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Originally Posted by hundove
So far, i've gone to one interview. dont know if they'll accept me yet.
I have another interview tommorrow. I'm right now in need of a job, so the first one who accepts, i'll go for...
that is why I am afriad, because if a better job offer comes i'll take it, but as i'm searching for the best, i still want to be working rather than just sitting at home waiting for a miracle,lol.
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When a company calls you to offer you a job, it's okay to say "Thank you, let me think about it, and I'll give you a call tomorrow." You don't want your desperation to show (they may pay you crap if they know you're desperate... just like getting a loan or upping your credit card limit... you only get it when you don't need it), and you don't want to agree to anything that you don't have time to think over. You're not the first person to tell them this, and you won't be the last person to tell them this. Also, if you have another interview in a couple days, tell them this, and tell them you'll let them know after that. When you go to the other interview, tell them that you've already received an offer, which will let them know that they need to decide whether they want you or not pretty quick.
The only exception I can think of (based on what I'm going through with my company right now) is if they need you to start tomorrow (which would be the case in freelance positions, for one). For that situation, if you want to work, you take it. You can always work things out later, because you're basically on-call/as-needed, and if they're not giving you steady work (or not paying you a retainer), they can't realistically expect you to give them steady assistance.
If you're leaving one job to go to this job, you also want to get it in writing, just to have something to back you up. This also gives you a stronger negotiating position, because you don't "need" it. It's okay to negotiate salary in the majority of professional situations that I can think of, because I don't think a company would realistically not come back with either another offer, or say that's their final offer. Of course, this is all based on my limited hiring/negotiating experience, so I may be wrong, but I feel I'm at least being logical and fair. =) However, I would say that if they start getting into small increments ($17 vs $17.50 per hour when the start was $15 vs $20), then they're getting down to the point where you need to accept or risk not getting the job.