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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Second choice in job

Any advice on how to handle things when you've been informed post-interview (which you thought went excellently well by the way) that they were impressed but think another candidate might be an even stronger fit and they're moving forward with that while still trying to accommodate your time constraints?
gpt
It means exactly what they said. You are second in the line for the job. If the job negotiations, e.g. salary, starting package, etc, fall through, they will offer the position to you. It happens quite often. Some universities go as far as having 2-3 candidates as 'reserves.'

The time constraints bit sounds like they are expediting any actions to ensure that they can come back to you within your time frame. This may also indicate how close you were to the first choice (i.e. it was not a clear-cut case on who was the better candidate of the two).

This is perfectly normal. If you like the position and it is offered to you, then go for it.