Thanks for your quick replies! I am not sure what administrator I would contact, as the interviewer (the research supervisor) was the one who accepted the applications directly (they run the graduate and research programme) and arranged the interviews (although another academic 'observed'). :S

Hello,

I had an interview for a PhD Studentship on 9 March and it went pretty well (at least I think it did).

I was asked by the Research Supervisor to submit an additional piece of work by the end of the week following the interview (essentially, since the interview was for an established research project they wanted me to show that I could form my own research questions, so they asked for a document that had a list of potential research questions related to this project and then I had to expand on one of them - sort of like a mini PhD proposal). I submitted my document on the 18 March.

I know there were other shortlisted candidates (either a total of three or five) and they were all asked to do this as well, after their interviews. I believe I was the second to last interviewee and that the last interview took place a week following mine.

My question is (finally, I know right, I got to it)... How long should I wait to hear back about whether I have been successful or not? I would normally wait a week and then send a polite e-mail (ie, if I do not hear back tomorrow I will e-mail on Monday). But in this situation should I wait longer, since the person who was interviewed the week following me, will only have submitted their document this week?

I am starting to feel nauseous (blerg) and I kind of want to know either way, whether I have got the position or not, so I can start making decisions about what I am going to do next. Any suggestions?