Should I tell manager about interview?

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I have a job interview coming up that I hope will go well and don't know whether to mention to my current line manager or not. Googling says it's a big no no - no guarantee I'll get the job and could make things awkward as they'll know I'm looking to move on. However, a colleague who left last year handed in her notice and our manager was most upset that she hadn't informed her she was going for the interview in the first place so her notice coming in was a complete shock. I remember all the drama well so wonder if I'm better to let her know I have the interview - I need to book a days leave for it anyway so she may ask what I'm up to and I don't want to lie. We get on well and consider each other as friends which is nice but also makes it difficult when it comes to this kind of situation.

Does anyone have any advice?

When I was facing redundancy some years back part of the deal in law was paid time off for interviews so I used to tell my line manager. Not sure if that is true now. I had several ‘interviews’ when I fancied a day off and there was nothing anyone could do as it was agreed in writing. Not very professional I know but it kept me sane through a difficult time

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Her response to your previous colleagues resignation should be a heads up!

However, a colleague who left last year handed in her notice and our manager was most upset that she hadn't informed her she was going for the interview in the first place so her notice coming in was a complete shock. I remember all the drama well

Your manager sounds emotionally incontinent. For that reason, I wouldn't be telling her hee haw.

Depends a great deal on the sector. In some sectors, you don't tell anyone you're going until the contract's all sorted; in others, you won't get a definite job offer until they have a reference, so you have to tell your current employer from the outset. And in some sectors, it may depend on your relationship with the manager, whether there's scope for promotion in your current company (it's a churlish manager who doesn't encourage you to look elsewhere if there isn't), etc.

I agree with everyone else - no way. If you don't get the new job you are stuck in your old one with your manager knowing you are dissatisfied (sufficiently to have gone looking elsewhere). They can't fire you for that but can make working life very uncomfortable.

If its internal I tell my manager, if its external I don't

As for all the jonsense about handing in your notice being a shock, unless the notice period was 24 hours, it gave the manager plenty of time to get over her shock.

I bet the manager wouldn't give you a heads up before she was supposed to if you were all going to be made redundant!

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its just mad when people create drama over resignations

hopefully her manager had a word with her about being so unprofessional

No way. Keep it under wraps. If they get wind they know you are looking to move. Do it as normal if they get iffy that’s their problem not yours, your out of it