Hi all, I am an undergrad regruiting for MBB summer internships (2022) and had a referral from a manager at one of the MBBs via successful networking. I have not heard anything from this firm since applying [on the deadline] over 3 weeks ago. Should I reach out to this contact and see if there's just a hold up with decisions or wait it out? Thanks!
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Hi there,
First of all, congratulations on the referral!
This is indeed an interesting question which is probably relevant for quite a lot of users, so I am happy to provide my perspective on it:
In case you want a more detailed discussion on how to best prepare your upcoming MBB interviews, please feel free to contact me directly.
I hope this helps,
Hagen
Hello!
I'd give it another week and then reach out to HR instead of your referral contact. If HR doesn't get back within 1-2 weeks then I'd reach out to the contact. It's nothing unusual. Sometimes it just takes longer to process the applications.
Best of luck!
Hi there,
If you have yet to reach out to the manager, I don't see any harm in messaging them for a light followup. My advice is to send this followup on either Tuesday or Friday morning, for the optimal chance of hearing back.
1-2 weeks from now, if that manager hasn't gotten back to you, I would reach out to HR.
Hi there,
I would wait one more week, then rather call HR with the excuse to “verify they received everything”.
I did exactly that for one of my applications, 4 weeks after being referred, as I had not heard back, they look at the CV while we were talking and scheduled an interview on the spot. No guarantees this will work in your case, but there are no disadvantages if you contact them.
Hope this helps,
Francesco
How did you convince them/ get the recruiter's phone number? It seems like lots of places have recruiters who are based not out of one office necessarily.
Hi Eric, in my case I called the local office where I applied to (I googled for the number). I did not need to "convince" them, just mentioned I applied 4 weeks before via referral and they checked the CV on the spot. Hope this helps! Francesco
Hi!
Definitely send a follow-up email!
Good luck,
Anto
It seems a bit early as internship recruiting usually happens later in the year. I would give it a few more weeks.
The deadline was 3 weeks ago, if that makes a difference. Totally fine waiting though!
You have 3 options - you can do either of them (but not more than 1 of them)
