22+ Job Offer Taking Too Long Job Offer for you. She reminds job searchers that mergers, too, may kill a position's creation or eliminate an established job altogether. I interviewed for a job 1.5 months ago, and thought it went well (they're hiring more than once person).
However, if company b has made you a verbal job offer, but the holdup with the paperwork is simply a formality, i recommend trying to stall company a by a day or so. When should you expect to hear back after you interview? Probably not very long, take too long and they'll move on to the next team that's interested in them.
If you've been unable to close the deal with potential hires, you may need to improve the job offer by increasing the salary or providing a better benefits package.
Until you hold a job offer (with the right job title, salary, and start date) in your hand, you don't have a new job. But, don't assume that no news is bad news for your job search! They called me for reference the next day nov 1. I gave them two references and then 1.5 weeks later they want a third reference.