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Old 05-21-2015, 03:39 PM
 
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Is it common for a company to pay for travel expenses that may be incurred to attend an interview with them? If they do offer to pay any travel expenses you may incur are you more likely to be chosen for the position you are interviewing for or no?
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Old 05-21-2015, 03:55 PM
 
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Not really. I personally haven't ever heard of it. Most companies don't want to spend their money just to consider a candidate. The only times they'll spend money on you is when they are going to hire you for sure. I'm sure there are some rare cases where companies have done this for applicants, but I do not think it's common. When interviewing for jobs, you are expected to make an investment, take a risk, in hopes for a reward (getting the position).
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Old 05-21-2015, 04:01 PM
 
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Like Savannah said, if they're investing you, I'd expect that it's already been decided that you're getting the job. I'd keep that in mind. Nothing is set in stone until you're handed the offer though.
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Old 05-21-2015, 04:29 PM
 
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Is it common for a company to pay for travel expenses that may be incurred to attend an interview with them? If they do offer to pay any travel expenses you may incur are you more likely to be chosen for the position you are interviewing for or no?
It depends. If a company located hundreds of miles from me wants to talk with me face to face, they should fly my and pay for my meals etc. And they did it few times. If it's 20-30 miles - they don't pay.
We are talking here about low six figures positions.
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Old 05-21-2015, 05:38 PM
 
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It depends.

If a company is interested in a candidate who will require relocation, it's not unusual that they will pay travel expenses for an in person interview. I've had this happen twice.

On the other hand, if a candidate has reached out to a potential out-of-state employer that won't pay relo expenses, then it's unlikely they will pay for interview expenses.
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Old 05-21-2015, 05:45 PM
 
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I have almost always had my out of state interview expenses covered, but my level and industry mandates national searches.

As an employer, we pay interview expenses for any distant candidate applying for director or higher positions.

Whether or not expenses get paid has no impact on whether you will get the job or not. When I have had expenses paid, my assumption is that my competitors have been treated similarly. Sometimes I got the job, other times I did not.

Similarly, when we pay interview expenses, we do it for all candidates, not just our preferred candidate. In fact, before a face to face interview, we don't really have a preferred candidate.
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Old 05-21-2015, 06:19 PM
 
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they paid for my lunch when they had it during noon and we all ate and interviewed...

but no, they didn't pay for my gas...
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Old 05-21-2015, 06:30 PM
 
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It depends of course on different situations.

If it's far away and a company shows enough interest in me and wants to interview me, I expect them to foot the bill or reimburse me.

And of course that's no guarantee I'd get the job.

I mentioned before about a job I interviewed for on the East Coast (Maryland). The reason why I got the job was because a former supervisor contacted me about an opening at his place, and told me to put in my resume. I soon got both a phone screen as well as an in person interview. They paid for my plane ticket from the Bay Area to Maryland and back. I thought I would have gotten an offer, because usually solid references in my industry are golden, especially if it's from someone that is well liked in that organization. Weeks passed and I heard back nothing, and never did hear anything. To this day I still wonder why I didn't get any response.

Not long ago I also had an interview at a company upstate about 400 miles away. I paid for the hotel and flight, but they reimbursed me afterwards. They liked me and were in the process of moving ahead with checking my references and all, but I told them I was no longer interested.

So yes if it's far away they should pay or you should get reimbursed. But no, that's no guarantee at all they will hire you.
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Old 05-21-2015, 07:36 PM
 
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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Sometimes for Managing Director, CEO or highly specialized tech positions, rarely for anything paying under about $200k. Also, rare for someone that applies for a job in the usual manner, for those positions we use a national recruiting firm and they are invited to apply.
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Old 05-21-2015, 10:35 PM
 
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As a side note: In case you weren't aware, If they don't end up paying for it there are certain situations where you can deduct a portion of any/all job search related expenses IF, and only IF:

* you are searching for a job in the your same field
* you are not a recent grad or looking for your first job because it has to be going from one job to another in your same field.
* and there can not be a "substantial break" from you last job to when you start your job search in your same field.

You can't automatically subtract your job-hunting costs from your income -- just those that, when added to all your miscellaneous deductions, come to more than 2 percent of your adjusted gross income.

For more information about job search expenses, see IRS Publication 529, Miscellaneous Deductions.
Job Search Expenses Can be Tax Deductible
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