How long before interview notification?

[Pete Cullen]

Hi All,
I'm currently looking for my second contract and have had my CV put forward for a few jobs after getting calls back from the agencies.

Can anyone tell me, on average, how long you can expect to wait before being told whether you have an interview? I know the agency won't contact you if the clients don't want to interview you, but with my first contract I had an interview the next day, it was all very fast.

Any wise words of experience would be greatly received!

Pete

[poser]

how longs a piece of string?
depends if they are recruiting for that role straight away

[TheFaQQer]

Somewhere between same day and never.

HTH

[Bluebird]

uf the agencu fancy your chances of getting the gig, they usually push for something from the client asap [ to keep your interst ] - even if it's a slot in a week or sos time.

If they haven't got back to you within in a day or so , either they don't fancy you or the client doesn't.


Move on..

[Pete Cullen]

Thanks mate.

[poser]

alos sometimes if you apply for a job as soon as it comes out, they may not be doing anything about it for a few weeks

[Devlin]

It really does vary, inevitibly it's never quite as urgent as an agent makes out though!

[TheFaQQer]

If they think that either you might be in demand, or there might be lots of applicants, then they will usually try to get it turned around quickly to get a contract on the table before either you move on or someone else gets the gig.

Quickest I've had was job application at 1030pm, talk to agent at 930am, interview 230pm, offer 4pm.

Some clients may even cancel the job, but come back in a few weeks and reopen it.

[thunderlizard]

In the case of massive clients with rigid outsourced procurement it can get crazy, especially if one of the irreplaceable chain links is on holiday. 3-4 weeks likesay.

[Pete Cullen]

Now that's fast! My last contract was apply 3:30pm, phone call 3.40pm, interview next day at 10am, employed by 2, so that's why I was asking the average.

I've heard a lot of "this is really, really urgent you will definitely get a call today", and then hear nothing. Or it's "the client can be very slow making a decision, could be a couple of weeks before you hear". The latter was a job I was particularly keen on but I can't sit around on my arse for two weeks on the off-chance I might get an interview.

Thanks for all the feedback folks!