“How did you go?”

It’s usually the first question you face when you leave the interview and chat with that person that’s been supporting you through the preparation and process. You did all the right things. You were punctual, you answered all the questions, you wore the right clothes, it felt ok…. But how can you tell if they really liked you?

Here’s our top 5 signs that things have gone well. They won’t mean you’ve got the job, but are reasons for you to feel confident that you’ve performed really well.

1. The interview runs long.

When you are in an interview it can feel like time is standing still, but when you walk out and notice that you’ve taken up the allocated time it’s usually a good sign.Often the sign of a good interview is the sense of an “enjoyable conversation”. If it tends to run long, it can mean that you’ve covered all the key criteria in your discussion and the interviewer is spending time getting to know you and getting a sense of how you’d fit within the team and culture of the business.

2. The interviewer starts “selling” aspects of the role to you.

Sometimes in an interview there’s a sense of excitement about your experience and lots of warmth and smiles as you answer your questions. That’s a good sign. If at some stage the questioning tails off and the interviewer starts enthusiastically talking up the benefits of working at the company, the great culture and policies.. it’s often a sign that they are interested in you and want you to have a sense of excitement about the opportunity.

3. The interviewer walks you around the office.

No matter how you think you’ve performed, if your interviewer offers to give you a tour of the office and meet some of the team members – there’s reason for hope!Your interviewer won’t waste time walking every candidate around nor interrupting their colleagues if they don’t think you have potential.It can form part of the “sales pitch” to help you visualize your place in the organization and equally it can give other decision makers a quick opportunity to meet you. How you perform and interact at this stage is important as it can give a sense of how you will fit within the team.

4. The interviewer asks if you are looking at other opportunities.

This question does come up in interviews and is often used to assess how active you are in the market and how quickly they will need to move to secure you.Some organisations have long recruitment processes that may need to be sped up or circumvented if they think they might miss out on you.



5. Next Steps.

As you wrap up the interview you might think: “I have no idea how this has gone”.But if the interviewer volunteers next steps and outlines how the next stage of the recruitment process will run or who they’d like you to meet, it’s confident signal you’re in the running for the role.