Deadline Extended...

[aleajulie]

I applied to a position with a deadline just this past Monday (3 days ago), and they reposted the job today with an extended deadline on a different job ad. website. 

I'm assuming this means they were unhappy with the applicants they received (including me)? Seems odd on this market, and so soon to repost. 

[anxiousphd]

The same thing happened to me a few weeks back. I also assumed that meant they were unhappy with the initial applicant pool. Bummer!

[jellyfish1]

I know this is kind of an old thread, but I wanted to add some info in case anyone finds this and is in a similar spot. A professor of mine said that this sort of this is usually just about the number of applications, not the quality. Schools sometimes require getting a certain number of applicantions in order to allow a search to proceed. Sometimes searches can be called off because the pool is too small, suggesting the job ad was too narrow or unclear. The unfortunate thing is that usually when they extend a deadline right after the previous one, they likely haven't even looked over the applications yet. They might only have a count. So for anyone else in this situation, it probably isn't about your specific application, nor does it mean anything about your chances.