Last month, I posted about
the almost job offer. Two weeks ago, I sent a follow up email and explained my expectation of an offer to the HR person. The following day, I received an official offer by email. I have until March 9th to reply back to them with my decision.
It’s been about 2 weeks since my
Big 4 interview and I still have not heard back about their decision. I sent a follow-up email to HR on last week. I thought of following up with the Senior Manager, but my friend (internal referral) told me not to bother the Senior Manager and just wait.
I now find myself under a time pressure to make a decision before March 9th. If I don’t hear back from the Big4 on Monday, I’ll probably call the HR person and explain my situation. I’m still interested in joining the Big4, but would obviously hate to decline a competitive offer only to not receive an offer from the Big4.
Big 4 Interview recap:
First interview was with a Partner who tried to make me feel comfortable by acting energetic/full of life. Instead of feeling comfortable, I felt nervous and pushed away from small-talk. Although we did find a common interest on the topic of wakeboarding, I mostly failed as a human because of my business-robot-like personality.
[Interview length: 20 minutes]
Second interview was with a Senior Manager. This was a much better interview because, I believe, we made a connection. After the interview, he emphasized that I should feel welcome to call or email him if I had any questions. With the hope of reinforcing this connection in my thank you letter, I recalled his story about his son’s baseball game and provided a link to an endearing sports article. Days after my interview, the Senior Manager replied to my thank you letter (on a Sunday morning). He said he enjoyed meeting me and that I should hear from HR sometime next week about the decision.
[Interview length: 45 minutes]
Finally, my day came to an end when a Staff level consultant took me to lunch. We had a great conversation about his experience with the Big4 and recapped my interview. At the end, he told me to email him if I had any questions or if I need help with ‘pushing things along’.
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