> Nobody goes on to say that they intentionally interviewed at some company they'll never work for in order to get a higher offer to be used as leverage.
Of course they wouldn't, however it is super easy to see right through what they are doing.
Of course they wouldn't, however it is super easy to see right through what they are doing.
For the past couple of years, I noticed this trend of trying to fuck over prospective employees and drive down compensation. Of course, we can't forget the no poaching cartel for which large companies got a nice slap of the wrist, but it's the small things like:
- rejecting candidates with competing offers (like OP above) - not providing offers in writing (so that it would be hard to use a verbal offer in a negotiation) - requesting written proof of competing offers or paystubs to prove current income. - prolonging or spreading the interview process over weeks/months so that you're not able to coordinate negotiations (Google is a major offender here).