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So I had a final interview for a job and I didn't mention that I have a planned and already paid for vacation about 2 weeks after the start date will be. I've read after the fact that this should be mentioned during the interview but I didn't do that. Now I'm wondering if I get the job offer, how I bring this up and if this can be saved or am I doomed?
"Hey, I have to apologize, in my excitement at interviewing with you, I forgot to mention I have a planned trip from this date to that date."
Alison Green, the author of the Ask a Manager blog, answered a question on her site about when to discuss during a job interview the fact that you’ve previously booked a vacation.
“Don’t bring it up in the interview stage; it would be premature then. The time to raise it is once a company makes you an offer. At that point, it’s very, very normal to say something like, ‘I have a trip scheduled from April 15-27. I’m willing to take the time unpaid since I assume I won’t have accrued enough vacation time by then, but I want to make sure up-front that that’s okay.’ It’s a lot better to mention this as part of the offer discussion, so that they don’t feel like you’re springing it on them later.
This happens all the time, and it’s totally normal to say this. It may, however, be an issue if you don’t bother to mention it until after you start. So make very sure that you mention it during the offer conversations.”
Any planned vacation is discussed and negotiated when you have a firm job offer, NOT during the interview. This has been pointed out in multiple threads on the topic as well as advice online.
There has been a thread where the poster didn't even mention the planned vacation during the offer stage, and was then panicking over to what to do. Bad form.
Bottom line, mention vacation during offer, not before or after.
Any future threads asking this same question will be referred to this thread.
Mention it if you get an offer. If the start date is a firm drop dead date, you will have to decide whether you want the job or the vacation.
Yep, this.
Most of time, it's fine to bring it up when you get an offer, and any company that isn't able to work around that is not likely to be an employer you want to work for anyway.
But it's a different situation when its something like a new hire training class where you'd be out of synch with that hiring cohort and no real way to make up that time. If it's a good enough job that you really want to take it, you may have to be prepared to walk away from the vacation this time. I mean sure, mention it when you get the offer and see what they say, but it's reasonable that they had less flexibility under the circumstances.
Any planned vacation is discussed and negotiated when you have a firm job offer, NOT during the interview. This has been pointed out in multiple threads on the topic as well as advice online.
There has been a thread where the poster didn't even mention the planned vacation during the offer stage, and was then panicking over to what to do. Bad form.
Bottom line, mention vacation during offer, not before or after.
Any future threads asking this same question will be referred to this thread.
The OP's situation doesn't fit this, as they've obviously discussed a firm time line for start date and training (likely a class or training group) - that would have been the time to open the discussion.
Not every issue can be painted with the same brush.
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