Follow-Up After Interview
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@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
I'm starting to see how European companies definitely don't focus on professionalism. When I spoke to HR, I asked for the benefits such as Health Insurance and such. She didn't even have that content with her and only told me what she knew from the top of her head. She was also remote (in Mexico) via video conference. I asked if she could email me the document with all the details and she said I would get it with the offer. I thought that was very odd as I even had a company's recruiter email me such details before I even did the phone interview with the hiring manager, which in a previous case I decided not to move forward with onsite interview due to the high cost of health insurance.
Well THAT stuff just sounds like a bad company, lol. Definitely lots of European companies that you'd love to work for, overall.
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@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
there is some cons. The pay will be about 15K more a year than what I currently make (below market value) at my company, It will be 5 min away from my home, there is some technology that I will learn that I don't have experience with.
Those are the cons?
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@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
It is very interesting on your details about what's good hiring and bad hiring.
I was a hiring advisor on Wall St (and still do some.) Using good hiring practices to build the best teams was one of my specialties
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@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
Also, I would get experience being in-house IT as I don't have that and don't know what it's like (might be good, might be bad,idk).
MSP now?
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@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
Another thing, is they took me out for lunch before the interview, which I've never experienced before which I'm sure most of you have.
That's pretty common. Or more common for me, as a break in the middle.
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@scottalanmiller said in Follow-Up After Interview:
@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
there is some cons. The pay will be about 15K more a year than what I currently make (below market value) at my company, It will be 5 min away from my home, there is some technology that I will learn that I don't have experience with.
Those are the cons?
Pretty much.
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@scottalanmiller said in Follow-Up After Interview:
@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
Also, I would get experience being in-house IT as I don't have that and don't know what it's like (might be good, might be bad,idk).
MSP now?
Basically. Not officially a full msp due to a lot of politics and the fact that we’re a fortune 300 company that does other things besides IT. IT was just a service the company decided to add in in addition to the other services and products they sell to their customers. Honestly, IT is not even their money maker.
I’m one of the senior technicians here and it’s time to move on and grow. Should have left a long time ago, but it’s better late than never.
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@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
I’m one of the senior technicians here and it’s time to move on and grow. Should have left a long time ago, but it’s better late than never.
Also good for professional growth... MangoCon!
And it's local, no excuses.
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@scottalanmiller said in Follow-Up After Interview:
@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
I’m one of the senior technicians here and it’s time to move on and grow. Should have left a long time ago, but it’s better late than never.
Also good for professional growth... MangoCon!
And it's local, no excuses.
Yes! I will keep my eye open for the next one.
I’ve seen some of the videos of previous sessions and really enjoyed them.
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@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
@scottalanmiller said in Follow-Up After Interview:
@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
I’m one of the senior technicians here and it’s time to move on and grow. Should have left a long time ago, but it’s better late than never.
Also good for professional growth... MangoCon!
And it's local, no excuses.
Yes! I will keep my eye open for the next one.
I’ve seen some of the videos of previous sessions and really enjoyed them.
May 6-8 in Irving.
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When interviewing, include things like vacations dates and conferences that you want as part of your hiring agreement. It's actually impressive, especially when talking professional development stuff, and a moment when they will generally agree without a second thought.
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@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
@scottalanmiller said in Follow-Up After Interview:
@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
there is some cons. The pay will be about 15K more a year than what I currently make (below market value) at my company, It will be 5 min away from my home, there is some technology that I will learn that I don't have experience with.
Those are the cons?
Pretty much.
I meant pros!!!! Lol
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@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
@scottalanmiller said in Follow-Up After Interview:
@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:
there is some cons. The pay will be about 15K more a year than what I currently make (below market value) at my company, It will be 5 min away from my home, there is some technology that I will learn that I don't have experience with.
Those are the cons?
Pretty much.
I meant pros!!!! Lol
LOL, they sure SOUNDED like pros.
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@scottalanmiller said in Follow-Up After Interview:
When interviewing, include things like vacations dates and conferences that you want as part of your hiring agreement. It's actually impressive, especially when talking professional development stuff, and a moment when they will generally agree without a second thought.
Yeah I do this but never in writing. I always ask about how frequently I can get training as that's a big part of my career. It kind of flips the script on them when they ask you if you have any questions.
And like Scott says no one is ever going to see you asking about training as a negative
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@IRJ said in Follow-Up After Interview:
Yeah I do this but never in writing.
Same, mostly just a discussion.
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So, if there are two close or equal candidates:
One of them follows up the day after thanking you for your time for the interview, and maybe reference something specific that came up during the conversation to maybe highlight ways your skills and experience are a good match. Also a decent time to briefly mention something you may have forgotten....
And the other candidate does nothing...
So long as the one who did follow up does it in a (brief) way that doesn't portray desperation, but shows genuineness and confidence, I don't see how that could be anything but positive.
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@Obsolesce said in Follow-Up After Interview:
So long as the one who did follow up does it in a (brief) way that doesn't portray desperation, but shows genuineness and confidence, I don't see how that could be anything but positive.
One could say the same thing about being silent and respecting your space. Can't be seen as anything but positive.
There is a difference between a follow up and a thank you. Responding quickly after a meeting just to thank people for their time is always acceptable and polite. That's different than waiting and following up hoping to pop into someone's memory.
But more importantly, if you've gone long enough that you feel the need to follow up, it's already too long.
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@scottalanmiller said in Follow-Up After Interview:
@Obsolesce said in Follow-Up After Interview:
So long as the one who did follow up does it in a (brief) way that doesn't portray desperation, but shows genuineness and confidence, I don't see how that could be anything but positive.
One could say the same thing about being silent and respecting your space. Can't be seen as anything but positive.
There is a difference between a follow up and a thank you. Responding quickly after a meeting just to thank people for their time is always acceptable and polite. That's different than waiting and following up hoping to pop into someone's memory.
But more importantly, if you've gone long enough that you feel the need to follow up, it's already too long.
Oh, that kind of follow-up. I misunderstood. Yes I agree, nothing to do. But at that point, if it's gone so long anyways, it can't hurt if it's already a no lol. (though, I wouldn't anyways)
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@Obsolesce said in Follow-Up After Interview:
Oh, that kind of follow-up. I misunderstood. Yes I agree, nothing to do. But at that point, if it's gone so long anyways, it can't hurt if it's already a no lol. (though, I wouldn't anyways)
Unlikely to hurt, true. But a waste of time. And this is more important than it sounds.
Interviewing is a mentally taxing game and companies win by making employees despair. Part of a healthy interviewing practice is to prep, do well in the interview, and just "dump it" once you walk out. Once the interview is over, let it go, never think of it again. If you are thinking about interviews or jobs later and wishing that you had gotten it, you are in an less than ideal mental place. If you are thinking about them so much that you follow up a week later, that's very less than ideal.
As a good strategy, you really want to essentially forgot the interview entirely by the next day (of course, remember them enough to know if you want to accept or not if they call, lol.) But basically, never think about it again. That's how you keep yourself from getting dragged down by doing lots of interviews. There is a lot of psychology at play here. But this sounds like a great episode in the making.
I think people focus so much on preparing for an interview that they completely forget about mental health following an interview or in the overall job hunting process.
