MBB didn’t respond before competing-offer deadline?

Hey,

That's a bit frustrating. I'm sorry to hear that.

Most likely your query or application got lost in the hurley burley of recruiting activities and BAU case work. That's a bit sloppy from said MBB but it happens.

That being said, don't lose sign of the fact you've done exceptionally well to get 1 offer and you've set yourself up for a wonderful and exciting career.

You could always follow up again if you really want to know how your application went - no harm in asking, even if you don't intend on accepting it. There's no way of knowing whether you'll get a response with out asking, so you might as well give them a prod.

Anyways, well done. I hope you find time to reflect on your achievement and celebrate.

B.

That's rather strong to be honest. 

This rarely happens. 

Most offices are professional about the recruitment process so I don't know how this happened. 

I would just move on at this point. You have a different offer, and different problems to worry about. 

I wish you the best in your new career. 

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Good luck!
Cristian

Hi there,

congratulations on making it into MBB! 

Whoever didn't get back to you on time, it's their loss. You will now work for a prestigious firm and will make experience that you won't forget in a lifetime. The best (and probably healthiest thing to do) is to let the disappointment in the other MBB go. They were aware of your deadline and they didn't act on it. That's all you need to know to draw your own conclusions. Why do you care about future opportunities with them at this point? Focus on what you have and get excited about it.

Those are just my two cents.

Best

Hi there,

Q: I assume this is a deliberate snub? If they knew what the deadline was for one full week (after taking several weeks post-final), and they still didn’t get back to me, this is an implicit rejection? 

Not necessarily, possibly, it was just impossible for them to reply on time due to their internal recruiting pipeline. So you might still get an offer from them.

Good luck!

Francesco

Hi there,

Congrats on the offer you accepted! Regarding the missed deadline, this probably happened because they were under the water managing applications so it's their loss for not coming back to you before :)

Best,

Alberto

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Hi there,

It is not a “deliberate” snub. However, it's unlikely they were going to give you an offer (or they would have hustled). It's possible they were going to give you an offer and are just in a chaotic state.

Still, awesome news on the competing MBB offer. Move forward and don't look back :)

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Hi,

I don't think its fair to just assume its a deliberate snub. There are multiple reasons why this could have happened - including crack in the process, change of personnel, personal emergencies etc. 

It is unfortunate but you already accepted an MBB offer and that is a great thing. Focus on what is at hand and do your best there.

While they should have given you an answer before your deadline, this is the sort of thing that happens. They have their process and they're not always able to speed it up.

It's not an implicit rejection, particularly in a time where they're not looking to recruit a lot of people, they feel less pressure to try to grab every high potential candidate.

Not a common procedure. I'd move on. Be happy and congrats on your new job! Freddy