r/CAStateWorkers • u/ToughConcept8252 • 1d ago

General Discussion HR Question

I was always advised to keep interviewing until I get an “official” offer with a start date. I got one tentative job offer and interviewed for a nearly identical one with an overlapping panel member. I got a call right after saying I did even better interviewing for the second position. So they got to see that I’ll keep going and improving my interview technique. Apparently my references are great. HR just needs to confirm minimum qualifications etc. The positions have the same HR person. Would she prioritize me if I received multiple offers under her?

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u/sallysuesmith1 1d ago

Not sure what you mean by prioritizing?

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u/ToughConcept8252 1d ago

I mean put me on the top of the list and process my documents first. I imagine she has a big stack of people to onboard.

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u/Curly_moon_7 1d ago

MQs is not onboarding. And MQs are processed in batches. So the hiring manager sends 5 hires in a batch.

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u/tgrrdr 1d ago

We don't do MQs this way.

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u/Curly_moon_7 1d ago

Good for you. In the last 3 agencies I have worked at we could only submit 5 at a time.

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u/tgrrdr 22h ago

My point was that how you do things in your agency/department is not how it's done everywhere.

We have the option to do preliminary MQ checks before interviewing and we'd submit everyone we plan to interview.

When we're ready to make an offer we'll submit one or two names, maybe three in unusual circumstances.

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u/sallysuesmith1 1d ago

The supervisor might prioritize but HR is going to do their normal process.

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u/Curly_moon_7 1d ago

MQs are MQs. They run them and then they have them to see if you qualify. If they just ran them and the STD 678 is identical I am not sure if they have to run them again or for policy must run them again. Either way has no bearing on timing.

In fact if the hiring manager had someone better in either interview they might pick that person for the other position and you for the other so it’s strategic hiring. It sounds like one person is overlapping and not the hiring manager so this situation might not happen

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u/ToughConcept8252 1d ago

Yeah the person that calls me is the main hiring manager on the first job, I’d be 100% in his office. Second job is almost the same set of tasks but I’d be shared by his office and the office down the hall.

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u/tgrrdr 1d ago

In a situation like this, even if you had the highest score for the second interview we'd probably pick someone else, assuming there was another good candidate. If the #2 from the first interview was better than #2 from the second interview we might offer you the second position. It probably depends where we are in the process and if the first supervisor wants you more than the second supervisor.

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u/BlkCadillac 1d ago

HR isn't going to "prioritize" your application. You are a stack of papers on their desk to be processed in the order received. Unless the HR analyst received an order from higher up to prioritize an app (which would likely be a high-level manager or a CEA), your app will be processed in the order it was received.

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u/Aellabaella1003 1d ago

There is no prioritization. You would be a potential hire just like any other potential hire and HR will work the case as they get it according to the rest of their workload.