Should I expect an offer?

So yesterday I did a final round interview with a large firm for an internship position this summer, and I can't seem to tell how it went. Immediately afterwards I felt good about it, but I'm not sure since it's so different than interviews I've done in the past. It was supposed to be a behavioral interview and the only real behavioral question I got was, "Why Company X?" The rest of it was just casual conversation with a partner at the firm. The partner wasn't very expressive, so it was hard for me gauge his thoughts. At the end of the interview he asked me if I had any questions regarding the internship and if I had his contact info. When I said I only had his name, he told me he would send me an email so that I would have it (he did afterwards). In the email it said that he enjoyed speaking to me. Is it possible that I got the job?

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Existentior · M

From reading your experience and from my own personal experience in being rejected for a job literally 1100 times over the space of a year - and from what my gut tells me: you didn't get the job.

Typical signs of not getting the job:

- the party hardly talks and acts disinterested and doesn't ask a lot.

- delaying and more delaying. It's understandable if it's a big firm with protocol and all, but this is essentially about business. If they don't gladhand and make you an offer by the third interview, it's likely you didn't get the job

The signs in your experience that I based myself on to give you my perspective:

- You can't seem to tell how well it went. Usually, you can tell.

- You only got one question. That's a big red flag and serious sign of disinterest. That's like picking one of the random boilerplate questions

- Red flag number two: mere casual conversation rather than down to business

- Everything seemed to go bland

For reference, when I got this job I have now, I had been interviewed more and more in-depth for two and a half solid hours, strictly business, while the interviewer even turned off the phone on very important calls.

My two cents. I hope I was informative enough. Nonetheless, I hope you get the job.

purpleemandem · 26-30, F

@Existentior I know this is a late response, but I actually got the job!

Existentior · M

@purpleemandem Hey, congratulations!

purpleemandem · 26-30, F

@Existentior Thank you!