[cheapliquor]

>I've been thinking about interviewing for jobs that I don't plan on getting, just to get a better offer and force my boss hand

This is absolutely what you should be doing.

[jleyank]

Never, ever do something you have no intention of carrying through on. Your lack of enthusiasm will probably bleed through and using other people for personal gain isn’t the nicest way to be known. People talk, and it would suck blowing an interview and losing a job because of such talk.

[redleader55]

I would apply to jobs that I would be happy to get in case my boss decides to decline the raise anyway.

[ericathegreat]

Small counter-opinion here; if I interview a candidate, offer them a role, and find out that they have been using our time only to get a better deal from their current employer, then I will most likely choose not to interview them again in the future.

If you have engaged with me in bad faith (pretending to want a job with us when you actually don't) then I would be very uncomfortable endorsing you to join one of my teams in the future.

By all means, interview around. And if you get a better offer and accept it, then I will cheerfully congratulate you and wish you the very best of luck! But if you're operating in an area where the pool of potential employers is small, make sure you don't burn too many relationships in the process.

[dudul]

And how would you find this out? People do get counter offers, some even accept them. It's part of the game. No need to be petty.

[HDMI_Cable]

This is a bit unethical, but the candidate in question could just say that their current employer gave them a newer, better offer that they couldn't refuse, essentially giving plausible deniability. Though I do agree that the interviewer would be fully in their right to not re-interview the candidate.