Interviews...do u have to accept that day???

Some places will hire you immediately, and some NM will even tell you during the interview that the job is yours if you want it. Some will call you a bit later. However, it is completely permissible and normal to say, "I need to discuss this with my family, or I need to think about this for a few days, Can I get back to you? Especially in the case of being so close to the holidays, you could easily say, "I'm very interested in working here, but I need some time to think about it, can I call you after Dec 25th.

They know as a new grad you will have other interviews cooking.

Best Wishes!!!!

I absolutely recommend taking as much time as you need to make sure your first job is going to be a good fit for you. I, too, am a new grad with a few months' experience and have had to learn that lesson the hard way.

I described my first job in lurid detail in another post so I won't go into it again here. Now, I'm finding myself in another employment crisis...my most recent employer hired me for full-time, then cut me back to part-time, so I had to leave to find a different job that would give me full-time; that position was eliminated, so I made the mistake of going back to the first job, knowing it was part-time; however, I was hired on by the parent corporation to work in an in-house agency position per diem at other facilities within the same company. Long story short, things came to a head today, I was told that they did not want to use me for the per diem position, so I was back to square one, working for this place part-time when I cannot afford to do so.

The common denominator in all this job hopping for me has been that I made the mistake of accepting these positions way too readily, and now I have a lovely, sporadic work history to show for it. :angryfire

I decided after much aggravation that this time I am going to take my time, interview with several companies, and take a few days to think about the pros and cons of each position.

The last poster is right...prospective employers will realize that you are a new grad and considering all your options. Nobody is going to tell you "Here's the deal, take it or leave it...we need a decision right now." And even if somebody did tell you that, would you really want to work for them?

By the way, congratulations on making it through the program! :balloons: