Reply times, and applications nobody answers

How quickly an employer usually replies, and what happens when they don’t.

1 min readUpdated 21 Oct 2026

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Before you apply

Jobs and organisation pages say how quickly the employer usually replies, worked out from the last 90 days of applications once there are enough to tell. When the typical reply takes over a week, or fewer than 70% hear back, it says so.

If nobody replies

Employers can choose a limit between 14 and 30 days. If they have, and nobody has replied to your application by then, we close it for you and tell you, so you’re never left wondering. It isn’t a judgement on you, and you can still apply for their other jobs.

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