Hiring Manager Calling - Not HR? (interview, employer, job, companies)
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After a phone interview with HR, 2 in-persons, 1 conference call, and several back and forths with HR and the hiring manager they are really impressed with me (according to them). My last interview was with the CEO, which seemed like just a formality. Everything is looking like offer on the table. Today the hiring manager wants to talk to me over the phone again.
What does this mean? If it was an offer, I would think HR would contact me to discuss compensation and all that.
I have a feeling he wants to do another conference call, in-person, or some sort of assignment to test my skills. I am getting fed up with this.
Should I just tell them that I have no time for this and to just cut to the chase? Just wondering what you think.
I got my offer directly from the hiring manager...and this was a fortune 500 company. He did the negotiation on salary and start date, then turned it over to HR for final paperwork after the offer was accepted.
No. Go with the flow. You need a job, right ? They'd probably be better off having to not fill the position right now than you are not having a job right now. So, the advantage really is with them. Be ready to continue to impress by selling your skills. I wouldn't recommend treating any interview as a "mere formality". Act as if you're not hired yet and need to convince them you're good, because the cold reality is that you're not hired yet.
I got my offer directly from the hiring manager...and this was a fortune 500 company. He did the negotiation on salary and start date, then turned it over to HR for final paperwork after the offer was accepted.
Thanks. I didn't realize it goes through them; in the past I've went through HR directly. Seems weird that the hiring manager would know my compensation package.
No. Go with the flow. You need a job, right ? They'd probably be better off having to not fill the position right now than you are not having a job right now. So, the advantage really is with them. Be ready to continue to impress by selling your skills. I wouldn't recommend treating any interview as a "mere formality". Act as if you're not hired yet and need to convince them you're good, because the cold reality is that you're not hired yet.
Thanks. I am trying to impress. I did a little of "self selling" when I met with the CEO. It is just frustrating being this salesmen when all I want to do is just do the job already.
Thanks. I am trying to impress. I did a little of "self selling" when I met with the CEO. It is just frustrating being this salesmen when all I want to do is just do the job already.
And, its possible that there is another candidate and they are all on the fence so they threw the task to the hiring manager to do a final something to decide. There are some positions and companies 9like the one I work for) where getting hired is an ordeal. You have corporate interview, the peir interviews, manager interviews, wait for this, talk aboutt hat, check into this, more interviews... We tell people that it can be within the month or within 6 months. For decades we were always looked at as strict, hut we always hired the very best. Now many other companies are now taking advantage of the employer's market to check all the boxes and look under all the rugs. You came this far, don't throw it away out of wanting it to happen according to your schedule.
Thanks everyone! I just got a call and they're going to extend an offer! Problem is that the base is about $3k less than what I am currently making, but with much higher bonuses every quarter.
Question: if I ask for a higher base and they refuse, what are the chances of me losing the offer?
Question: if I ask for a higher base and they refuse, what are the chances of me losing the offer?
if you ask for a higher base (as in a respectful compensation negotiation) and they refuse, the only reason you would lose the offer based on asking for a higher base is you would not accept the offer unless you get the higher base. I donlt think any employer would hold it against you for trying unless it was a unreasonable request or you knew 100% what the compensation was yet your threw in the counter offer when no counter offer was appropriate.
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. I donlt think any employer would hold it against you for trying unless it was a unreasonable request or you knew 100% what the compensation was yet your threw in the counter offer when no counter offer was appropriate.
