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I'm looking at a few internships in the business field for this summer and have to make some decisions coming up soon. My school has the top ranked program for this branch of business (supply chain mgmt - logistics and such) in the country so we often get a lot of interest from companies and they're usually favorable towards hiring people from here. After our job fair i interviewed with a few companies. We'll call these companies A, B, and C. A&B are both on the east coast and i'm from the midwest so i'd like to stay in the area.
-A immediately made me an offer and gave me a week to reply, i asked for an extension and i'm supposed to get back to them tomorrow. This is the company i'd least like to work for because it doesnt interest me as much and it'd be 6 months instead of just for the summer.
-B has expressed interest in me and called today to let me know that i'm one of the top candidates they're looking at but won't be making decisions till next friday. I would prefer this company over A.
-C hasn't gotten back to me since some initial contact after interviewing. I'd like to work for this company over A or B due to location (chi city what up)
Best case scenario is i contact company A tomorrow, get an extension to next friday, and figure it out then. Hopefully company C would get back to me before I had to respond to company A and/or B.
But if I can't get an extension from company A, I'm not sure if i should accept/decline. It'd be six months long so i'd have to delay graduation till next May instead of this December and i'd really like to be back at school in the fall. Company B sounds interested and has been in contact with me fairly often so it sounds promising but if i turn down A and don't get B or C i'm obviously fucked. I have heard that company A often makes quick offers and people have missed out on more favorable jobs because they had to commit too quickly. I'm hoping I can pull another extension as it sounds they are very interested in me as they made an offer within hours of interviewing and accommodated one extension already. There's also company D who hasnt contacted me yet and I dont really want to work for but they're in the midwest lol (wildcard??).
Anyone have any advice that has been in this situation or has any related experience?
 
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Calgary26003 Posts
Tell A you won't be pressured by them and if they can't grant you an extension you cannot accept their offer. Wait to hear back from B and C.
Easy thread.
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If it comes down to a situation where you have a suboptimal but non extendable offer now, and much better potential offers later, you can always accept the suboptimal offer and then cancel later if you get one of the better jobs. Whether it's worth the risk of pissing off company A just depends on how much better those potential offers are, and the probability that you'll get one of the better offers (if the prob. is low but they are MUCH better, you should do this, but if the prob. is high just reject A). Also, company A will be less pissed off than you think if you end up doing this, especially since it's just for an internship.
Summary: you need to make a decision as to whether to accept A, and this depends on two factors: the probability that you'll get an offer from a better company, and how much you care about pissing off A if you cancel on them after accepting. You can make the decision of whether to accept a later offer when the time comes (this will depend on how MUCH better such an offer is than A).
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I'm in CS and not business, but in my experience, you do not have to worry about a company pulling an offer from you so quickly, regardless of what they say. If you are a good candidate, (and I assume you are) just tell them you can't decide until next Friday and they will deal.
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United States1719 Posts
Our school had a policy where employers had to give you at least a month to accept in order for the company to keep using our recruiting services, but not a lot of students knew so employers would often pressure the students into accepting early. Like others have said, push it back, they will accommodate. I had a company whose offer I pushed back for 2 months, rejected, then called them up 2 weeks before the internship and they said they still had a spot lol
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You'd seriously take Chicago over east coast (I'm assuming NYC or Boston...DC and Philly are ok, I guess, but I think I'd take Chicago over both of those cities)? ._.
In any case, I'd talk to company A and request another extension. If they won't accommodate, then just decline the offer. Every company I interviewed with was more than willing to grant extensions despite what their "official" line was. Also, there's no point in working at a place where you won't enjoy the work. Do all three companies have similar name value on your resume?
Finally, are you delaying graduation? :<
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On February 02 2012 05:52 Chill wrote:
Tell A you won't be pressured by them and if they can't grant you an extension you cannot accept their offer. Wait to hear back from B and C.
Easy thread.
although asking for an extension is fine, i wouldnt give them an ultimatum. they likely have other candidates waiting in line for your spot who will jump on the chance, and i always react negatively to an ultimatum (even if it screws myself). i would ask for an extension until next friday (say that you are waiting on another offer) and see what they say. then go from there.
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On February 02 2012 06:57 Empyrean wrote:
You'd seriously take Chicago over east coast (I'm assuming NYC or Boston...DC and Philly are ok, I guess, but I think I'd take Chicago over both of those cities)? ._.
In any case, I'd talk to company A and request another extension. If they won't accommodate, then just decline the offer. Every company I interviewed with was more than willing to grant extensions despite what their "official" line was. Also, there's no point in working at a place where you won't enjoy the work. Do all three companies have similar name value on your resume?
Finally, are you delaying graduation? :<
Haha more south east. They're all fairly similar name value imo
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I'd pick the one with the best resume booster. I dunno about business, but for engineering, a majority of co-ops are better than internships. You get more responsibilities because of the length of your stay with the company, and you generally deal with heavier stuff as a direct result of that.
I believe schools give you credit for co-ops, so see if you can get some from your school if you go with Company A.
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I'm sitting here stunned. The band MGMT is just an abbreviation for management.
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On February 02 2012 12:05 -_- wrote:
I'm sitting here stunned. The band MGMT is just an abbreviation for management.
hahahaah
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Chill solved the thread, basically what he said.
Gotta show them that you have a couple cards to play yourself, give them a polite but clear statement. Good luck in getting the internship you want!
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Is it more appropriate for me to call/e-maill them or wait for them to contact me?
Is this an appropriate e-mail?:
Thank you again for extending me this offer. I am still very interested in the possibility of working with ________ in the coming months and I know you have already accommodated my request for an extension once, but I would really appreciate it If you could move back my reply date until the end of next week as I have another offer I need to consider before I can commit to a company for an internship.
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Calgary26003 Posts
Calling is always best.
Email is fine but little bit worse.
Waiting is for suckers.
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Battle report:
decaf: i need 8 more days
them: no, i can do monday
decaf: no i need friday
them: we have shit to do before then
decaf: then the answer is no. if you give me friday it might be yes.
them: let me talk to HR we'll get back to you.
Some of this shit i'm learning in my negotiations class is actually paying off.
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Got the extension woot. Thx chill and others ^^
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Estonia4644 Posts
from... B? C? or took A's offer?
so cryptic D:
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Just accepted the job from B. I'll be in NC this summer
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Nice, good to hear that things worked out relatively well.
Hope you can make the most out of your internship!
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Take the one you want the most, regardless of anything else.
Plenty of time to worry about other shit later.
Chi Town and D Rose ftw.
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Good luck on your endeavors! I'll take almost any internship work for my field of studies.
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Chicago just e-mailed me saying they're still interested. FML
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You can always reneg and goto the other company
It's pretty standard practise as an intern
What are you interning in? I interned in 3 different banks and it was a waste of time considering what i ended up doing lol
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IMO location is the least of your concern when it comes to internship unless you are hoping for a full time offer from them upon graduation.
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EPT
