Answer with a flat “no” and you may slam the
door shut on this opportunity. But what
if you’d really prefer not to relocate or travel, yet wouldn’t want to lose the
job offer over it?
BEST ANSWER:
First find out where you may have to relocate and how much travel may be
involved. Then respond to the question.
If there’s no
problem, say so enthusiastically.
If you do
have a reservation, there are two schools of thought on how to handle it.
One advises
you to keep your options open and your reservations to yourself in the early
going, by saying, “no problem”. You strategy here is to get the best offer you
can, then make a judgment whether it’s worth it to you to relocate or travel.
Also, by the
time the offer comes through, you may have other offers and can make a more
informed decision. Why kill of this
opportunity before it has chance to blossom into something really special? And
if you’re a little more desperate three months from now, you might wish you
hadn’t slammed the door on relocating or traveling.
The second
way to handle this question is to voice a reservation, but assert that you’d be
open to relocating (or traveling) for the right opportunity.
The answering
strategy you choose depends on how eager you are for the job. If you want to take no chances, choose the
first approach.
If you want
to play a little harder-to-get in hopes of generating a more enticing offer,
choose the second.
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