How to tell a manager if I get an interview.

[malificent7]

Btw..i don't have an interview yet but I have applied for a role. I feel bad though as it has been a rocky start despitr passing probation where I am but they have started to be more supportive.
I feel that i am potentially running at the first sign of trouble as I have only been there for 5 months and part of the reason for me looking elsewhere was lack of aforementioned support. That is slowly changing.
If I do get an interview how do i tell my manager so that I can take time off. I feel so awkward as manager told me it was within her interests that i succeed . But I feel I am not succeeding.

Just don't do what one of my team did and tell her directly you want time off for an interview. You schedule an interview during your off days, outside of your working hours or book annual leave.
One of the young girls on my team came up and directly asked me to take the afternoon off so she could go to an interview and take it as authorised leave as she didn't have any holiday left to take. I told her it was unprofessional to ask your current employer for time off to attend an interview. In hind sight I wish I'd let her take the time off to be honest!

Most people book annual leave or call in sick.

Call in sick or take leave. Don't tell them you have an interview though

Tell them you have a hospital/dental appointment or pull a sickie .

Surprised by this response. So your employee wanted to get a better job but had no annual leave available to take and her options were:
(a) be honest and seek authorised unpaid leave, or
(b) lie about it, or
(c) stay in that job helpless,

and you think it was unprofessional of her to choose option a?! I can certainly see why she didn’t want to work for you…

I wouldn't lie as if you get the job they will then work out that you'd lied to get time off for the interview . I would take annual leave or say you need to take an hour or whatever for a private appointment- they hopefully won't pry any further . Or be honest but explain you're just considering options . A colleague of mine had an interview elsewhere after 5 months and was totally straight forward with the boss - she Didn't get the job but it actually made work appreciate her more as they thought she might be leaving and they didn't want to lose her. Personally I'd be to nervous to say but would try and arrange it so I didn't have to tell work

Book time off if you can.

If you can't, say you'll be in late because you have an appointment. It's not a lie.

Would you rather she lied to your face?

I think it takes balls to be honest, especially when there's no guarantee she'll get the job.

I'd rather not have employees in my team who don't want to be there. But I'm not obliged to assist her in her search for alternative employment.

It's not necessarily about not wanting to be there...i think it is fair to want to better yourself and improve your prospects . I do like my job but there have been a few things which have been very annoying. I wouldn't mind staying there but i think i get more experience and cash elsewhere.