Hello,

I don't understand why Accenture should stop considering you because you accept another offer. The fact that you want to continue the process just shows your strong motivation in joining them. Generally speaking, saying that you have another offer would push the company to accelerate your process.
I strongly suggest you to accept the offer and ask to continue your hiring process with accenture. Don't feel guilty and don't care so much about the HR reaction, they are just trying to do their work but this will not affect in anyway your chances to get the offer.

Best,
Luca

Hi there,

I believe your best option is to accept the offer of the boutique and stick to the process with Accenture so far that it reopens – just mention to HR that you are open to consider the second round when it becomes available. Since you already communicated the offer and they are not willing to accelerate the process, there is not much more you can do at this stage.

Best,

Francesco

Hi A,

Unfortunately, you are not the only candidate who has stock in the middle of recruiting process during the COVID-19 time.

But you are extremely lucky having job offer at hand! So I would strongly recommend you to take this offer and start a new ob in June.

In parallel, I would recommend you to stay in touch with HR from Accenture and follow up with your contact person from time to time (like once in 4 weeks). If they still continue to hire, you would still be able to get an offer from Accenture and start either from the end of this year or beginning of the next year. Otherwise, you can also apply again to Accenture and other companies, when the situation hopefully improves.

I hope it gives you some guidance,

and I wish you best of luck,


André

My take is also that you are better off taking the offer as it is too uncertain how long the Corona timelines will last. Additionally, you have only been in round one, which means there is also a possibility that you don't receive an offer. I would start and not share this information with Accenture (why would they need to know). In the meantime, you can prepare and have a stable income.

Hello!

Congrats for your offer.

I would try to leverage it with Accenture to speed up the process.

You can kindly tell them that you need a response from then regarding timelines by day X, or you will be moving on to your next offer.

You will be surprised of how well it works.

Hope it helps!

Cheers,

Clara

Hi,
unfortunately, nobody now is able to predict the precise effects on each business. The 2 true facts today are that interviews are taking place regularly but online instead than face to face, and that many new consulting projects are being paused. Therefore if this lockdown continues for long it can cause a shrinking in new hires.

Best,
​Antonello