Hey there,

Francesco already provided a MECE answer. I would like to add to his option 2, that extending the deadline to sign should not be an issue.

MBB spend tens of thousands of USD per candidate hired. Once they established that they would like to hire you, they will not drop the offer if you ask them for an extension to sign.

All the best with your prep and interviews!

Cheers,

Florian

Typically firms will give you 2-3 weeks.

Building on Francesco's answer, here's one more suggestion:

If you get the 2nd round invitation from the frist firm, push out the scheduling of the 2nd round interviews by a week or 2. That way you'll reduce the time between offer decisions.

Spot on answer by Francesco!

Hi there,

Francesco gave a great answer, but let me just add one thing:

Cross that bridge when you get there.

Don't spend any more time thinking/worrying about this. If/when the offer comes, reference Francesco's comment (which I fully agree with). But, before then, try and focus more about just passing the interviews!

Think of this as a process with a few dependent steps.

Firsly try to use your offer as a forcing function on your other companies to get them to commit. Firms are very used to exploding offers and speeding up their processes for candidates with multiple offers.

If this happens, then try to buy some more time with your first offer on the same basis.

As a rough benchmarks 2 weeks is fine. 3 weeks just about okay. Anymore then that, caveat emptor