When is the best time to schedule your interview? The easy answer is whenever it works for the interviewer! After all, that’s the goal — to get the interview and the job offer.

But what if you are offered a choice of dates and times for the interview?  Is it better to be the first person interviewed? Or to be one of the final candidates considered? Should you schedule your interview for the morning? Or the afternoon?  And, if you’re offered the option of a virtual interview or meeting in person, which should you choose?

Here are the pros and cons of being towards the front of the pack, one of the last, or somewhere in the middle.