Posted by mlitney on 2/22/2022 4:29:00 PM (view original):
From my experience, its every 12 hours. If a job just opened up, check the time that the old coach left the position on the "News" page and then add 12 hours. If the job has already been open for 12 hours, then I'd assume the decision to be pretty quick (within an hour or 2?) I think the time is reduced on the final day but I don't know the exact amount.
i do not think this is correct generally, although it is sometimes?
if a job is open for 12 hours, but nobody has applied, and then you apply, you are probably waiting at least 12 hours or so. the fact that it was open before you applied, doesn't just cut out that wait. i don't know any of us pay enough attention to say whether there is any impact or not, like, maybe it reduces the wait slightly. but mostly, i don't even think it does that! except perhaps late in recruiting (where the time table does seem to be faster).
however, if a job has been open for (a while), and there have been applications in for a while, then your application does not 'reset the clock'. meaning, if the school was about to get dished out to someone, then you applying late, you don't really push back that decision - maybe you push it back a cycle or something, but definitely you don't reset the 12 hours or so waiting period. so, in this case, behavior along the lines of what you are saying could happen - you might get a very quick answer. however, this is because other coaches have applied some time ago and are due answers of their own, not because the job was already open for 12 hours.
also note that if you are going to get hard rejected, like you do not even qualify, then you get this answer back at the very next cycle.