Neither good signs nor bad signs, this statement really tends to confuse one immediately after an interview. A slave of it many times, I’ve tried to read between lines and figure out what my chances were after my tests, but never have I arrived at an answer
“We will get back to you soon” – It could mean, at the most that the interviewer will check with the recruiter and then get back to you. Or that he doesn’t want to say face-to-face that you are out and not eligible for the given job. Hearing this after 3-4 rounds of interview could turn anyone go crazy. As such interviews are freaky! The feelings that they provoked in me were just awful. There are a couple of times when I was actually scared to death during interviews. I’ve kind of even experienced a panic attack because it was just too overwhelming! Every single tick of a clock at the interview gave me creeps; my chest just got tightened and I’ve turned breathless too!
If overcoming the interview with all these mixed feeling was gruesome, it’s even worse to hear from the HR, “we will get back to you soon”! Really it makes you feel like you're just another number. It also seems to suggest that you didn't get the job. Sometimes it could be very puzzling too. But believe me, things and
career change, better candidates appear, budget gets frozen, sometimes internal candidate emerge, and the position gets restructured and you’re no longer the right fit for it.
Understand one thing – try reading the tea leaves to figure out your chances of getting a job could be 100% understandable – but it could equally be 100% fruitless! The only trustworthy sign that you are reserved a job could be when the employer calls you up to say, “I would like to offer you the job.” You can never predict anything when it comes to interview, no matter how good signs might appear.
