Has this Happend to anyone? What did you do?

[cojak]

Has this Happend to anyone? What did you do?

After the 3rd (phone) interview when they said they wanted to know more about my proposed plan for the project, I called a halt to the proceedings. Amazingly the agent was ticked, but I said that if they didn't offer on the 3rd meeting they either didn't like me or were incompetent not to know if I could or couldn't do the job.

[BA to the Stars]

I had an interview, heard nothing, attended subsequent interviews with other clients and landed a role with one of those. A month or so later I get a call from the agent from the first interview stating that the client would like me to start the following Monday. Told them too late as I had subsequently landed a role.

It happens therefore as has been said previously never stop looking until you have a signed contract.

[Scrag Meister]

Welcome to contracting.

Don't hang around waiting for something that may not appear.

You are right to start looking again.

Presume it is a non-starter and never existed. Sorry but this is the way the contracting cooky crumbles sometimes.

GL

[MyUserName]

If there was a role for you the agent would be chasing you. There could be a dozen different reasons as to why this has happened but regardless of which it is your response is going to be the same - carry on looking.

This has even happened to me in the permie world. Got told that they wanted me for the job but at the same time had had their budget cut so they could not afford me - although I found out later it was a luckily escape!

[strawberrysmoothie]

guys,

Can I say a big thank you for all your responses (and for not flaming me).

After all these years in the business, and thinking I've pretty much 'seen it all'. Trust me I won't ever make this mistake ever again.

That situation was total tulip and not worth wasting another second of my time.

Cheers you're all a bunch of stars

[norrahe]

If its any consolation, a lot of people are interviewing for roles they haven't got sign off on. Its way too common these days. Managers take a punt in the hope that if they find someone it will get signed up.

There's a lot of red tape in banking, so keep looking and as they say "the opera aint over till the ink's dry on the contract".

[SimonMac]

Sometimes over Christmas etc you can let it go that dates may slip and they don't get back to you when you expect them too, but as we are now in the third week of the New Year I would stop chasing and focus my time on other opportunities, unless you were daft enough to stop looking after the verbal offer.....

[Torran]

guys,

Can I say a big thank you for all your responses (and for not flaming me).

After all these years in the business, and thinking I've pretty much 'seen it all'. Trust me I won't ever make this mistake ever again.

That situation was total tulip and not worth wasting another second of my time.

Cheers you're all a bunch of stars

A few years ago I was spun out for about 9 weeks on a role that never materialised. Learned my lesson the hard way like yourself. I think it happens to everyone at least once

[GB9]

From experience

Based on lots of years contract experience, if someone wants you, they will contact you. If they don't then let it go.

I had more experience of this in the last couple of days. I was an exact match for the role, at the right rate, available immediately for interview and start. Needless to say, not even an enquiry from the agent. 10 years ago I would have been fretting over why I wasn't suitable and calling them up. Now, if it weren't for this thread, I would have forgotton about it.

If they want you, they will get hold of you, if not, don't waste your time.

[rob s]

I've gone through something similar recently in another thread. No actual offer in interview but I thought it was pretty much mine. Then silence.

They could also have offered it to someone else and waiting to see if they'll take it, keeping you as reserve.

Plus, I never trust bankers. Especially wunches of them.