Do people lie and say they have competing offers when interviewing? I’ve noticed a lot of candidates are saying they have other offers on the table, but this job is their preference. For those that don’t get the job, I’ve looked back at their LinkedIn profiles and it doesn’t appear that they got new roles from these alleged competing offers.
Is this a tactic that candidates are using now to appear more desirable/ create urgency / salary negotiation tactic? Or am I reading too much into it.

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I only mentioned a real competing offer when I thought it was relevant but I’ve heard of people saying they have an imaginary offer because it makes them look more desirable as a candidate. I was personally hesitant to say anything to my top company at first because I didn’t want it to come off the wrong way. Ultimately, I only mentioned it when I was at the offer stage just as a “I have this other offer coming but I really want this role so if you can give me x I’ll sign immediately” i don’t think it was even necessary to mention but I just felt like being honest. In my experience honestly was really the best approach.

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Yes, this is a real life situation. We don’t ask to see offer letters when speaking to candidates with the rare exception of when we need to validate it in order to match a competing offer

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It’s an extremely common negotiation tactic in basically any situation. Know your negotiating position before you blow it though.

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Could be but it’s also a job seekers market 🤷‍♀️ it’s very likely they do and aren’t bluffing

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Yes, I am sure people claim they have active offers to boost the offer or speed up the process.

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Usually we do have multiple offers. I only mention to a recruiter about another offer if I do really want the position as I wouldn’t really care about a place I wasn’t interested in knowing that or not.
Or if there’s a salary/benefits increase I could get by showing an offer I have in hand.
As for why you aren’t seeing the LinkedIn changes, some people don’t update their new roles immediately and sometimes they don’t take the offer they’ve mentioned.

It’s interesting to see this post because yesterday I’ve received an offer and then I informed immediately to other companies I’m interviewing for about this, for 2 reasons:
- to speed up the interview process
- (for those I finished the loop) to speed up the decision-making process and not lowball nor string along me
At the end of the day, it’s just about knowing your position or your negotiating power, really. However, if both sides have not been transparent about the offers they have/give, it would depend more on each side’s situation.
If you anticipate a decent number of quality candidates for the roles or there would not be a considerable loss in case you miss the candidate, just ignore their update and continue with your initial plan. If you feel 50/50, you may want to “check” the candidate’s offer though it may affect the trust/pov about each other. Ask the candidate to provide more information about the offer, like what company, org, team, role, comp, etc. even the evidence if needed.
At the other end of the spectrum, if you value the candidate and don’t want to hurt the relationship, then do what you can to help them have more options to consider.
From a candidate standpoint, I want to say that if you are among the ones informed of the candidate’s offer, your (potential) offer should have some values/ a good option that the candidate wants to consider before making the final decision.

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