advice needed in awkward situation: how should I address verbal offer extended but later cancelled summer internship
Hi all. This is rising junior at semi-target. Here's my situation: I received a verbal offer for an internship at a small PE firm for summer 2020. I was excited but made the very thoughtless mistake of including "incoming private equity intern" on my resume before receiving any written offer. I then sent the resume to a handful of bulge bracket for their SA 2021 programs. Two weeks later, I learned from the hiring manager of the small PE firm that the firm was downsizing and they only officially accepted one intern for the summer who is a rising senior with prior PE experience. tl;dr: I didn't intern at the firm, but I couldn't find a way to update the resumes that I already sent out.
Anyways, I have my first superday next week and I have a feeling I will definitely be asked about this. Please give me advice on how to talk about this. Should I send them an email beforehand with the correct resume explaining what has happened? I am just worried that will make myself sound thoughtless and stupid if I tell them the story above. someone please help.
Don’t mention it at all. People won’t ask about it.
If they dig into it then address it as follows: “I was extended an offer but they recently reneged on it because they’re experiencing downsizing from COVID. It was an unfortunate circumstance but I’m currently in the final interview stages with a couple of other firms for an upcoming internship to replace this one on my resume.”
Do state it, at least to HR, as you can get into trouble whenever they check your employment and dates, not a good thing to risk being banned
This year any normal firm would understand that, so you will have no problem at all
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