I'm a soon-to-be PGY-4 and I plan to stay in my hometown, where I am in residency. There's a half-dozen or so employers here that I am considering, most of which are essentially always recruiting psychiatrists. I haven't formally reached out to any yet, in part because I don't really understand how the timeline of this process is supposed to work. I'm nervous about how to coordinate the interview process among various potential employers so that I actually have a pretty decent idea about what all of my options are before I'm expected to sign a contract. How does this work if you have a face-to-face interview with employer A and an offer is on the table a few weeks later, meanwhile you are just starting to talk to employers B-D? Can you string employer A along for weeks or months while you get more information about other positions, or will employer A want an answer in short order, forcing you to decide "yes or no" on a series of offers one by one rather than choose the best among 5 or 6 on the table? Does this question even make sense? With a limited number of potential employers locally, I really don't want to burn any bridges.