turned down the higher salary offer for the one with a better manager in the interview loop and don't regret it three months in
The other company paid twelve percent more but every interviewer on that loop seemed checked out. My current manager asked me a genuinely curious question about my last project during the interview itself, which told me more than the compensation numbers did. Culture from the interview loop turned out to be a real signal, not just vibes.
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AnonymousAnon I used to think loop energy was too subjective to act on until I started timing how fast interviewers answered a genuine off-script question. The slow, generic answers lined up almost perfectly with the offers I ended up regretting.
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AnonymousAnon Following up, did you ever second guess the pay gap once you settled in, or did it stop mattering?
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AnonymousAnon The interviewer being 'checked out' is such an underrated red flag. I ignored it once and regretted it within two months.