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Thanks! I thought about this as well. One thing I would ask, how common is a company paying for travel/accomodations for an interview? I am capable financial

Thanks! I thought about this as well. One thing I would ask, how common is a company paying for travel/accomodations for an interview? I am capable financially of making trips for interviews, but I almost feel like I need a commitment from a company to show that they consider me a serious potential hire for me to spend my own money for just an interview.

charlesdm 8y ago
If the company isn't willing to pay for your travel, you shouldn't work there. Serious companies will pay for travel.
- jobsearchthrow 8y ago
  good to know, thanks!
- sokoloff 8y ago
  100% accurate. When I was interviewing on the west coast, I tried to coordinate between two companies where one would pick up the hotel and the other the flights, mostly so I didn't have to cross the continent twice. That was a surprisingly difficult thing to pull off. Each of them seemed to prefer to pay for it all and have me criss-cross once per company...
  - samfisher83 8y ago
    Why didnt you just get them to both book you a flight and the just not take one of the flights each way.
    - sokoloff 8y ago
      I eventually got them to cooperate. Your solution would have been ok, but only if one was still willing as I’d have to book one east->west round trip and fly only the first leg and the other west->east (starting after the interview) and fly the first leg of that, because the airline is able to cancel all your remaining legs once you miss a leg. It seems that might be harder than just telling one of them that I’ll already be in the area on such and such date.
- pavel_lishin 8y ago
  Doesn't that rather depend on the job? A senior position, yes; but why would a New York company spend two grand bringing someone in when they've got qualified applicants lining up out the door?
  - RhodesianHunter 8y ago
    Because they're paying recruiters 15-25% of the first year's salary just to get qualified applicants and two grand on travel is just a drop in the bucket.

charlesdm 8y ago

If the company isn't willing to pay for your travel, you shouldn't work there. Serious companies will pay for travel.

jobsearchthrow 8y ago
good to know, thanks!
sokoloff 8y ago
100% accurate. When I was interviewing on the west coast, I tried to coordinate between two companies where one would pick up the hotel and the other the flights, mostly so I didn't have to cross the continent twice. That was a surprisingly difficult thing to pull off. Each of them seemed to prefer to pay for it all and have me criss-cross once per company...
- samfisher83 8y ago
  Why didnt you just get them to both book you a flight and the just not take one of the flights each way.
  - sokoloff 8y ago
    I eventually got them to cooperate. Your solution would have been ok, but only if one was still willing as I’d have to book one east->west round trip and fly only the first leg and the other west->east (starting after the interview) and fly the first leg of that, because the airline is able to cancel all your remaining legs once you miss a leg. It seems that might be harder than just telling one of them that I’ll already be in the area on such and such date.
pavel_lishin 8y ago
Doesn't that rather depend on the job? A senior position, yes; but why would a New York company spend two grand bringing someone in when they've got qualified applicants lining up out the door?
- RhodesianHunter 8y ago
  Because they're paying recruiters 15-25% of the first year's salary just to get qualified applicants and two grand on travel is just a drop in the bucket.