BX / KKR / Apollo process - what are they doing?
Had my interviews on September 15th with 2 associates, 1 principal and the head of the group and they said they can have an answer as soon as the weekend and my interviews went really well...
On Monday, I got a call that despite my interviews going well they want to run a structured process and will get back later (with a technical test apparently)
I followed up twice last week and once this week and still nothing. What the hell is going on? Am I following up too much or too little? What's happening behind the scenes?
I'm in a niche area so I have one other interview process but it's hard to have a lot since theres so few companies in this area.
Only solution seems to be to get a competing offer to speed this up.
Yep. Was in a similar situation last year. The only way to push them is to have a competing offer. That’s why I will always make sure to have a parallel process running.
Did you end up getting the offer?
What's weird is that the firm isn't really even interviewing people as far as I can tell (maybe a couple of folks).
Just FYI, when they want you, they don’t let you ‘leave the building’ without an offer in hand. So you’re clearly not a slam dunk, which is what they want. They only want to hire people they feel like they “must have”.
Based on the fact pattern you’re describing, you’re not a must have. The question isn’t what’s wrong with BX Apollo KKR, the question is what’s wrong with you (ie your interviewing delivery) where you’re being viewed as a B+ candidate.
I mean I know I messed up a question with the head of the group. I feel like I had it in the bag before then. So I agree that I probably didn’t give them the ‘must have’ feeling. But why don’t they just end the process? How long do they just keep you on the back burner?
For as long as they can preserve the optionality.
Makes sense
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