Has this Happend to anyone? What did you do?

[strawberrysmoothie]

Hi,

Ok, basically I successfully interviewed with a major bank. It went well and had a second interview, I was a little nervous but it went ok and was verbally offered the role and was told to expect a call from the agency with the formal offer....it never came. I thought its before Christmas, I will probably get it after the holidays. I did receive a call at the beginning of January from the agent stating they were chasing the client but he wouldn't be back until 8 Jan and to wait until then.

So far nothing, I've called them and I've been told they have had no response from the client (though the client liked me and made an offer). I'm wondering what I should do (I've started looking again)? should i just put this down to experience, be p£$$ off but move on, or should I try to find an answer.

Please don't flame me, just want a simple answer to a simple question.


thanks

[Project Monkey]

Follow up with agent once, then forget it.

Seems a bit odd for the client to make a verbal offer without going through the agent.

[northernladuk]

Yep, happened to me twice while getting my last gig. The agent did manage to get some feedback on one of them and they were in the middle of a transition (which is what I was supposed to help with) but the focus of the transition changed and the role then changed in to a more governance one but not sure exactly the scope so it got withdrawn.

It happens and I would expect quite a lot, money isn't made available, role changes, internal moves to name a few of the 100's of reasons a role can just evaporate.

I am sure a manager thinks you got it but he will probably have a raft of authorisation to go through and time then changes the field of play.

The mistake here is the comment about you 'starting to look again'. I don't stop looking till the contract ink is dry and even then I don't say no until I am sitting on a seat with first invoice drafted and ready.

[BlasterBates]

You need to write this down to experience. There are a number of reasons; maybe a better or perhaps cheaper candidate turned up; probably the most likely reason is that senior management didn´t give their approval. Budgets are often cut unexpectedly.

[BolshieBastard]

Hi,

Ok, basically I successfully interviewed with a major bank. It went well and had a second interview, I was a little nervous but it went ok and was verbally offered the role and was told to expect a call from the agency with the formal offer....it never came. I thought its before Christmas, I will probably get it after the holidays. I did receive a call at the beginning of January from the agent stating they were chasing the client but he wouldn't be back until 8 Jan and to wait until then.

So far nothing, I've called them and I've been told they have had no response from the client (though the client liked me and made an offer). I'm wondering what I should do (I've started looking again)? should i just put this down to experience, be p£$$ off but move on, or should I try to find an answer.

Please don't flame me, just want a simple answer to a simple question.


thanks

Generally when this happens, you havent got the job despite the offer in the interview (I've been told I can start asap 3 times in separate interviews only for the role not to materialise!).

However, sometimes absence or whatever does cause things to be delayed. One of my very recent roles was 4 weeks from application and I'd heard nothing. Then I got a request to go to the interview the next day. Early next week was told I had the job.

What I would say is, dont stop looking and pressume you havent got the role, if it does materialise, sorted!

[Mr.Whippy]

I don't stop looking till the contract ink is dry and even then I don't say no until I am sitting on a seat with first invoice drafted and ready.

What I would say is, dont stop looking and pressume you havent got the role, if it does materialise, sorted!

Agree with these entirely, you should always been looking until you're on-site.

[mudskipper]

What everyone said.

Have had the same thing happen twice in permiedom - verbal job offer at interview, promises from agent, nothing materialises. No malintent from anyone - just one of those things.

[Troll]

Hi, Ok, basically I successfully interviewed with a major bank. It went well and had a second interview

Never do a second interview for a contract role
If the fookers can't make a decision based on your first interview then move on

HTH

[KentPhilip]

Never do a second interview for a contract role
If the fookers can't make a decision based on your first interview then move on

HTH

+1

While I don't agree that you should not do a second interview, I do agree that it is generally a bad omen.

Just last week I had a phone interview, and afterwards spoke to the agent on the phone, who said: "they liked you in the phone interview and want you. You were the best of four candidates. They just want you to go down for a face to face interview though".

Oh yeah, I thought

So I went to the face-to-face. But it turns out they were interviewing two others face to face as well.
Didn't get the role.

Agents are snakes. But then I already knew that..

[Wanderer]

So far nothing, I've called them and I've been told they have had no response from the client (though the client liked me and made an offer).

Call the client direct and have a chat to them to see what's going on. Be prepared for the agent to throw a at this but it's the best way to actually find out what's what.