Hello, I had an interview yesterday that went as well as one can, good conversation, plenty to talk about, all questions answered satisfactorily, no rambling. I felt extra good going into it because they skipped a phone screen and put me directly in a Teams interview with the HM and a senior director at the company. The recruiter reached out via email the morning after I submitted the app. So I feel relatively fast tracked/as though they are really interested.
Anyway when we were almost done they asked if I had questions. I asked a few about the company and role itself and then closed by asking what their timeline for hiring/next steps look like. The HM said "next steps would be bringing you into the office for an in-person interview and then we will get some out of town team members on a Teams call with you for a get to know you conversation." The senior director told me he would like to have a decision made for who will be filling the role by the end of May.
I am probably overthinking this but did they mean that I WILL be going into the office for that second interview, or that hypothetically this is what would happen if I DID advance? Is any of this positive?
I know "nothing means anything until you have an offer" but I just literally am not sure if I was being told I was moving to next round or no. I also had a recruiter from the company look at my Linkedin about 30min after the interview concluded.
Also, is it bad if I haven't heard anything today. Its been about 24h.
Goddamn this job searching process feels like trying to parse texts and behaviors in a situationship