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Whats the longest you’ve waited for a written offer from a company before ultimately accepting?

First time poster here. A little under 6 years in tech sales, and after consecutive layoffs from two pretty small start-ups, I counted off any quota-carrying roles moving forward. Since my 2nd layoff on 3/15/23, I interviewed twice with a company (company 1) over the course of 3 months, to be denied from both positions I applied for (rejected because they preferred an internal candidate, ugh). That, among many many other previous bad instances interviewing/applying/working in growing start-ups, I’ve become pretty jaded yet cautiously optimistic. My only other serious interviews came from the rare cold application to an unnamed software company (company 2) — the pay, duties, culture, etc. all are a match. I felt like I absolutely nailed the interview process, including agreeing to come in-office panel interview and brought coffee/pastries for the team. Really went old school with this one, and it worked. The issue now, is that…


First time poster here. A little under 6 years in tech sales, and after consecutive layoffs from two pretty small start-ups, I counted off any quota-carrying roles moving forward.

Since my 2nd layoff on 3/15/23, I interviewed twice with a company (company 1) over the course of 3 months, to be denied from both positions I applied for (rejected because they preferred an internal candidate, ugh). That, among many many other previous bad instances interviewing/applying/working in growing start-ups, I’ve become pretty jaded yet cautiously optimistic.

My only other serious interviews came from the rare cold application to an unnamed software company (company 2) — the pay, duties, culture, etc. all are a match. I felt like I absolutely nailed the interview process, including agreeing to come in-office panel interview and brought coffee/pastries for the team. Really went old school with this one, and it worked.

The issue now, is that I received a verbal offer from the recruiter 1.5 weeks ago with the promise that my official offer would come that same week. I’ve been around this block a few times, so I have sent follow-ups every 3-4 days regarding official paperwork to lock this in. Responses have essentially been around delays in formal approvals but my most recent response (after following up today) is that they should “have an update early-mid next week”.

In all, given that its been about 2.5 weeks since my final round interview and especially considering how prevalent offer revocations are these days, should I be worried? At this point, I’m preparing for the worst case scenario snd finding other work just in case.

TIA

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