When do you get Return Offer?

I’m wondering when return offers are given out to Summer Analysts. Is it on the last day of the internship? This is my junior summer so the return offer would be for a FT role.

Also, how many days/weeks do you typically get to sign your FT offer? I’m at a BB this summer and am thinking about recruiting for MBB so I want to see if I can manage timelines.

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Yes, unless things have changed it’s the last day. Your last week you kind of hand over any work that you were doing (or just roll off projects) and then your final day is usually a meeting with your manager / staffer at scheduled times slots (you only come in for this purpose, you don’t work that day). It is decided 1-2 weeks earlier, though, so a lot of times people have a sense or are given an idea by the FT Analyst they are working with in advance, this is what happened to me and it alleviated a lot of stress.

I briefly looked at recruiting before signing — can’t remember exactly how long you have but I think it is around a month — someone who has recently gone through the process might have a more exact idea of that though. It definitely isn’t exploding or even 2 weeks, you have a fair amount of time.

Edit — above information is for BB internships, smaller firms may do things differently

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