Taking too long to get hired? How to handle the delay

If an employer asks you to take some more steps in the hiring process i.e. put in more work or do more interviews; consider it as a red flag. [iStockphoto]

You are the right candidate for the job. You have sailed through all the stages, impressively. But they still haven’t made a formal communication to you.

This is a notoriously frustrating stage of the hiring process that calls for insights into the ‘Time to Hire’ concept. This is traditionally the time between an employer advertising a new role and making an offer to a preferred candidate.