Here is my standard advice: 1.) Don't pursue other offers if you have a pretty darned nice job lined up. There is too much risk. There is also the ethics. 2.) If, in spite of my advice, a Blackstone interview falls in your lap, and it's the final round, go interview, and take the offer if you get it. At this point, the worst risk (one of the MD's old friends calling him about you) has passed. The ethics are already pretty screwed up as it stands, and you will spend too much time worrying about and regretting what could have been. I'd like to think this advice isn't too contradictory.

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There's no point in reaching out to those firms to tell them you only have 1 day; they're not going to accommodate you. Your options are either to accept the offer then interview elsewhere and renege if you get something better (which could be slightly risky) or just accept. Not smart to decline the offer and search for another one.

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