Job Interviews/Offer Stage Advice

[clonefreek]

Unless you have to sign a letter of engagement or something you can always accept the position and then if the other company comes back and offers and you say you have had a change of heart. Its more common than you think.

 

[KnappShack]

I guess, my advice would be that the best time to be looking for a job is when you already have one.

Take the B offer, but slow play if you can.

I tend to agree. Take the offer if you get it. Set a start date a few weeks into the future.

If A comes through then politely back out of company B.

There's no shame in that and loyalty doesn't exist

 

[packattack425]

*Update: 2nd/Final Interview scheduled with company A for this Friday. Still waiting for company B HR to call me back from yesterday. My current plan is to ask Company B for the weekend to consider the offer and come back Monday with a counter offer. Meanwhile I will let Company A know on Friday that I have a pending offer and I am looking to make a decision by middle of next week.

 

[dkgash4ISU]

Needed some advice on my situation so I decided to turn to the experts....

I am current unemployed by my own decision, recently relocated to Des Moines and am looking to switch careers. It has been 10 years since I last looked for a job and have little to no experience with HR, recruiters or the job hiring process. I have been interviewing with multiple companies and am currently in a different stage of the interview process with each company. The two companies below are the two main players.

Company A - This company/position is my number one choice. I completed the initial HR screening and first round of interviews with the hiring manager/team lead. They said there is one more interview left in the process which will most likely be scheduled for the end of this week/early next week. They hoped to make a final decision within the next two weeks.

Company B - This is my backup company. I have completed all interviews with this company and things went well. I played phone tag with their HR department late this afternoon and fully expect a verbal offer to come tomorrow. Company B is still a good option and I would have no problems working here.

My question is what is the best way to slow play Company B to let Company A opportunity fully develop and get to an offer stage? Two weeks seems like a long time to not accept/decline an offer. If company A falls though and an offer is not extended, I do intend to become employed by company B. Company A is just my first choice. Is it typical to accept an offer, continue to interview with the intent to accept a different offer if presented? My thought process would be try to slow play company B for a few days but still accept their offer. I would try to ask for a start date that would allow me time to fully complete the interview process with company A. I wouldn't let company B know I am continuing to interview with other companies. If offer from company A comes through, I would inform company B that I no longer intend to be employed by company B. I understand this would most likely close the door on any further opportunities with Company B.

Any thoughts?

LIke others have said, I would go ahead and accept Company B's offer but make it clear you can't begin until x date with that date being however long you think it will take to play out the process with Company A. Then ultimately if you have renege on B's offer to accept an offer from Company A, then so be it. At the end of the day, you have to do what's best for you.

 

[pourcyne]

If an expression requires a link to the definition, is it really worth using?

Given the overall tone (let alone the spelling) of Ye Olde Cave, one does best when considering one's audience.

Some appreciate, and some are limited to intelligence solely of the nether regions (cf smartass).

 

[gocy444]

Tell them you have to work from home. Take both jobs. Double your income

 

[clonze2011]

Tell them you have to work from home. Take both jobs. Double your income

Maybe the OP could accept both, and look into outsourcing his Company B work instead?

Here’s an article on how to do that:

Outsourced: Employee Sends Own Job To China; Surfs Web

What began as a company's suspicion that its infrastructure was being hacked turned into a case of a worker outsourcing his own job to a Chinese consulting firm, according to reports that cite an investigation by Verizon's security team. The man was earning a six-figure salary.

www.npr.org

 

[besserheimerphat]

A former colleague of mine interviewed for both Ford (Detroit area, but 100% remote) and Amazon (Seattle, no relocation but still mostly WFH). Was offered the Ford job and actually worked "there" for I think a week when he got the Amazon offer he wanted and resigned from Ford. Ended up basically doubling his salary from what I heard.