Why Recruiters ask if you're interviewing anywhere else

Getting annoyed with why some Recruiters keep asking you if you're interviewing anywhere else? And some of them even ask you how far along the process you are and if you're expecting any final Offers?

Really - what does it matter where else you're interviewing and whether you're expecting any offers? You're clearly interested in this Organization they presented you for so what's the big deal with asking this?

Let me clear things up about this right away for you: whether you're actively interviewing or not and how close you are to receiving a Job Offer elsewhere, is key information the Recruiter uses to persuade the Hiring Team to move faster with the Interviewing process.

This is especially the case with Staffing/Recruitment Agencies and Third-Party Recruiters. 

All Recruiters know the tough reality about stellar Candidates: the slower the Interview process, the greater the chance another Organization will scoop you up.

While Hiring Teams don't intentionally slow down their Recruitment process, the reality is that recruitment and hiring is not their primary function. All "Hiring Managers" have their own core sets of duties and responsibilities which are typically unrelated to recruiting and they typically are in the middle of ongoing projects. So its very easy for interviews and recruitment to get sidelined and delayed, no matter how much they might like you, simply due to prioritizing their primary day to day activities. This is where recruiters add in a sense of urgency to the Hiring Team and let them know "So-and-so is actively interviewing with 2 other Organizations right now and if we don't move fast, they might get Offers in front of them before we do and we lose before we even get the chance to show them a solid Offer. Let's quicken the pace and schedule them in for the next Interview round ASAP."

So the next time a Recruiter asks if you're actively interview, how far along the process you are with other Organizations, etc - understand its most probably so that they can communicate a sense of urgency to the Hiring Team and help move things along as quickly as possible. They probably wouldn't be asking you this if they didn't find you to be a potential fit for the Hiring Team to consider.

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Dean Kulaweera

IT Recruiter & Founder, Tech Recruiters 360. Dean is a Recruiter specialized in the recruitment of mid-level and senior-level IT Professionals primarily in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada, and has been a keynote or panelist speaker at over 40 events across North America speaking about the job search and recruitment. To contact Dean, email dean@techrecruiters360.com