I had a great interview for a job and company I like yesterday, but at the end, the hiring manager made a lowball offer, which is even less than what I make now. I told him it wouldn't work, but they just called asking for a second interview later this week. I already have an interview with another company on the same day and a busy schedule. Is it a waste of time to go back after they already lowballed me?

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That all depends on whether you want the job. It would seem they're interested in you, or they wouldn't have bothered to ask you to come in again after you've essentially turned them down. Perhaps they'll revise their offer. You might as well find out at this point.

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Agreed with senior analyst 1 above, also, it’s always good to have competing offers to negotiate.

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Never refuse an opportunity to negotiate, you may be surprised.

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Define "lowball". Is it at least twice what you need to scrape by? If not, don't waste your time. Otherwise, I'd go for the second interview and reiterate your salary expectations. If they refuse to budge, decline.

I would take it, but you need to be firm about what fits your schedule, and then if you don't need this job, let them know that you have other interviews

Were there any discussion of ranges and how low is lowball? If your off 50% in wouldn’t bother but I would mention salary and make sure they have room to move up before doing more interviews to avoid wasting your time. Seems odd they would offer you a job and require addition interviews to determine if they want to increase the offer.

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I think it’s completely fair to ask if they have had a chance to revisit the offer terms and frame it as you want to be respectful of their time.

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