Is My Upcoming Scheduled Phone Call with HR a Rejection on its Way? (3 working days post final round interview)

Interviewed with a MM PE fund in London for an off-cycle internship. I would have been the last candidate to interview. If it's going to be a rejection I'd prefer to know now so I can mentally prepare - I'd be fucking gutted.

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Of course you need to prepare for a rejection - you should prepare for anything they might say - but it's probably an offer. It'd be unusual for HR to schedule a phone call in advance just to let you know you didn't get it.

 

How many rounds of interviewing have you done?

Contrary to the above posters, my experience has been that when I've gone far enough in a process, HR / Recruiter will schedule a call for both a rejection or an offer.

If it was just a first round, rejections typically come via email. Movements to the next round tend to come via a mix of emails and calls. I've had both.

Generally, my approach has always been to prepare for a rejection. Banking / PE are obviously highly competitive fields and there's usually an abundance of qualified candidates interviewing for each open position. Good luck!

 

Congratulation CunningFox!

How was the initial call set up? I ask because I have a similar situation coming up and I am not sure which way it is going to go. It is my number one choice currently so hoping for the best.

 

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