As someone who got an offer after a days-long on-cycle process, can anyone here shed light on what the off-cycle process is like? How quickly do processes run / how flexible are they? Thinking about forgoing my mba and considering senior associate opportunities but also really like my current seat so unsure how to go about it
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They take a while
My off-cycle process took a little over a month from first round to offer
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