, which seemed odd since we weren't talking about that.

I am thinking I should probably just understand that the interview may have gone better for me than it did for him and keep looking, forget about this job unless I am pleasantly surprised in a few weeks.

Am I reading too much into this?

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  1. Becca Carnahan

    First off - congratulations on getting to the last round of interviews!

    It's SO hard not to analyze an interview after the fact. It may be that the person is considering other candidates or it's just their style to not show their cards. In any case, the only thing you can control at this point is your follow up, so I would recommend focusing on that part.

    Have you already written your thank you note to the interviewer? If not, make sure to include a highlight of the conversation and reminder of the skill set you would bring to the role.

    Then in the meantime, take the reins of looking for other opportunities because even if the interview went perfectly and they offer you the role, it would be great to have other options to compare it against. Are you in process with other roles as well? Any companies on your target list you could reach out to for networking? Focusing on what you can control in the job search helps take your mind off the waiting game!

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