Answering Your Questions - Why it takes so long to hear back after interviews + More!

Today's questions: 

1. How to negotiate salary
2. When to move onto the next job
3. Why it takes so long to hear back after interviews 

How to negotiate salary

• Be honest
• Be realistic
• Know your worth
• Know what your expertise is getting paid for in the market
• Know the market
• What is the supply and demand 
• Be really upfront in that initial conversation regarding your expectations 

If you get an offer you're not jazzed about: 

• Express gratitude
• Be genuine
• Be honest 
• Share your expectations 
• Ask if there is any wiggle room 
• Be open to different options 
• Know what will get you to a 'yes' and be transparent about it 

When to move to the next job: 

• You're not happy 
• Compensation 
• You don't have any growth opportunities 
• Bored, need new challenges 
• Expand your skillset 
• Get experience in a new industry 

Why it takes so long to hear back after interviews: 

• A recruiter never wants it to take long
• Could be slow hiring manager feedback 
• Manager could be indecisive 
• Could be a bad recruiter 
• Org changes 
• Could be waiting for you to follow up or provide feedback 
• Could be a really poor or shitty interview process 
• Could be a major hiring push, volume wise, everyone is overloaded 

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