What Are The Odds I Get This Job

[Mike499]

I was recently contacted by a school district I interviewed with a few months ago. The principal called me and said they had a opening for my dream job. I didn't apply for this job and it isn't posted on their schools website. I emailed the other principal I interviewed with and asked for s good recommendation and he said he would give me it. How good of a chance do i have at getting this job? Their first day of school is the 22nd so I figured they would have to make their choice soon. I'm not looking for judgement I just want honest helpful answers please.

[jackthehat]

No-one can possibly tell you that...
You'll have to make your own investigations, I'm afraid.

[albaqwerty]

school district? you in the US?

very best wishes tho. Do hope you get your dream job.

[Islay]

50/50

[-Talbot-]

Judgement?

[Old_Geezer]

Hang on, I have to go find my crystal ball.

If they contacted you the odds are reasonable, but they may well have contacted others too.

[Buenchico]

"School district", "interviewed with" and "principal" all appear to be US English. This website is based in the UK (where primary schools are largely run by local authorities and secondary schools by academy trusts) and our procedures are likely to be very different to those in your country (if, as I've guessed, you're in the USA).

However, here in the UK, any external vacancy offered by a school is normally automatically advertised. (There would be howls of protest from the teaching unions if it wasn't). The chances of getting a job in the state education sector solely by 'word of mouth' would be almost nil. (That doesn't mean that 'word of mouth' recommendations don't happen but a vacancy would still need to be advertised, candidates short-listed and interviews carried out). Teaching posts (and even some non-teaching ones) are usually filled several months before the start of the school term when the successful candidate would be taking up their post.

So, if you were in the UK, I would say that you could be sure that you'd not got the job. However, as I've said, things might be very different in the USA, so you might be asking the wrong people here.