Accelerated Offer Dilemma

*I am a junior

I have an offer from a BB accelerated process for credit risk, but the deadline to respond by is within the next 3 weeks. However, that means that I will not be attend the IBD on-campus interviews in January (4-5 weeks time). From networking and resume drops, I can roughly conclude that I will have at least 5-6 interviews for IBD.

Should I take the leap of faith and go for the interviews or take the credit risk offer to mitigate risk in this difficult recruiting environment?

*I am not sure how long I can defer accelerated offers*

Thank you very much for your help!

8 Comments
 

one in hand is better than two in the bush - take the offer! It's still BB experience and a great role. Plus you'll get to get your head out of all the bullshit that comes with recruiting. Enjoy your junior spring!

 
couchyone in hand is better than two in the bush - take the offer! It's still BB experience and a great role. Plus you'll get to get your head out of all the bullshit that comes with recruiting. Enjoy your junior spring!

That's definitely the thing in my mind as well -> the possibility that I get nothing in the end. If I take this offer, how would I be able to leverage it into a full time IBD?

 
Sean518Has anyone ever had any problems after reneging on an offer you got through OCR? I've turned down a similar offer I had because I didn't want to get banned from OCR in the future. Was that fear unfounded?

Yeah that's the problem I'm facing as well, I don't want to renege because that would result in me being blacklisted. So did you turn down an offer and go for the IBD interviews? If so, were you successful in getting it and would you recommend it?

 

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