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It's not a question of whether its fair or not (it isn't fair), but the true answer is no one knows how any bank will react unless they have recently reneged to that bank. Maybe they shrug and are happy they got the best talent. Maybe an MD plays golf with an MD at the other bank and pulls the offer because his friendship is more important than some random intern. Maybe HR has a blanket rule that candidates who renege lose their offers. No one knows. It probably isn't worth it if its a good MM, but if it's a no-name MM than reneging is probably the best option.

 

It depends on the context but you could lose both of your offers. They usually also notify your school.

There were people from my school that lost both offers (the original signed one and the new one) because they reneged and the bank found out. My BB has a policy of pulling offers if they find out that the student had signed another offer already. People joke about integrity in the industry but it is very serious.

 

I reneged a corpfin FDP offer to take a consulting role. They wouldn’t call me back and didn’t answer my emails so I literally called and made sure a recruiter heard me. It was so awkward in hindsight

I was just apologetic, thankful and they were fairly understanding. At the end of the day they’re not gonna care about losing some 22 year old in the current climate

 

The recruiter and unhappy MDs may try to find out by reaching out to companies (that's what I have seen people warn about on wso and everyone keeps saying the ib world is small)

 

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