I am doing a job I don't enjoy and decided to apply elsewhere last month. Now, just like buses, two job interviews have come along at once. The trouble is that the second interview is three weeks after the first. If I had to choose between the two jobs, I'd rather take the second than the first, but either would be brilliant in comparison with where I am now. My worry is what to do if I'm offered the first job. Should I take it and not bother about the other interview? Or should I take it and keep quiet? It seems a bit morally reprehensible to do the latter.
I think it's very difficult from where you stand at the moment to try and compare these two jobs. Once you've taken the first interview, you will remove an awful lot of the guessing. I would say you need to have that first interview and then decide whether or not you still want to consider the other job.
But you could go one step further. I would try and visit the workplace of the second job without having had the interview — that can be dressed up by saying, "Is there any way that I could just come and look at what you do because obviously it will help all of us?" That to me is great, it's good interview preparation.
I think to be honest that it's morally reprehensible to take a job and still have it in the back of your mind that you want another one. For me as an employer, it's much more important that you make the right decision rather than worry about whether I'll be upset because you have another job on the horizon.
Deborah Meaden is author of Common Sense Rules (Random House, £7.99). Read more advice from Deborah Meaden.
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