<p>I was offered a position for a job that I'm not too interested in, and I still have interviews scheduled for other jobs soon. I want to see if I have a shot with the other jobs before accepting this one. The employer wants to know if I want to accept the job soon... Should I just accept the job for now and back out if I get an offer that I'm more interested in? It's so rude though >.<</p>
<p>Make an excuse that you still have scheduling conflicts with your classes that your still working out, but that you are still very interested. You should give them a final decision by zero week.</p>
<p>Indicate that you are still looking around, and give them a date by which you will give them a final decision.</p>
<p>Lucky. I still haven’t heard back… possibly rejected? :(</p>
<p>alright, thanks guys! and yeah it’s a lot harder to get a work study job than i expected :(</p>
<p>Oh crap… I know it sounds dumb but were cover letters necessary? I only sent them a resume because I contacted several of them and they all replied “… Please send us your resume.”</p>
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Welcome to the real world buddy.</p>
<p>Yes, even if they don’t ask for it, put your cover letter as the body of your email (not as an attachment). @Humor – Don’t make it too long because they won’t want to read it. Use a few sentences (paragraph) to describe your experience and qualifications, then another few sentences about your work-study amount and availability/schedule. Then suck up to them in your last sentence and ‘Sincerely’ it.</p>
<p>@humor, I mass emailed a lot of the employers and the majority of them didn’t get back to me, but I got offered quite a few interviews (6+) even without ever writing a cover letter (I’m too lazy to do it :D). Most of the employers take around a week to contact you, just be patient and apply for a lot of jobs</p>
<p>I’ve already had all the interviews (I’m taking summer school so I’m on campus during the summer), and TRUST ME, they won’t offer you the job on the spot. And work-study interviews aren’t like “real” interviews because all they do is explain the job to you… which I guess is a good thing?</p>
<p>I was offered 3 job interviews but one of them is asking for a “short informal interview”. What should I wear in this case? </p>
<p>What should I wear for those just told me “I would like to do an interview with you”?</p>
<p>By “informal” they mean it’s not really a question-answer type of interview (though, of course, they do ask questions and you do answer – but it’s more ‘informative’ than most interviews for, say, a real job, like what pedrobear mentioned). You still want to make a good impression. Even if it’s not really necessary, better safe than sorry. Go with business casual. Slacks (no jeans), a nice shirt/blouse, close-toed shoes (no sneakers or five inch pumps).</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me how long work study interviews take?</p>