Q. As someone who has hired many people over the years, it's funny to me that as a candidate for a position, I am lost on proper etiquette. I recently interviewed for what would amount to a career change for me as online director at a prominent weekly magazine. For the past 20 years I have been a publisher.
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My interview went well (at least I thought), and they told me they'd be making their decision in the next two weeks. I sent a thank you for the interview e-mail to the parties I interviewed with, and I also left a voice mail of thanks with the primary person I interviewed with (I was interviewed by two people).
What are your thoughts on whether I should do a follow up with them? It has been one week since the interview.
As a hiring manager I would be impressed that someone followed up a second time.
EagerA. I would just wait.
You have followed up once already with everyone and twice with one person. A second or third follow-up within their two-week decision window seems unnecessary, unless you have something new to add.
You have said thanks. It is too soon to ask if they have a decision, since they have not yet reached the end of the time period they laid down.
The only thing you could hang an additional contact on would be if you have some new work or development that you might want them to know about as they are deciding. This could not be something that happened before you interviewed. And it should not be something you have done since your interview that is solely standard or routine.
Unless you have something new to say, wait and hope.
Coming Monday: He wonders whether a jump from a five-day-a-week alternative paper to a specialized subscription-only breaking news Web site would help his career or hurt it.
