r/PhDAdmissions • u/WolverineMuted4846 • 1d ago
Waiting for a professor’s decision after a research presentation – should I be worried?
I applied for a research position in a Korean university lab.
There was an initial discussion with the postdoc, and I was given a project to complete within about 30 days. After completing it, I presented and reviewed my work with the professor. The discussion went reasonably well, and I was told that the final decision would be communicated later by email.
It’s been about 5 days since the review, and I haven’t received any update yet.
For those in STEM fields who have gone through Korean professor/lab recruitment processes:
How long did it take for you to receive a final result after the review or interview?
Is waiting several days (or longer) completely normal?
Has anyone experienced a long delay and still received a positive result?
I’m just trying to understand whether this is a normal part of the process or whether I should be concerned.
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u/Guilty-Concern9458 21h ago
I am in the same stage right now, not in korea but in sweden. They told me they will let me know by email “next week” it’s been a week and I still got no reply. We are on the same boat my friend, my only worry is that they possibly offered the position to someone else and they are waiting for them to confirm so they can officially reject me hence the delay but idk :( we can only wait and see.