tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post6798212882753164074..comments2009-07-05T21:33:21.079-04:00Ask a Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05281942480230532899noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-21671149468221441462009-07-05T21:33:21.079-04:002009-07-05T21:33:21.079-04:00If you accept the offer, even if only verbally, you have accepted that offer, period. You don&#39;t back out after that. If you&#39;re really concerned that they might rescind the offer, you can continue to interview -- as long as you have no intention of accepting any other offers (assuming Company A doesn&#39;t rescind theirs).<br /><br />If you do go forward with the interview, regarding how to express interest to Company B without misleading them, just don&#39;t use words like &quot;you&#39;re my first choice,&quot; since they&#39;re not. You can say things like &quot;I&#39;m very interested,&quot; just not that they&#39;re your first choice. (You also don&#39;t want to say they&#39;re NOT your first choice; just avoid talking in terms of first choices.)<br /><br />But even continuing to interview carries some risk. Imagine if someone at Company A happens to know someone at Company B and hears that you&#39;re interviewing there, after having already accepted their offer and reassured them that they really are the job you want?Ask a Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05281942480230532899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-48369563725808464612009-07-04T11:22:16.044-04:002009-07-04T11:22:16.044-04:00Thank you so much for the quick response! I&#39;ll definitely follow your advice. Hopefully all goes well! <br /><br />Just another follow-up question, would it still be ethical to verbally accept the offer at Company A then continue with a pending interview at Company B as a backup plan? I&#39;ve read in another website that I shouldn&#39;t cancel an interview just because a company made me a written offer, since this can be rescinded. <br /><br />The thing is, Company A&#39;s job offer isn&#39;t really complete yet because I still have to pass a physical examination. I do plan on accepting the offer first thing on Monday, but the official written contract is subject to the results of the exam. Should I cancel my scheduled interview at Company B (which is also happening on that day), or should I go through with it anyway? If I go through with it and end up being offered a job at Company B, and if things go well with Company A, I will end up having to decline Company B even when I told them in the interview that I&#39;m very interested in working for them. Like you said in your response, Company B&#39;s HR personnel and interviewers will probably be annoyed with me. What should I do? I don&#39;t want to burn any bridges and I want to protect my reputation. <br /><br />- Reader who sent the original questionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com