I had an interview with Bank of America today in Sacramento. Before I started out on the drive Comerica called me and arranged for another interview later on this week. With Comerica calling me I realized that I no longer wanted the job with BofA in though I was fairly certain I would get a job offer today. Anyway, I devcided to drive down there anyway (maybe I could negociate for better compensation or whatever).

So..... I print out a map and drive down there (2 hours) and on the way into Sac I realize that I was gonna be late. So, already pissed about that (and I didn't have the number of the HR person with me) I wouldn't find the DAMN exit on I-80 (was looking for Northgate ).

So long story short I drove from San Jose to Sac for nothing...

Question: for those of you shopping for another job, what do you say when someone extends a job offer but you need a few days to hear from another employer?

Do you just say you need time to think about it or what?