Transparency and the Interview Process

Bringing forward competing offers after the interviews have all commenced can be a big mistake for otherwise promising candidates. It's important to be transparent throughout the process of where you are in the interview phases with other companies.

Candidates who bring information out of left-field in the eleventh hour can come across to their potential future employer as disinterested or it may feel to the employer that the candidate is just using them to leverage a better offer somewhere else. If there is a competing offer that comes in after the fact, let the company know right away and also let them know where they stand.

To avoid this pitfall, candidates should be as transparent as possible on where they are in their job search activity. They don't have to tell them about every application you have out there, but if they're in late stage interviews or offers somewhere else, let the company know. Honesty is always the best policy.