Rejected? - Consulting

Hi Monkeys, I've gone through 4 rounds of interview with a top consulting firm - not MBB I applied for Strategy Consulting and I went through my final round yesterday. Thought I did quite well. However, when I spoke to a few other candidates after my interview. They got on-the-spot offers. It seems they got offered positions in HR and IT. And they only went through 2 interviews.

Does that mean I got rejected for not being hired on the spot?

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Calm down brother its most likely what you think it is. HR does interview for different positions on the same day. Plus they only went through 2 interviews, UNLESS, they liked them so much after two interviews HR didn't want the candidates to have a change of heart and immediately made them an offer they can't refuse...then, I would worry

 

Firms do a washout session after the interviews. It's possible that half an hour after your last interview a decision can be made, which could be communicated anywhere from then to a day or two later, but it seems hard to get a decision faster than that.

On the spot offers seem weird -- odd for a true strategy consulting firm

 

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