Soooo I am a new graduate and recently had an interview that I thought went really well. I got asked back for a peer interview and I felt that went well too. I thought I got along well with the staff. So I had the interview with the hiring manager on Monday and the peer on Thursday. During the peer interview I was told I would hear back early the next week. So on weds when I hadn't heard I emailed the hiring manager to reiterate my interest and ask if any decisions have been made. However, in my email I made a small typo... The interview was on 6/5 and I accidently wrote 5/5... I received this email in response....
You interviewed on June 5th with me, not May 5th. You then were Peer Interviewed on June 8th. There are other candidates going through the same process. We will be making a decision on Friday.
Thanks for your interest.
So I'm super frustrated now because I feel like I made her mad and now she won't want to hire me.. Can anyone shed any light on the situation?
In most cases when I've applied to a place, they either ignore my application or hire me right away. If I apply and don't hear from them, I might call them and say, "I want some feedback on my application." This opens up a learning opportunity in case there was anything wrong that I didn't know about. In my case, it has also prompted them to invite me in for the hiring process. If I'm not sure how they felt about me, I always trust my gut and don't contact them.
I already had this comment thought out so even though you got the offer I'm gonna comment.
I sounded like she was informing you that your interview was "only last week" (June) not a month ago (May) like you indicated, and they were still reviewing the other candidates so be a little patient.
The "thanks for your interest" part sounds like her canned response and not particular to you.
Haha I know! Seems so silly now. I hope if someone else reads this going through a similar situation learns that they should just take a deep breath and wait to see what happens... Definitely easier said than done though lol.
She may be just emphasizing that they are not as slow in coming to a decision as if the interview had dated back to May. You could send back a quick reply thanking her for picking up on your typo and for her status/timeframe update.
FWIW, I wasn't sure how I would have taken their emailed response. I figured maybe they were just summarizing the situation and didn't find your error particularly offensive, but I didn't know that for sure, of course.
Anyway, congratulations on getting the offer and I wish you all the best.
saskrn
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Hang in there!