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It went really well, and they said that they needed someone yesterday, and were hoping to send out offer letters within few days. I haven't heard anything back yet, called the HR dept and they have no info for me except to call my interviewer (who is also the supervisor of the dept I wanted to get into).
(It is not for a faculty position btw...)
I was wondering if this is a bad idea? Rude?
I'm currently setting up other interviews because I got fired for a bogus reason from my previous job, for basically what seems to be their discovery that I was looking elsewhere. A shady fellow employee spilled the beans...
At any rate, I've heard OSU can be notoriously slow, due to a lot of bureaucracy, and have heard stories of folks waiting months for notification.
Not sure what to do here... any help would be awesome.
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Coy
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Posted 1 year ago # -
futureman
Grandview Heights
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FYI - When I took a position at OSU I was notified within 2 weeks of the interview that I was offered the job, but my department seems to work much faster than most. It is a a/p staff job if that makes a difference.
Best of luck with the job. Getting an interview at OSU is the hard part. Typically I've found they only interview 3 people, so you have a 1/3 chance of getting it.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Tenzo
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futureman wrote >>
FYI - When I took a position at OSU I was notified within 2 weeks of the interview that I was offered the job, but my department seems to work much faster than most. It is a a/p staff job if that makes a difference.
Best of luck with the job. Getting an interview at OSU is the hard part. Typically I've found they only interview 3 people, so you have a 1/3 chance of getting it.Not to worry you; but somethimes the delay is that they are asking their number one pick and they are working things out or negotiating.
They keep their number two, or even number 3 person on hold while they see if the number one person works out. This can include HR negotiations and a drug test, which takes time.It's standard practice at Chase. It's easier to negotiate if you have a backup. And if you do go to the backup it lets him think that he was the first choice.
Posted 1 year ago # -
unejoliefille
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It has been my experience with positions at OSU that everything, and I mean everything, is slow, slow, slow. (Once I accepted a position for a new program three months before they finally got around to conceptualizing the program and having meetings, and 5 months before we actually started orientation and beginning stages. Eventually I had to turn that job down because I was left without an income that long. I know that won't happen to you to such extent because you are joining a pre-existing department, but things do run slow.) The HR departments are overtaxed, and generally quite difficult to get a hold of or even get TO. Hiring someone new turns into a giant debacle with the complications of OSU not being entirely a private company, and not entirely simply a University. With that in mind, I wouldn't accept defeat just yet, and don't think a follow up call to the interviewer would be inappropriate.
Posted 1 year ago # -
kitty
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I had a similar experience with OSU. I went to the interview and they said they wanted someone 'yesterday.' I can't remember if I called or emailed to follow up, but was glad I did. Eventually, they got it together, made the offer, and 3 weeks later I was able to start. So, from interview to start date it was 6 weeks and that was a rush for them. Its a different kind of place :)
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