So, I applied to this job that I really want. The company has a website that shows the status of the job. The week after I applied, it went from "Accepting Applications" to "In Progress."
I call the next day, find out the hiring manager, and find out that she's out of town.
I call when she's back in town, find out she's in meetings all day, and so I leave my name and number and just the general impression that I'm following up and very interested.
That was over two weeks ago. Still it is listed as "In Progress" and I haven't heard anything. Is now an appropriate time to follow-up again, to ask about the status of the job, or am I just getting on the hiring manager's nerves at this point? Are second follow-ups even appropriate? Am I just impatient?
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This is not something you should ever, ever do.
Give 'em one more call though. After that, I'd wait to hear from them.
While my choice of wording might be unwise, there is nothing wrong with politely contacting a potential employer until they tell you the job is filled or whatnot. Once every week or two sounds like an good amount of time.
I just reread the OP and noticed he hadn't even been interviewed yet.
Stop calling them.
i applied for a job through monster and thank god i called because Monster sent them my Pre graduation resume, where i was a Junior in College. obviously, they were not going to consider me, and my call straightened that right out. If you are going to call, pre-interview, don't go above HR.
The hiring process takes a looong time, especially for an entry level position.
Particularly if this is a large company, "in progress" probably means all the applications have been piled up in some manager's inbox and they're waiting to be evaluated. That might take days or weeks; there's no way to know really. There won't be any new information to give you until that process is done, and at that point, they'll call you.
Or they won't. Either way though, there's nothing to gain by bugging them.
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Knowing the hiring manager is a good step, since that's usually not disclosed often. Have any contacts within the company, or know anyone who does?
This is likely to annoy someone enough that they'll bitch to the hiring manager about you. Email is preferable at that point. That way you at least know they'll see it.