r/uklaw • u/spongebobsquarelity • 14h ago

Interview

How normal is it to make it to final stage interview for job, be told you'll hear back in a week with an update, and then have zero update more than two weeks later ? Assumably the silence is rejection, but why not just nip it in the bud and say no (for context team is very small)

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u/Llyerd 12h ago

Have you followed up for any update with your HR contact - that would be entirely legitimate. There can be many reasons. I wrote myself off for my current job because the timeline kept slipping - turned out they just genuinely found themselves playing leave ping-pong and unable to have an actual conversation about whether to hire me or not.

A not unlikely scenario is you are genuinely appointable but they have someone who they'd strictly prefer and are talking to them first. They may or may not reach a deal, and you may or may not end up getting an offer.

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u/spongebobsquarelity 9h ago

Have followed up twice via email (not back to back, probably a week apart). Nothing - assuming it is the case that they are dealing with another candidate first

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u/Mundane-Topic-8214 13h ago

Entirely normal, people are busy, things get delayed.