How do I approach this situation?

Question

Hi,

I am a current Master's student at Northwestern's Pritzker School of Law (not JD or LLM), and I have applied to all the MBB firms. I, fortunately, scored a referral for Bain (manager), who is at a non-target office, and coffee chat for 30 minutes with a Senior Manager at the target office. I did not get a chance to secure a referral from them after the chat. Is it too late to ask for it? They seemed very friendly and helpful during the chat and offered help in other ways like case prep and "flagging my resume to the recruiter." I am not sure what flagging means. Can anyone elaborate on that as well?

Answer 1

Hi there,

“Flagging your resume to the recruiter” means the person is willing to give you a referral. :-))

Reach out again and say that you are now ready to apply and want to take them up on their offer.

All the best,

Florian

Answer 2

Hi there,

any offer from a consultant/manager/partner at the company you intend to apply to to forward your CV to their recruiting team constitutes a referral. It doesn't always have to be a formal process.

So you should definitely take them up on their offer.

Best

Answer 3

"flagging my resume to the recruiter."

This is a referral… hope you took this offer :)

If not, go back to them, and state that you accept this offer…

Answer 4

Hi there, I would be happy to share my thoughts on your situation: First of all, I would advise you to explicitly ask... (read entire answer)

Hi there, I would be happy to share my thoughts on your situation: First of all, I would advise you to explicitly ask for the referral at the end of your conversation. It's impo... (read entire answer)

Answer 5

Hi there, Exciting times! You’ve ask a couple of good questions. Let me try to answer them together. At some po... (read entire answer)

Hi there, Exciting times! You’ve ask a couple of good questions. Let me try to answer them together. At some point, the firm needs to take N number of applicants and disti... (read entire answer)

Answer 6

From my experience, it would be best if you can apply early if you can already do your case prep. If you start now yo... (read entire answer)

From my experience, it would be best if you can apply early if you can already do your case prep. If you start now you could be ready by the time they invite you to interviews.B... (read entire answer)