A question to my wise flist:

[ridicully]

After a job interview is it expecting too much to be somehow notified if one got the job? I can deal with not being accepted just fine, but I'd like to actually *know* not to infer it from not hearing anything for nearly two weeks. Just a simple email: "We're sorry, you are not what we're looking for"? Is that asking for too much? Is that just not How It Is Done? Am I just hopelessly naive?
I'm completely serious in asking here. Applying to jobs is just nothing I know anything about.

This entry was brought to you by my abused fingernails and my inability to put contingency plans into action without concrete facts.

Comments

[arthenadent.livejournal.com]

I have never heard from a company unless I did get the job. The only times I've gotten a "no, that's been filled" is when I called them to ask. It's just how things are, I suppose. Best to learn this now; my boyfriend did not know this a few years ago, spent weeks waiting for employers to call him back, and ended up unemployed for much longer as a result!

Re: job search

[ridicully]

I really wish not all my jobs before had been so informal. It's just good to know these things. Thanks for your help