Do you take time off for interviews?

Question

Have onsites available for 5-7 different companies, but not sure if I should take time off to do them or split all of them up over many weeks.

One thing I am worried about is my manager knowing I am interviewing and also falling behind at my job if I take too much time off.

However, splitting up ~20-30 hour long interviews and doing them while working over maybe 2-3 weeks also sounds miserable

What would you do?

qwertyCoder · Accepted Answer

Batch them up whenever possible. Try to have a 'super week / day' where you do them all and then just take that week / day off. This is more ideal than splitting them over many weeks because for negotiation purposes you want the offers to all come in around the same time. It'll make it easier to pit competing offers against one another.

sulaimand · Answer

Yeah that's tough if you can get them all in the same week. Then you can call off for a week or two and knock them all out and feel rested.

Munkers · Answer

If you are so overloaded you fear taking time off, regardless of what it's for, that's a good sign you need to take time off for your mental health.Your time is part of your benefits.  It benefits you to look for a different job.  Seems like a good reason to use some time off.

raisinbran · Answer

If you’re remote don’t think you really need to take time off. Just gotta grind that week

Do you take time off for interviews?

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