perchè quelle merde galattiche non mi chiamano e mi dicono che non mi hanno preso ebbon??? qui lo spiegan bene:
Here's my harsh but honest input.
Most of the time, it takes a long time because you are not our #1 choice. If we make an offer to someone else, we have to give that person a few weeks to mull over the offer. In the mean time, we're going to keep everyone else in limbo until we get a definitive answer. Everyone is ranked on a list and if people turn down our offers, we're just going to move down the list. There's no cost for us to keep people on the list (vs. sending out declines early). If you're really, really awful and are on the bottom of our list, sure, we might break the news to you early, but who wants to be in that position?
Also, I didn't realize this when I was going through the process, but recruiting makes up SUCH A SMALL PART of the business. We spent 99% of our time making billions of dollars and closing deals. We don't wait around for the day you walk into our offices so we could sell you on the firm. Unfortunately, it's an unequal bargaining situation. This will sound like common sense, but you can make firms more responsive to you by (1) being a more attractive candidate so people fight over you (this may be too late) and (2) communicating to us that you have other offer deadlines, so you light a fire and speed up the process.
My group also takes the approach of "if we don't like you, we'll just ignore you until you go away". Since I'm not HR, I don't have the heart to tell you that we're not hiring you. Three reasons: (1) You're some random undergrad I don't have a vested interest in (2) I don't want to be open to legal liabilities so I'll let HR do it (3) No one likes delivering bad news.
Meanwhile, HR is on the prowl for their next ideal candidate. Yes, the process is messy and vague and frustrating. I've been there too. To hit the point home, here's an analogy.
Recruiting is like the hook up scene in college. If you're a chick who's a 10 and you give out your number at a bar, people will call you pretty quickly. Multiple people will want to go on dates with you. Eventually, some will ask you to meet their friends and families. You have your pick and you're never left wondering, "Am I good enough for a relationship [read: internship]?" Now imagine you're a dude who's a 6. You're chill, you have a good time, but whatever, you're not Brad Pitt. So at a bar, you're going to chat up a bunch of people. There's no point spreading yourself too thin because then you're not giving a single girl focused attention [read: mass cold emails]. There's also no point getting hung up on a single chick who has a bunch of people buying her drinks [read: top group at top firm]. When you finally build a connection with someone and get her number, you're not going to leave the following-up to her, are you? If she appears to be interested in you, that's great. If not, you have to follow up and create some urgency. "Hey, my formal is in three days, do you want to come with me?" If you've tried your best and there's STILL no response from her, YOU MOVED ON. She's too busy with her life to give you an explicit "no" and you understood this. You did this in the dating scene, now apply it to recruiting. You didn't sit around wondering if she lost your number. You didn't go a forum asking other people whether or not they got the silent treatment. You gave it your best. Her loss. You moved on. Recruiting is a game of picking people up, not a search for your soul mate.
Hope that helps.





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