Money Matters
beetee123
member
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Interview Etiquette
I graduated with my bachelors a couple of weeks ago, and my internship ended upon graduation. I have been searching for a new job since, and have had a few leads. I had my first interview for a company (company A) today, and I will have my second interview for a different company (B) tomorrow.
While I would be happy to take a job with company B, I think I would prefer to work for company A just based on the job description being a bit closer to what I want to do in my career. I am just worried that if company B offers me the position by tomorrow afternoon or Tuesday (they need someone to start soon) that I will feel obligated to accept the offer. the woman at company B told me they need someone soon as well, so I should expect to hear back about a second interview by the beginning of next week, but even that still isn't a guarantee.
My only concern is that, while we have been able to afford for me to stay home for this period of time, things are tight and I will need a job ASAP, especially once I have to start paying my loans back. Basically, I can't afford to lose out on job A because I was waiting to hear back from job B.
Is there a way that I can say that I am still interested in the job at company B (if offered) while waiting to hear back from A? I know this is all hypothetical, but I have been giving it a lot of thought because accepting either of these jobs sort of takes me in a different direction in my career (both fine choices), and I would like to stay with a company for a few years at least, so I want to make the best decision, but I still have to think about paying the bills.
While I would be happy to take a job with company B, I think I would prefer to work for company A just based on the job description being a bit closer to what I want to do in my career. I am just worried that if company B offers me the position by tomorrow afternoon or Tuesday (they need someone to start soon) that I will feel obligated to accept the offer. the woman at company B told me they need someone soon as well, so I should expect to hear back about a second interview by the beginning of next week, but even that still isn't a guarantee.
My only concern is that, while we have been able to afford for me to stay home for this period of time, things are tight and I will need a job ASAP, especially once I have to start paying my loans back. Basically, I can't afford to lose out on job A because I was waiting to hear back from job B.
Is there a way that I can say that I am still interested in the job at company B (if offered) while waiting to hear back from A? I know this is all hypothetical, but I have been giving it a lot of thought because accepting either of these jobs sort of takes me in a different direction in my career (both fine choices), and I would like to stay with a company for a few years at least, so I want to make the best decision, but I still have to think about paying the bills.
Re: Interview Etiquette
CAVEAT: If you are in a small or insular industry, I wouldn't do anything other than ask for 24 hours.
Congrats! Hopefully you will get a job offer from Company A in the meantime
. But, if not, I'd use the suggestions of asking for 24 hours...let Company A know the situation but...if they can't come up with a job offer, take the one from Company B.
I made the mistake early on of not going on an interview for a job (I think) I would have LOVED because I had just started working for a company and had only been there a month. I was way too nice and naïve back then, lol.