Timeline for recommendation letters at different stages of interviews
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| Apr 30, 2019 at 19:11 | comment | added | JeffE | If you're worried about your references getting annoyed, be sure to reveal up front that your search will take 1-2 years (giving them an excuse to decline), and ask how to minimize their annoyance. Then take them at their word. (The only time writing more letters annoys me is when great people don't get jobs and have to keep applying. But then I'm annoyed at the employers, not at the applicant.) | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 8:04 | comment | added | feynman | that's right. some do ask applicants to send letters or have their writers send, rather than the employers requesting the writers directly. for applicants with a very long job search cycle like 1~2 years, requesting letters over a long time can annoy writers can't it | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 6:27 | history | answered | JeffE | CC BY-SA 4.0 |