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This document provides advice on what to do after a job interview, including waiting for a response, reaching out if necessary, and dealing with rejection. It also emphasizes the importance of persistence and taking the time to make informed decisions.
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Usually the people in the interview will let you know a rough timeline on when you might hear back from them, if they don’t then you can always ask them at the end of an interview to give an estimation.
But sometimes it can take a while before you might hear back, I’ve had instances where it took them a couple of months. Don’t let it get out of control like this though, if you don’t hear back from a company after a week or two after last interview, then it’s time to reach out.
You can simply send them another email and ask these questions, but keep the email tips in mind that we discussed in the beginning, send them one email that contains a couple of questions, don't send them single mail after single mail.
<aside> 📍 More information on Emails can be found here:
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If this is the one company you are looking to join then you should probably just wait. But if you are looking at multiple locations or are looking to break in. Then you shouldn’t put your eggs in this one basket.
Think about all the things that have been brought up, and really think them through. In most cases you might be making a big move and starting a new chapter in your life (sounds cliché but it's true!) so it's important to think about it, doublecheck all the research with all your new found information and sleep on it.
If this is your dream studio and you're already working at another studio, then this is the perfect time to just chill out about it and wait till you hear back.
Only applies for the first interview! First off, please don't overthink it or spend time waiting around for that one offer (even if it's your dream job) go chase other opportunities and keep your options open, you never know what the reply is going to be. And even if you have options in the end it makes for a good morale boost! This is even more true in the beginning of your career when making the first step into the industry, this is where you really need to go around and apply to as many open positions as possible, this can also be used in your negotiation for a higher starting wage (with a correct objective perspective about your own work)
When I have a good feeling about the whole deal then I tend to lean into the excitement a bit, start looking at interesting apartments, what to do in that area and just get excited in general about it. Even if I do this and I don't get it gives me something that I want to fight for and just keep at. The main thing with this is that a lot of people don't spend enough time thinking about the positive sides of it, but it's fun to lean in sometimes!
This is the main reason why you don't put all your eggs in the same basket, if one of them falls through you don't have to start from scratch in the application progress for another application. Even though it sounds kinda cliche to say this, but you need to see every rejection as a lesson that you can learn from.
I think in my personal situation I've been rejected more then a handful of times for applications that I already passed the first section and art test for! This is not even counting all the rejection emails that I went through on the first stages on the interview process which to be honest are too many to count.
<aside> 📍 TIMOTHY HERE: I just wanted to shine some light on rejections, I got rejected from multiple companies after doing an art test for each one, and eventually made it work when getting my job at Ubisoft Berlin (Even when I was rejected by other Ubisoft Studios in the past).
This is all to say to never give up, keep trying and you can do it!
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The reason why I lay these out here is just that there are so many reasons that are even out of your control. And what is out of your control you shouldn't be bothered by really, just move on to the next one and keep on grinding, you will get to where you want to be, I promise!
<aside> 1️⃣ Your artstyle didn't fit what they we're looking for
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<aside> 2️⃣ Art test wasn't up to standards of their expectations
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<aside> 3️⃣ Other people with more experience might have said “yes” to the offer
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<aside> 4️⃣ Taking to many arttests at one point (or close after each other) dropping my productivity the more I took on.
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<aside> 5️⃣ The time of the project changes and now it wouldn’t make sense to hire you
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<aside> 6️⃣ The financials of the studio changed, changing the hiring budget.
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<aside> 7️⃣ The project might have fallen through, thus no longer needed someone with your skillset
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If you ger rejected from getting the job, and the company doesn’t voluntary offer you any feedback, you can always ask for it.
Especially if you’ve done an art test for them it might be worth asking what went wrong and what you can improve on your work to increase your chances next time or for another opportunity.
However, it’s not guaranteed that you will receive anything, some companies don’t allow you to send any feedback or they might just be too busy to spend giving detailed feedback to everyone that applies. This might literally be 100’s of people sometimes, so they can’t do that for everyone.
<aside> 📍 PERSISTANCE IS KEY Don’t let the ghosting or rejections stop you from breaking into the industry, you might be closer than you can ever realise.
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