Post-interview agency feedback/response

[Spacecadet]

If your own interview is scheduled before the rival candidates from the same EB then there is a real chance that the EB will get back after the interview to find out how it went. They are not just being polite, what they really want to know is what the client asked during the interview so that they can prime your rival candidates into saying the right thing so they get a better chance of getting the job if you don't get it yourself.

Interesting... sounds like some mis-direction might be in order if that ever happens to me

[lukemg]

Hate to stick up for the agents but consider this :
They often get little or no feedback from the client, especially for contract jobs, it is a yes or no, end of.
No-one likes to hear bad news and for every contractor who takes it on the chin, there is another who rants and raves, argues about every point the agent says etc etc. The agent will start off getting back to people but after a few of these chats, they will stop (and so would I).
You get the job - they phone within 30 seconds, if not - you are toast.
Chalk it up and move on.

[Spacecadet]

contracting for 1 year - 3 interviews and 3 gigs... and i got turned down after one of the interviews

[MarillionFan]

I never get feedback on failed interviews. I dont fail interviews.

Yet to meet a contractor I wasnt better than.

[thunderlizard]

That's normal behaviour for 'the ones that got away'. It's like when you're choosing what car to buy. If you choose a BMW, you don't feel obliged to phone up Mercedes, Ford and Volvo and give them feedback on why they didn't make the sale.

If you do want feedback, phone up 2 days after the meeting, assume you didn't get the gig, and ask nicely.

[Sockpuppet]

3 interviews. No offer. GUFFAW.

Go permie. If you can get an offer.

Yeah...real contractors are people like me who have an interview get a job offer , then abuse the agent and turn it down.

[Mr_Z]

3 interviews. No offer. GUFFAW.

Go permie. If you can get an offer.

Nah i think not. Probably end up sitting next to someone like you for the next 2 years..........

[MarillionFan]

3 interviews. No offer. GUFFAW.

Go permie. If you can get an offer.

[Mr_Z]

It's normal. The only time you'll ever hear anything back is if you've got the gig. I'm not saying it's right, but it's how it is. Agents are only willing to talk to people who they think can make them money. As soon as you're out of the picture, you're no longer a potential money earner to them, so you'll never hear back and they won't return your calls. Until there's another opportunity that you may be suitable for. Then suddenly they'll be your best friend again.

Agreed - sad but true. Guess I've just been lucky in at least getting a "no they've given it to someone else" in the past.

[Buffoon]

Yep, it's normal. And unprofessional.

They are all too keen to use the term professional when you do anything they don’t like. I even had one say that to me after I phoned HIM back after we were cut off as we went into a tunnel.

I am so glad I don’t have to deal with them anymore.

[Sockpuppet]

It's normal. The only time you'll ever hear anything back is if you've got the gig. I'm not saying it's right, but it's how it is. Agents are only willing to talk to people who they think can make them money. As soon as you're out of the picture, you're no longer a potential money earner to them, so you'll never hear back and they won't return your calls. Until there's another opportunity that you may be suitable for. Then suddenly they'll be your best friend again.

Aye phoned up my last pimp scouting for leads and to remind him that I hadn't died and he sounded like he wished I had. When there is something that I am suitable for he'll come crawling back...

[Cowboy Bob]

I've recently had three interviews with potential clients after being introduced by an agency. Two were fairly brief phone interviews and the third a three hour set of interviews on a client's premises. All required plenty of time and preparation on my part.

In each case i never got any feedback from the agent, or even a simple "no they chose someone else". On two occasions the agent just ignored my calls and mails requesting this, whereas the third time the agent just said that the client hadn't responded to them at all. All interviews went well, although obviously not well enough!

I'm not new to the contracting game and realise that such practice regularly occurs when first discussing roles with agents, but have never come up against complete lack of any response after getting to an interview stage. Surely a simple mail saying "you didn't get the job" isn't too much to ask for?

Has anyone any experience of this - and if so would anyone recommend chasing the client directly for some kind of response? Or should i just put it down to experience and grin and bear it?

It's normal. The only time you'll ever hear anything back is if you've got the gig. I'm not saying it's right, but it's how it is. Agents are only willing to talk to people who they think can make them money. As soon as you're out of the picture, you're no longer a potential money earner to them, so you'll never hear back and they won't return your calls. Until there's another opportunity that you may be suitable for. Then suddenly they'll be your best friend again.

[Sockpuppet]

Do what I did once. Go postal on them.

In my earlier years I was doing some work for an agency which was day to day stuff. They sent me to one place which never even asked for me. This happened the next day as well.

So I phoned up the office and told them to prepare for a ******* over. Got there and they had locked the office and gone home 2 hours early

Got them the next day though and forg marched the branch manager to the local cash machine in order to get £200 from him.

[HankWangford]

I've recently had three interviews with potential clients after being introduced by an agency. Two were fairly brief phone interviews and the third a three hour set of interviews on a client's premises. All required plenty of time and preparation on my part.

In each case i never got any feedback from the agent, or even a simple "no they chose someone else". On two occasions the agent just ignored my calls and mails requesting this, whereas the third time the agent just said that the client hadn't responded to them at all. All interviews went well, although obviously not well enough!

I'm not new to the contracting game and realise that such practice regularly occurs when first discussing roles with agents, but have never come up against complete lack of any response after getting to an interview stage. Surely a simple mail saying "you didn't get the job" isn't too much to ask for?

Has anyone any experience of this - and if so would anyone recommend chasing the client directly for some kind of response? Or should i just put it down to experience and grin and bear it?

at interview try to get a contact number from the interviewer and ask if he minds if you contact him/her direct for feedback

[Mr_Z]

I've recently had three interviews with potential clients after being introduced by an agency. Two were fairly brief phone interviews and the third a three hour set of interviews on a client's premises. All required plenty of time and preparation on my part.

In each case i never got any feedback from the agent, or even a simple "no they chose someone else". On two occasions the agent just ignored my calls and mails requesting this, whereas the third time the agent just said that the client hadn't responded to them at all. All interviews went well, although obviously not well enough!

I'm not new to the contracting game and realise that such practice regularly occurs when first discussing roles with agents, but have never come up against complete lack of any response after getting to an interview stage. Surely a simple mail saying "you didn't get the job" isn't too much to ask for?

Has anyone any experience of this - and if so would anyone recommend chasing the client directly for some kind of response? Or should i just put it down to experience and grin and bear it?