I agree. Getting an offer from another company will provide some perspective (as well as an alternative should you decide against the current one). Also, can y

I agree. Getting an offer from another company will provide some perspective (as well as an alternative should you decide against the current one). Also, can you get more info on what "entry-level" means at the company? At IBM (my first job out of college) I started as a band 6 - if you're coming in as band 6 and your friend is coming in as band 7 there will definitely be a discrepancy in salary. (I don't think the offer letter will include this info and you most likely won't find out until your annual review unless you ask.) At another company I worked a lot depended on how you did in the interview process - I saw people with a couple years experience get hired as SE1 (software engineer 1) or SET (software engineer test) while a new college grad might get hired as a SE2 (software engineer 2) - just because he did better on the (technical) interviews. So, if possible, find out what your exact position will be and how it compares to your friend. And finally, the best time to find a job is when you don't need one. It might be worth taking the current job just to get experience and buy time to look around.