Yes, I know, thank the interviewer. Got it – that’s not my question.
So I just wrapped up a second round of interviews today. He he said like to continue considering me as a candidate, and that he would e-mail me some material for me to look over and play with later that day. I checked my e-mail several times at work, and it never showed. I left work, ran tiny errands, got home, then psycho-checked my e-mail again, and nothing. The workday is clearly over now, and it’s just plain not there.
I’m thinking of sending him a quick love note confirming he’s sending what he said he would? Should I wait until tomorrow? Send it now?
Is he possibly just late? For our first phone interview, he was 40 minutes late. I’ve had people be late for interviews before, but never by more than 10 minutes.
What to do, what to do? Freaking out and analyzing this to death here. Need answer fast!
I would send an email tomorrow morning. Something like ‘Just wanted to confirm that you sent such and such email to me. Our corporate spam filter is pretty strict, so want to verify it did not end up being re-routed to the spam mailbox.’
Or similar. Depends how easy going / formal your emails have been. Just don’t say anything about how he’s late or whatever, blame it on your concern for the spam filter filtering it out.
Hmm hmm, that sounds good minus the corporate part, as we’ve been communicating through my private e-mail, but that detail is unimportant. Things do disappear into spam filters and into the interwebs.
Okay, so is tomorrow morning the latest I should send it, folks? Does it make a difference if it’s today or tomorrow morning? Tomorrow afternoon is definitely too late, right?
I would also wait until tomorrow. After all, “today” is not even over yet; if he was planning to send something late and you jumped the gun, you’d look…desperate.
With that said, I hate these little extracurricular things. Like, what if he plans to never send you anything and it’s a test of your initiative or something? Gah.
Oh gods, no. Please no mind games! If this is his tactic, and I sincerely hope it’s not, I suppose I will pass as I intend to follow up, but I don’t want to pass with a C- instead of an A.
I’m hoping he just forgot and will thank me for the reminder? Argh!
I’d send it in the morning. It’s so easy to typo an email address that I think that’s probably what happened; if you email him, then all he has to do is reply. I wouldn’t work on his stuff during your regular work time, though.
Send the mail tomorrow morning if you haven’t gotten it, and don’t panic. There are all sorts of emergencies that come up that might prevent him from sending it. He knows he is going to do it, and so it is lower priority.
These days I’ve been spending 90% of my time on recruiting and 90% of my time on my real work, so you can see that some things get delayed.
Okay, okay. (Simmers down) Tomorrow seems best. Nice to have some objective voices to make my brain stop being ridiculous. I asked a couple of friends, both of whom are darling, but were completely useless. Thank you, strangers!
During business hours you have to be more careful. You don’t want to risk sending the message that you don’t care about your current job. Some people might not notice, but I wouldn’t chance it. I think before work or during the lunch hour are safe times, though.
Ooh, good idea. I’ll check my e-mail before it’s time to head out the door, and if nothing’s there, fire off the draft. Hopefully there will be good news to keep y’all posted on.
“What the fuck is your problem, douchebag? You said you’d email me those files today but I’m not seeing them yet!! Your constant tardiness is becoming a problem for this company and I’m putting you on notice.”
How about goosing him along without being too obvious. You should be sending the obligatory “thanks so much for the interview and gee gosh golly I’m thrilled about the opportunity!!!” email anyway because it’s simply required after every interview. Tack on your “and can’t wait to take a look at the materials to show you how I can contribute” in that email to remind him he needs to send it to you.
Whatever you do don’t give some bullshit about spam filter; that just looks insecure and impatient and if you’ve emailed before isnt even plausable.
