Description
- Avoid Early Compensation Talks: Harrison emphasizes refraining from discussing compensation and benefits early in job interviews.
- Wait for the Offer: He advises waiting until you receive a job offer before inquiring about salary, benefits, or other details.
- Post-Offer Discussions: After securing an offer, it's the right time to address compensation, benefits, and related concerns, as the employer has already expressed interest.
- Be Patient and Strategic: Harrison stresses the need to exercise caution and not assume details about benefits or personal situations before extending a formal offer.
- Professional Etiquette: Avoid asking about healthcare, parking, or vacations during the interview; save these discussions after receiving an offer.
- Positive Tone After Offer: Post-offer, the employer will likely be more accommodating and open to discussing various aspects of the job, creating a smoother negotiation process.
Transcript:
Okay, so this is a good question. And by the way, I love these questions that people are asking. They're very helpful. So I've made the mistake of asking about the companies or law firms benefits early in the interview, which may have given the impression I'm primarily interested in compensation. How can I approach compensation and benefits discussions more?
You ask about this. After you get an offer, that's it. You ask about it after you get an offer. So you don't ask about it early on, only after you get an offer. It's absolutely not something you should ever talk about early in the interview. So sometimes people will say, what is your healthcare like? My child has a.
Horrible health, people do this sort of stuff. And again, you need to be very careful. You don't ask about this stuff before you've gotten an offer. That's too assumptive. It's, and again, I'm not criticizing someone for saying that their child has a problem and asking about an interview, but it's just, you ask about it after you get an offer.
That's it. So you don't ask about it beforehand, but you ask about it after. You cannot ask about You don't ask about compensation. You don't ask about benefits. You don't ask about parking. You don't ask about vacations. You don't ask about any of this stuff in an interview. It's like the last thing in the world that you should be asking about.
So you wait till you get an offer. That's it. That's the only rule you need to follow. You don't ask about money, benefits, policies, anything until you get an offer. Now, after you get an offer, the person decided they want you. They're going to be nice. And that's important to understand.
