Job offer comparison workbook
Record the facts side by side (pay, bonus, pension, holiday, hours, location, probation, notice, start date, development), then score ten criteria for each offer with weights you choose. Formulas produce weighted totals and a share of the maximum. The result reflects your own weights and scores: it is a structured opinion, not a verdict.
Direct downloads: no account, email address or payment. Formats: Excel.
What is inside
- Facts sheet: fifteen factual rows with columns for Offer A, Offer B and notes.
- Weighted comparison sheet: ten criteria, weight (1–5), scores (1–5) for each offer, weighted values, totals and share of maximum.
- Dropdowns on weights and scores so the formulas always receive valid numbers, and a notes column for the reasons behind each score.
How to use it
- Fill the Facts sheet from the written offers only; ask for anything missing in writing.
- Set the weights before you score, so the offers do not influence what you say matters.
- Score each offer, then read the notes column aloud: the reasons matter more than the total.
- Treat a close total as a tie and decide on the facts that cannot be scored.
Why it is built this way
- Weights are set first and separately so the comparison is not back-fitted to a preferred offer.
- The totals are labelled as your own weighted opinion to stop the sheet being read as an objective ranking.
Accessibility
The workbook uses a frozen header row, plain text labels and list dropdowns, with formulas only where a sheet calculates something; nothing depends on colour alone (shading only marks input cells). It is a standard .xlsx file whose structure was checked programmatically; it has not been tested in every spreadsheet application. This page lists every sheet and column.
Keep going
- Job offer comparison worksheet guide
- Reading a job offer letter
- Negotiating salary after an offer
- Handling a counter-offer
- Also: STAR answer worksheet
- Also: Skills inventory workbook
- Also: Job description breakdown worksheet
Published 6 November 2026 · Files are generated from version-controlled source so every copy is identical. Drafted with AI assistance and checked against Luceria’s editorial standards.