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Signed offer: No response from recruiters on start date after 4 attempts.

Bain & Company start-date

Most recent answer on Jan 29, 2023

Hagen

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gave the best answer on Jan 25, 2023

#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years

Hi there, First of all, I am sorry to hear about your poor experience with Bain! I think this is an interesting question that may be relevant for many people. I would be happy to share my thoughts on it: It's not uncomm ... (read entire answer)

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Late start date

Experienced Hire MBB start-date Startingdate

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Hagen

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Hagen

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gave the best answer on Dec 10, 2022

#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years

Hi there, First of all, congratulations on the offer! This is indeed an interesting question which is probably relevant for a lot of users, thus I am happy to provide my perspective on it: It's generally acceptable to r ... (read entire answer)

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Timeline for Relocation or Signing Bonus after Accepting Offer

Final Round HR MBB McKinsey McKinsey Final Round offer relocating relocation Sign on Bonus start-date

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Hi there, You should get the relocation bonus within 1-2 months. (whereas sign-on bonus is when you sign). It's worth looking at the contract itself as these terms will be specified (you can also directly ask the recrui ... (read entire answer)

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Best time to start for consulting firm?

consulting start-date

Most recent answer on Apr 14, 2021

Clara

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Clara

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gave the best answer on Apr 11, 2021

McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello! Honestly, does not really matter. Whatever fits best with your personal life. Furthermore, usually you cannot choose, since there are "recruiting" and "onborading" cycles. I would try to start with a grou ... (read entire answer)

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MMB start date in Jan: when to quit current job?

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Hi there, congratulations on the offer. That’s a difficult question. I would recommend to: Talk with HR in the MBB – I am sure they could help you to make a decision Use paid or unpaid vacation with your current ... (read entire answer)

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MBB in KSA - November 2020 Start Date

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Antonello

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Hi, I recommend to text/call HR without worrying about bothering them. They are there to help Best, Antonello

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London entry-level position immediate start

associate associate consultant business analyst graduate Job offer London recent graduate start-date strategy consulting

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Clara

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Clara

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gave the best answer on Dec 05, 2019

McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Congrats in 1st place for your offer! The starting dates are normally configured like this to constitute "classes" of Business Analysts and Associates, that start all together, have performance evaluations at the sam ... (read entire answer)

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