Any advice for me?

[drs]

Today I get a call that a buy side company wants to interview me for a portfolio mgmt assistant position. The person on the phone really likes me, and decides to schedule an interview with the hiring managers this week.

I get home from work, and the person left a message saying "were going to have to hold off on the interview this week" Now I am going crazy!!! I went from so excited, to crushed in about a minute.

Do you think this means the position is gone, or that they just want to reschedule??

 

[Zforce12000]

If you did not get a reason why on the voicemail...I would call back and ask what is the reason? Don't put your tail between you legs yet!

 

[trycfa]

I would ay wait and watch.. you can call and find out the reason but make sure that you dont irritate them.

if the job is one then anyways u cant do anything but if its still there and only the interview has ben rescheduled then you dont have to worry abt anything.. its a win win situation for u

 

[Pat-Bateman]

drs,

That sucks, but it likely that the hiring managers have a full week and are not blowing you off. I would wait a couple days and then contact them towards the end of the week if you have not heard anything.

 

[sydneybound]

i would also wait a couple of days, then phone them thursday and tell them that you're following up to verify which day they want you to come in for a meeting.

 

[Fx]

Often times the recruiter isn't always as knowledgable or as connected to the manager they are staffing for. They are given the job description and a little information and that's it. They have no idea how to do the job or what the average person doing the job must be capable of. And most of the time they aren't up to date on where the hiring process is. The mgr. could have already interviewed 50 people and may have one candidate already in mind.

All the recruiter knows is the position still needs to be filled. So they keep contacting people until they get word to stop. Some firms do set an internal closing date to make a final decision. They set that date as the last day for interviews and then from there make their decision. But other firms just keep interviewing until they find a fit. They may then interview a few after but then stop once they feel confident that they won't find anyone better.

So essentially all the recruiter does is pre-screen the interview, technically they don't set nothing up. They are given a schedule at which point everything must be confirmed by mgmt.

So they screen you and your info, then check with mgmt. At that point, mgmt may decline or pass on you. Mgmt. may then elaborate to the recruiter what it is they need and point out what you don't have.

Don't ever let a recruiter get your hopes up. Unfortunately this is something everyone tends to learn the hard way. We've all been there at some point in our careers.

I would say that more than likely they have decided to pass on you. Do not call them because then you get closure on it. Wait for them to call, e-mail, or send a letter to you or in 3-5 days, say you received a call about an interest in possibly hiring you, so you wanted to stop by and fill out an application incase any openings come up.

At that point, you have not received any closure so it's not inappropriate. The recruiter will then come out and say hi, say they are sorry for not calling you cause they where really busy, etc. And will then take your app and say they will hold on to it. At that point they feel a little obligated to you to at least get you a face to face interview.

Hope this helps.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 08:05AM by Fx.

 

[drs]

Yeah they just told me that the position was filled.... Oh well I would of loved to work on an equity fund team. They said they will consider me for a similar position on a bond fund team, so I guess thats good.

I really want to work for an equity fund, would having fixed income mutual fund experience be too far off base?

 

[Gecco]

that stuff happens all the time - you've got to have thick skin.

switching from fixed to equity is not easy, unless you are quite junior The analytical skills are quite different unless you are dealing with distressed, high yield or hybrid securities.