Hi Jingyuan,

it really depends on the necessities of the office, ie, if there are lot of new projects starting and the office is in need of new hires, they may require to start relatively early. This is usually more relevant for senior positions.

Having said that, I never heard of issues due to requests to postpone the starting date – MBB in particular are quite accommodating. In my personal case, I started at BCG 6 months after the offer without any issue.

Given the Covid situation, I am pretty sure there should not be major issues postponing in this particular period.

Best,

Francesco

I recently did exactly thati in one of the markets you mentioned. There was no problem.

Hi,

I don't have a lot of info about HK/SG, but McKinsey is typically quite flexible with the start date. Back in the day I did an internship in the summer, got an offer at the end of it, went back to school for a year to finish my studies and rejoined a year later. Probably C-19 will help your case, too.

Reka

Hi Jingyuan,

Usually that's no problem at all and sometimes even recommended (!) by offices to take some good portion of time until you really start off in your new job - it's gonna be intensive and better do some preparation before (depending on your private situation there may be also a bit more to get organized in advance, also including how to arrange daily hassles you could do yourself before, ...).

However, that being said, it depends also on your profile/seniority and the specific need of your skills in ongoing/starting projects. So if you are an experienced hire with a highly specific skillset which is needed to sell/execute some projects, they might push you to start as early as you can. Otherwise, it does not matter to much for the firm.

Hope that helps - if so, please be so kind and give it a thumbs-up with the green upvote button below!

Robert

Hi there,

First, congratulations!

Second, I would say you have a very high chance of having your late start request accepted. First, this is generally their policy, and second, many are actively delayed candidates' start dates.

By the way, if anyone is interested in trying out cases that deal with other impacts of COVID-19, check out these two cases:

https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases/brain-teaser/beginner/coronavirus-times-194

https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases/candidate-led-usual-style/intermediate/chinese-chess-191

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Hello!

There is no problem at all.

I am exhibit A indeed.

My starting date was planned for date A, and then I ended up starting 1 month after due to personal issues. I called HR, explained, and they were very supporting.

Hope it helps!

Cheers,

Clara

Hello,

I think the most likely is that it is the HR that asks you to postponeyour onboarding :) This is what is happening everywhere because the consulting firms prefer to close the 2020 recruitment campaign and start however the recruitement for 2021.

David

Dear Jinqyuan,

This has become very common that the starting date in the offers have postponed for a quota or several months. So, most probably you will be asked to start either in fall 2020, or even in January 2021.


Wish you best of luck,
André