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Last week, I had a phone interview for an academic librarian position. I was wondering if anyone might have an idea as to how long the gap is between the phone interview and the on-campus interview. I would also like to know how many candidates are usually interviewed by phone. It is a position that would be a good fit for me and I think I did well in the phone interview. Yet, I am anxious about the result. Thanks, Latha  
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There is no standard numbers for either. It all depends on the position, the organization, the availability of those for interviews, and sometimes even budgets. Phone interviews, due to there ease, are often conducted on going until enough good candidates are identified. The search committees I have been part of tried to move fairly quick with phone interviews so they were all fresh in our minds. We do all day interviews so they in-person interviews sometimes waited a few weeks until everyone is available. Of course, timing of in-person interviews assumes they got enough candidates after the phone interviews to conduct them. I have heard some organizations have rules on how many people must be interviewed. Others use the rule of thumb of at least 3 people should be interviewed.
Brian C. Gray Head of Reference & Engineering Librarian Kelvin Smith Library Case Western Reserve University http://blog.case.edu/bcg8bcg8@case.edu
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Thank you, Brian.
Unitl now, I haven't heard from the search committee but I guess it is too early to expect anything.
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Did you follow up your phone interview with an email or postal email? That helps to keep the conversation going sometimes.
Brian C. Gray Head of Reference & Engineering Librarian Kelvin Smith Library Case Western Reserve University http://blog.case.edu/bcg8bcg8@case.edu
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Yes, I sent thank you e-mails immediately to the committee members but I did not receive any response from them. When they interviewed me, they mentioned that they were planning on bringing the candidates for on-campus interviews during the first or second week of March. I am hoping that I would have some news by next week.
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It does not hurt to call and ask the status of the search. As long as you do not get excessive with phone calls and emails, a follow up phone call does show initiative.
Brian C. Gray Head of Reference & Engineering Librarian Kelvin Smith Library Case Western Reserve University http://blog.case.edu/bcg8bcg8@case.edu
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Thank you, Brian. I just e-mailed the SC Chair this morning reiterating my interest in the position.
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I am just going to thow this out as a real-life example of what can happen in the interview process. I am the final point of hiring where I work. People were interviewed and told they would hear by the end of the week about a decision. I went home to sleep through what I believe was my third round of the mumps during this life! Needless to say everything came to a halt---and the staff had to fend off anxious applicants while I slept. The entire process came to halt until I was better. So, yes, some one important to the job selection may not be available to finalize second interviews, answer e-mails, etc.
Just take a deep breath and keep looking! There may be an even better job waiting for you apply. And good luck.
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I've waited as long as five weeks between the initial and final interviews! I got hired, but was offered another position before I got that far. Turning down the bird in hand in hopes of the job I wanted was really hard. These days, I couldn't afford to do that.
Where I work now, we cannot tell ANY of the candidates that they are out of the running until a signed contract is in hand. Personally, I think that we should at least tell those who weren't selected to interview that they won't be getting a call.
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Thank you for all the suggestions. I have applied to several other places and I will continue to do so until I get a job offer.
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