How to navigate reneging in interviewing

Hypothetically, if you are interviewing for FT and you plan to reneg on your FT offer that you accepted from another bank you had your SA stint with, how do you navigate it? Do you say you rejected the offer? Do you say that you still have time to decide even though you already accepted? I know reneging is frowned upon, but would still like to hear any advice?

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If you accepted the offer (but the deadline to reply hasn't passed), then say you still have time to decide. If you don't have time, say you rejected the offer. Assume where you're interviewing has an idea of how long you have to respond to your return offer. No matter what, there is a risk to do what you are doing. I've heard of banks contacting all their competitors on the street and blacklisting people. If your current offer is still good, it's probably safer to take that.

 

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