After you apply for a job how long do you usually expect it to take for them to call you back if at all? Most of the time they always call me back within the week or week and a half. My friend is saying they usually take up to a month. I don't buy that. What's the deal? I applied to a job Monday, and haven't heard anything now by Friday and I'm getting a little dissapointed. I have followed up on it, also. When I went in, I talked to the manager, handed a nicely done CV and Cover letter also, and it looked promising. But after a week I start to wonder, thinking they're not gonna call at all. And they did have openings, they were advertising in the paper. And I am perfectly qualified for the job.. plenty of experience, etc. There's absolutely no reason they SHOULDN'T hire me, and I woulda thought that my cover letter would have made it for sure.. So am I being dissapointed for nothing or should I just wait longer? I really wanna know if I'm gonna get this job or not. A lot depends on it.