What should I make of this response?
Hi folks. So I just finished all the rounds for a role in one of the leading retail companies (name starts with A). I thought the rounds went pretty smoothly. My friend works there and she told me that the hiring manager liked me.
After all the rounds were over, I reached out to the recruiter on updates and she asked me what is my notice period (this was on 9th March, I finished interviewing on 2nd). I told her it’s 60 days but negotiable! I thought it was going in the right direction.
I follow up again yesterday and she tells me that she hasn’t heard back from the interviewers yet.
I was kinda banking on this as I have a non-tech role and this was a great opportunity which is quite rare for my skillset (content, creative).
I do want to get some opinions on how should I read this entire exchange with the HR!
I can understand that this can be frustrating, but following up frequently can be counterproductive.
If anything, it will show your desperation and you will lose any leverage you might have during salary negotiations. I would say give it a week more before checking again.
Think of it this way, if they really liked your profile, they will get back to you and discuss next steps. If you give up any leverage in that timeframe, it will impact your salary negotiations. If they are ghosting you, it will indicate that they are not that interested (which sucks, and ideally they should just inform you in that case) and following up frequently will not change that.
Thank you for the detailed reply :) I won’t be following up anymore. I think I just need to move on in my mind, from this.
