Ask HN: Whats been your experience in interviewing noawadays
If a company wants you - how long after the last interview did it take to extend an offer or deny you?
Please state the role, and extend/length.
Thank you Its like dating, if the other party is interested in you, they will reach out. By reaching out to them, you may look like a desparate, which can lower your chances during negotitation stage (that would point them that you are only in a process with them). Unless you are involved in more than one process that you try to keep in sync (useful for negotiation strategy) I would not reach out first. My current FAANG job I applied in March of 2022 and was sent an offer in October of 2022. Senior software engineer, and there was a hiring freeze in the middle of that. I was also interviewing other places and it generally took at least two months to do a full interview loop before I got to the offer stage or rejected (I didn't fail any screens). These were all FAANG and adjacent companies though, this last round of job hoping I decided to try huge companies only. Startups usually move much quicker if they have headcount. >how long after the last interview did it take to extend an offer or deny you? If you're certain your last interview was a final interview, you should ideally hear something within 24hrs. Allowing up to 48hrs is polite. Anything beyond that it is 100% reasonable for you to reach out to them and ask for an update. I'll start - Sr AppSec Engr role - last interview friday, sent thank you email to recruiter monday, he responded tues saying he would see if the hiring mgr has an update....... so idk.