Question: I am currently in the last interview stages with two companies, **A** and **B**. I reached a stage with company **A** where they are already willing to write me an offer. I have completed three phone interviews with company **B** (the last one **four days** ago), and I would like to notify their recruiter that I have a competing offer and hopefully **encourage** them to "*move a bit faster*".

How can I politely communicate to the recruiter of company **B** that, if they are interested in me, they would need to "speed up" the process? Is this a good idea in general? What language could I use for this?

Also, if the recruiter of Company **B** asks the name of Company **A**, is it OK if I say I am not comfortable sharing that information? Would that hurt me?

Answer: 
I think it would be fine to say:

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> Hi Recruiter!
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> How are things going? Have you heard from Company B yet? I just wanted to let you know that I am receiving competing offers and I **must** respond to them within *n* days.
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> Sincerely,
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> roseck
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> 

I don't think you have to tell them who the competing offers are from.
I have noticed that the moment you mention something about competing offers, the focus of the recruiter shifts to the details of the offers that you may have.
They try to coerce you to tell them about it stating that they would match it.
That might not be what you intended and it becomes a bit uneasy at times.