Correlation Between Response for Thank You Email and Offer?
Hi wise people on WSO, I just finished my final round interviews with Bain, and sent a thank you email to my interviewers. My friend got a reply from the Partner who interviewed both of us, but I didn't get any response. I thought my interview with him went reasonably well, but I couldn't really tell if he liked me.
I've heard a lot about how the interview with the Partner can be the most important one. If the Partner did not reply to anyone, I'd probably feel less anxious. But after learning that my friend got a reply, I just feel my last bit of hope was gone.
Did anyone have similar experiences? How high would you say the correlation between getting a response from the Partner and getting an offer is? I understand that these firms tend to release offers the day of, but there has been some scheduling complication at the office I am interviewing with. As a result, they haven't released any offer and they told everyone to wait for a week. (Not very sure if we actually will all wait for a week, though.)
Thank you so much for any input!
The better indicator is that most of these firms give out their offer within 24 hours lol
Thank you for your input! There is a complication at the office I am interviewing with, so they haven't released any offer.
Obviously this is subjective, but in my experience, if there's a response, the better the outcome. But it depends on the person, the firm etc. so it's really hard to say.
Same thing happened with me but I got a reply from an MD and my friend didn't. However, she got the offer couple of days before I did. My friends and I both had solid interviews with everyone.
It also depends on when you sent an email. my friend sent an email like an hour or so after her interview which I was somewhere in the evening. I sent a thank you note next morning at 9ish. So there could be other factors at play here. Keep you fingers crossed and good luck.
I agree with this. Timing can make a world of difference -- if you sent yours right before the person got swamped with client work, or your friend sent theirs right before the recipient checked his/her email so that it was right at the top of the inbox, you may get different responses. Fingers crossed for good news!
Correlation is weak at best. Some partners always answer thank you emails, some partners never do, some partners answer them if the email comes at a time they aren't busy...the amount of partners who only answer emails for who they are recommending for offers is pretty small.
they might just get pulled into a meeting, or refound their focus after fat fingering out the email to your friend in a boring case team meeting with a dull analysis. Don't sweat it
As a follow-up, how true is the statement that the Partner interview matters more than the other interviews? I've heard a lot of debate on an industry level, but I can't help feeling it may vary from firm to firm. If anyone has any Bain-specific insight on this question, I'd really appreciate it! Thank you.
I'd say 40%-60% for 1st vs. 2nd round. The partners naturally have more weight, as in soft power. The recruiting teams are all very experienced and Bain has a culture where everyone is heard. They do an overall assessment of you. The first round mainly checks for all the standard boxes, the partners have a different preference for what they are looking for in an applicant, as in they might put weight differently on certain aspects unconsciously. Nevertheless, it's about the whole package, so even if you make a minor mistake in a partner case you're not eternally screwed if your 1st round was amazing and did well on the other 2nd round case.
Koloniaal thank you so much for your detailed and balanced explanation. So I actually messed up the manager's case more than the interview with the Partner, which is largely behavioral-based. Given that there are only 2 actual cases, do you think that not doing well for one of them makes my application pretty unpromising? :(
Can't say, haven't seen your rounds. Perhaps you think you screwed up but didn't, or perhaps you think you did well but actually didn't. Generally though, if you did a really good job on the first three ones, and messed up the manager one a little bit, they might give you the go ahead as you've shown in the other cases that you do have the analytical power to go through cases. If the partner then judged your behaviour to be OK and client-ready, or can be made client-ready, it should be all fine.
Then again, can't say how you actually did on your cases, so don't expect anything. I don't know if you passed the first rounds marginally and had to prove them you've actually got what it takes analytically, or if you've blasted through the first ones flawlessly and the manager case was just another data point.
Tl;dr, wait for the decision and feedback, can't take too long. Good luck!
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I sent a thank you email to the director of a BB i interviewed at, he replied back instantly, acknowledging my thank you and letting me know that I would hear back from them. I never heard back from them.
92% with an 8% st. deviation. If you haven't gotten a response by now, it looks like you have a better chance of winning the lottery.
Don't sweat it, wait a few days and see what happens.
Are those stats serious or a joke lol? And they still haven't gotten back to anyone. :(
Obviously a joke lol
It's been days. All my friends are going out of their minds. :(
That really sucks. I hope you hear good news soon :(
Correlation??? Please stop overanalyzing this.
These are big corporations you are talking about. They move slow.
The guys who interviewed you are insanely busy. It is not likely they will email every single candidate back. They may not even read them all because they get hundreds of emails per day.
Drink a beer and enjoy senior year because you will never have a period with so much free time and lack of responsibility again in your life.
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