what do you reckon??

alicia · 23-08-2010, 02:00 PM

hi everyone,
i havn't been posting much on here lately but i have been keeping up to date with whats going on

anyway, i was wondering if you guys could help me?

i went to a job interview on tuesday.... it went really well and they said they would get back to me by monday.. (today) anyway, its nearly 2pm and still no sign of a phone call.
i really really want this job

should i phone them? or wait for them to contact me? also if i should contact them, what do i say with out sounding too pushy?

thank you

alice x

**Bindi** · 23-08-2010, 02:10 PM

I would ring them tomorrow...or about 4.30 this afternoon if I couldn't wait any longer

alicia · 23-08-2010, 02:15 PM

thanks Bindi.....
they close at 6 so i might give them a call about 5 ish.... oh im gutted

maybe i should just take a hint

lol.....
xx

pagan queen · 23-08-2010, 02:15 PM

I think ringing them looks like you are keen and lets face it if you have or haven't got the job it wont make any difference to them if you ring or not. It wont change the fact they either want you or not.

Sorry, waffled on a bit there.

alicia · 23-08-2010, 02:22 PM

yeh thats very true..... i dont know what to say when i phone them...
i was thinking something along the lines of

"hi there, i came for an interview last tuesday and was just wondering if the position had been filled?" or "if you have reached a decision yet"
or something like that?? what do you think? im incredably useless at things like this haha
xxx

pagan queen · 23-08-2010, 02:26 PM

Sounds great to me. Very professional. The first option sounds best I think.

**Alan1** · 23-08-2010, 02:29 PM

I have no patience either, if you have waited a week then I think you would be entitled to phone them since they did say they'd let you know by monday. you could say that you are phoning because they said by monday and that you are having to go away and didn't want to miss the call. if it's your mobile just scrap that lie and phone them anyway saying you were desperate to know. Do the unsuccessfull ones get told first or last? not sure on that one. if they offer it to someone then they turn it down they could then offer it to their second choice. if they tell all the unsuccessfull ones first then the succussfull one doesn't want it after all, what do they do? hmm

only one way to find out, good luck

alicia · 23-08-2010, 02:29 PM

right, i'm going to phone them..... im preparing for the worst because if they wanted me im sure they would have phoned already... ah well, i'll let you know

WriterNick · 23-08-2010, 02:34 PM

Give them a call you have nothing to lose! Fingers crossed, please let us all know how it goes! You could add something like 'I was very impressed by your company during the interview' to make it sound like you are really enthusuastic about working for them!

alicia · 23-08-2010, 02:34 PM

just phoned......
she said that 2 people that already worked there wanted the hours..... and she gave it to them!! she said out of the ten people she interviewed i would have been the one she chose

im so gutted! that would have been such a good opportunity for me

xx

23-08-2010, 02:00 PM	#1
alicia Senior Member Adult Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: waterlooville, Hampshire Posts: 2,328	what do you reckon?? hi everyone, i havn't been posting much on here lately but i have been keeping up to date with whats going on anyway, i was wondering if you guys could help me? i went to a job interview on tuesday.... it went really well and they said they would get back to me by monday.. (today) anyway, its nearly 2pm and still no sign of a phone call. i really really want this job should i phone them? or wait for them to contact me? also if i should contact them, what do i say with out sounding too pushy? thank you alice x __________________ 0.0.2 graeca ibera

23-08-2010, 02:10 PM	#2
Bindi Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,157	I would ring them tomorrow...or about 4.30 this afternoon if I couldn't wait any longer __________________

23-08-2010, 02:15 PM	#3
alicia Senior Member Adult Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: waterlooville, Hampshire Posts: 2,328	thanks Bindi..... they close at 6 so i might give them a call about 5 ish.... oh im gutted maybe i should just take a hint lol..... xx __________________ 0.0.2 graeca ibera

23-08-2010, 02:22 PM	#5
alicia Senior Member Adult Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: waterlooville, Hampshire Posts: 2,328	yeh thats very true..... i dont know what to say when i phone them... i was thinking something along the lines of "hi there, i came for an interview last tuesday and was just wondering if the position had been filled?" or "if you have reached a decision yet" or something like that?? what do you think? im incredably useless at things like this haha xxx __________________ 0.0.2 graeca ibera

23-08-2010, 02:29 PM	#8
alicia Senior Member Adult Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: waterlooville, Hampshire Posts: 2,328	right, i'm going to phone them..... im preparing for the worst because if they wanted me im sure they would have phoned already... ah well, i'll let you know __________________ 0.0.2 graeca ibera

23-08-2010, 02:15 PM	#4
pagan queen Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 6,073	I think ringing them looks like you are keen and lets face it if you have or haven't got the job it wont make any difference to them if you ring or not. It wont change the fact they either want you or not. Sorry, waffled on a bit there.

23-08-2010, 02:26 PM	#6
pagan queen Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 6,073	Sounds great to me. Very professional. The first option sounds best I think.

23-08-2010, 02:29 PM	#7
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	I have no patience either, if you have waited a week then I think you would be entitled to phone them since they did say they'd let you know by monday. you could say that you are phoning because they said by monday and that you are having to go away and didn't want to miss the call. if it's your mobile just scrap that lie and phone them anyway saying you were desperate to know. Do the unsuccessfull ones get told first or last? not sure on that one. if they offer it to someone then they turn it down they could then offer it to their second choice. if they tell all the unsuccessfull ones first then the succussfull one doesn't want it after all, what do they do? hmm only one way to find out, good luck

23-08-2010, 02:34 PM	#9
WriterNick Member Juvenile Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Yorkshire Posts: 956	Give them a call you have nothing to lose! Fingers crossed, please let us all know how it goes! You could add something like 'I was very impressed by your company during the interview' to make it sound like you are really enthusuastic about working for them!

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