Would you still interview after you get an offer?

[Oh Come On Not Again]

Or you can attend the interview and say: "I'm not really looking for a job, just doing a market research."

[Scrag Meister]

Absolutely, keep interviewing until everything is in place, signed sealed and delivered on the offered role.

[psychocandy]

Yep. Agreed why wouldnt you? If something else comes in as well you've got a choice and more bargaining power.

Clients do this. Ever been for an interview and not been able to get any feedback then 2 weeks later you get a no back?

Its usually because you're 2nd choice, and client is keeping you in reserve in case 1st choice bails or doesnt turn up. If they tell you no then you'll deffo look for something else - if they keep you in the dark then theres a chance they've got you hanging on a string.

Personally, I think this sort of behaviour is a bit naughty but it happens all the time. Honesty and integrity is sometimes lacking from both clients and agents at times.

[jmo21]

It's not a moral grey area at all IMO. It is simply the harsh reality of business. Until you are inside the client's four walls and billing......

This.

[northernladuk]

Yep. Agreed why wouldnt you? If something else comes in as well you've got a choice and more bargaining power.

Clients do this. Ever been for an interview and not been able to get any feedback then 2 weeks later you get a no back?

Its usually because you're 2nd choice, and client is keeping you in reserve in case 1st choice bails or doesnt turn up. If they tell you no then you'll deffo look for something else - if they keep you in the dark then theres a chance they've got you hanging on a string.

Personally, I think this sort of behaviour is a bit naughty but it happens all the time. Honesty and integrity is sometimes lacking from both clients and agents at times.

And you wouldn't do this if you were a client? And you say it's naughty but you advise to do exactly the same from a contractors perspective. It's not naughty, it's business.

[quackhandle]

Sometimes (or quite often) the client does not help themselves, as in: You interview, you like each other, you get the gig. It's all good.

Then they say start date is in two weeks' time. What? Sorry no. You want me, I'm ready now (if on the bench).

qh

[DaveB]

To be honest I don't actually stop looking until I've raised the first invoice on a gig and it's been paid.

[stek]

To be honest I don't actually stop looking until I've raised the first invoice on a gig and it's been paid.

I don't stop looking until the gig is over and the last invoice has been paid. Then I start looking.....