Slowest ever response to a job application?
I suddenly got an email out of the blue today:
Dear Sir / Madam:
We have received your application, an interview will be arranged for shortlisted candidates. Thank you for your interest to join our team!
Human Resources
Initially I thought it was spam (although the normally good Gmail spam system hadn’t marked it as spam), then I saw the company name, and saw they were based in Macau.
A quick search for that company’s name in my email found one outgoing message to them, applying for a job, dated December 8th, 2006! Today is February 19th, 2008.
That’s slower than the home office, who took two months to answer a general enquiry - i.e. not relating to any specific person or case.
well done! ;) I once got a refusal half a year later
hm, seems that Macau is too far away and so emails take very long to receive ;-)
Wait 6 months, you will get an email asking you why you didn’t turn up for interview..