Covering up an offer bluff

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roach0217

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roach0217
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MS was taking too long to respond, to which I told them that I have another offer from MAANG, even tho I am still in the interview stage. The recruiter quickly responded that they will be giving me a offer shortly. But MS being MS, they still haven't gotten in touch for more than 2 weeks now. I am hoping that they will contact me this week, and guessing they will ask me about the TC of the other offer (which I don't have yet). Obviously, they will be curious on how was I able to hold the offer for more than 2 weeks. What should I tell them? Honestly, I shouldn't have bluffed, but I don't wanna mess it up. What type of followup questions can they ask?

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  • Just tell them not to worry about other offers and that you want to focus on what Microsoft has to offer you.
    22h 2
  • Say you were waiting to hear back from MS and made the others wait. You are also interviewing at other places, oncall at your current job and babysitting neighbor’s dog. Life is busy and you didn’t have time to accept any offers. Look up realistic numbers for the company on Levels.fyi or find numbers for a competitor.
    22h 0
  • I’m curious, are you seriously considering joining for reasons other than TC? Don’t think they will be able to reach FAANG
    22h 1
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      Honestly, my current TC is 🥜. So MS 🥜 would still be better. I am currently in the loop with 2 others from FAANG but I might not get an offer from them so want to make sure that I have this one in hand.
      22h
  • You can say something like the offer you mentioned before was a verbal offer and you’re still going through team matching, and you will get a final written offer letter once you match with a team.

    Btw, this doesn’t work if you said the offer was from Meta, because team matching happens after you get your offer.
    22h 2
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      roach0217

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      What about Amazon, do they do team matching before the offer?
      22h
    • In my experience, I interviewed with specific Teams at Amazon, but I’ve heard of people going thru team matching
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  • Meta
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    Go to company page Meta

    DMforMeta
    If MSFT’s been taking so long to give an offer, your imaginary company might as well. Just tell them you are still waiting for the offer
    21h 0