Best Time to Follow Up After First Job Interview

I get asked all the timeā€¦
How should I follow up after an interview?

Following up after an interview is a great habit to get into. It shows the employer youā€™re actively interested in the role. And by following up you can get great feedback on how you performed in the interview, how youā€™re positioned for being offered the job and when the company is likely to make a decision as to who they hire.

Most people arenā€™t sure about the best way to follow up, or when to do it.

So today Iā€™m going to cover the best follow up strategy Iā€™ve ever found.

Iā€™ll cover what you should do, what you should say, and when you should do it.

And importantly, Iā€™ll also cover when you should abandon your follow up because thereā€™s no point in flogging a dead horse. There are times when you need to move on.

So if youā€™ve ever struggled with how best to follow up after an interview, then youā€™re in the right place.

Letā€™s say youā€™ve had an interview and youā€™re now

waiting to hear from the employer.

There are 2 things you want to know after the interview.

They are, WHEN is the employer planning to make a decision on who they hire for the job, and are YOU being considered for the role?

The job youā€™ve interviewed for will be offered to someone obviously, which means the employer will be making a decision at some point so at the end of the interview itā€™s a good idea to ask when theyā€™re likely to make a decision.

This is a perfectly reasonable question to ask in the interview. In fact, by asking it youā€™re showing the interviewer that youā€™re enthusiastic about the role.

If you walk out of the interview and realize youā€™ve forgotten to ask them when theyā€™re likely to make a decision then donā€™t worry, you can ask when you follow up.

The best time to follow up is just before the employer is about to make their decision on who they hire.

So if the employer told you in the interview that they plan to make a decision within the next week, the time to follow up is after 4 or 5 days.

The best follow up method is to call them. You want to find out if theyā€™re still on track to make their decision shortly and if youā€™re being considered. So a phone call is the best things here.

An email may not give you the feedback youā€™re looking for if the person who receives your email doesnā€™t respond, or doesnā€™t get your email in the first place.

Your call should be a simple conversation where you want to find out when theyā€™re likely to make their decision and if you are being considered.

Based on the feedback you receive, youā€™ll know whether to pursue the job or not.

If you donā€™t get the through to the hiring manager when you call, then leave a message asking them to call you back. You donā€™t need to elaborate in your message. Just leave a message with your name and contact number asking them to call you.

If you havenā€™t received a call within a few days then call again.

If you still havenā€™t heard anything, then send an email and abandon your follow up.

If they reply to your email then great, but at this stage itā€™s probably likely you wonā€™t be offered the job so itā€™s time to move on.

Using this strategy of calling twice then sending an email is enough follow up that your messages should get through to the hiring manager.

And itā€™s also enough for you to realize that if you havenā€™t heard anything back, then youā€™ve been overlooked for the job and itā€™s time to keep looking elsewhere.

The easiest way to breeze through an interview is when the employer WANTS YOU.

If an employer can see youā€™re a good candidate for the role then when they interview you itā€™s an easy conversation.

The way to be in that position is to use Connectzapp when youā€™re job hunting.

You can get it on the App Store or Google Play or go toĀ Connectzapp.com

So give it a try.

Good luck with your job hunting!

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