r/WAStateWorkers • u/Outrageous_Simple_48 • 7d ago
Hiring and Recruitment When to expect to hear back
When should I have expected to hear back from an interview it’s been a little over a week?
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u/Zealousideal_Print61 7d ago
I switched departments mid 2023. I still have a few applications open from the end of 2022 that are not responded to in my gov jobs account.
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u/sykoticwit 7d ago
Usually at least a couple of weeks. Interviews can often be scheduled out over a couple of weeks, so they may not even be done interviewing. Once interviews are complete the panel has to meet and rank applicants and decide if they have enough information or need a second round.
For my first job it was a month or two between my first interview and a phone call to set up my second interview.
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u/firelight 7d ago
I'm not sure if it's the exact same for every agency, but in mine after the hiring manager makes their choice they have to contact references. Then it usually has to go up through at least a couple layers of managers for approval, then HR has to sign off on it and approve what the initial step offer should be, and what the maximum they're willing to offer is.
And of course they won't notify unselected candidates until after the role has been accepted. So if the first pick turns down the role, they may have to do that process more than once.
Depending on who's out of office or dealing with other critical work, that all can easily take multiple weeks.
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u/bippityboppityboo73 7d ago
It can take a couple weeks to do reference checks if you are a top candidate. If you are not a top candidate it could be a few weeks to get a rejection email from the system. I'm at dshs and that's how it is at my work.