Got A Job Offer But You're Still Interview Somewhere Else

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Great news - You got a job offer! BUT it's not at your dream job. You're still in the interview process for your dream job and there is no guarantee that you're going to get that job. So, what do you do?

In today's video, JT explains what you should do when you get a job offer but you're still holding out for an offer from your dream company.

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[GavStaR]

This is exactly what happened to me this week. Signed an offer, but had another interview going on the side - once they offered me the position, I resigned the first offer - however it was a very awkward and uncomfortable conversation - I owed them a telephone call versus an email I thought. I had to do what was best for me at the end of the day.

[Shelly-Earth]

Thank you for releasing the stress of that decision. I will add that to my interview process tools.

[JiujitsuUncle]

Most offers to a new role will have a probationary period anyway where there is no notice period required on both sides to terminate the employment, especially if it's BEFORE the stipulated start date.

[nw]

Thank you for being real. Such a great lesson.

[santwanodom]

Thank you. I was having this dilemma earlier today!

[jkrapenc]

If that happens, do you use the offer at Company A as leverage with Company B? To inspire Company B to commit?

[lilmamachikita]

The problem is that that is happening to me at the same company for the 2 job opportunities. What do I do?

[anniesshenanigans]

Great I caught you!! I have a question.. What do you say in an interview when you are older, just want to work part time, and you are not interested in 'climbing the corporate ladder'? I have an interview on Monday and this one has me STUMPED!! background: the job is a part time job. It's not a 'new' career. I retired from my previous job because I wanted to go part time to focus on my family, community and outside interests.

[atlantisnance]

I disagree with this only because what if you’re interviewing within the same company not good advice for all job offers

[bsmith]

I've noticed that boomers/gen xers are giving this advice of 'take the job and then quit if you get a better offer, ' whereas millennials are suggesting honesty as the better approach. I think that taking a job and quitting in the first week is a really bad thing to do. The advice from the older generations shows a huge difference in the way that we approach work and handle people. Boomers and Xers never really had to deal with the post-capitalist hellscape the American job market turned into and I think it shows in this piece of advice, which may have been good advice in 2008, but it sucks in the pandemic era.