Guidelines for Job Offers
Making an offer to a student represents a significant—and valuable—commitment by the employer and the student as evidenced by Vanderbilt MBA and MSF students working for organizations around the world. To balance the needs of both students and employers, we have established the following guidelines for extending offers:
- All students must receive an offer letter. The beginning of the offer period coincides with the date of the offer letter.
- Second-year MBA students and MSF students should be given at least four weeks to consider an offer, but up to 60 days are recommended.
- Former interns should not be inhibited from pursuing other opportunities and should be given until December 31 to consider full-time offers.
- For first-year students, offers should remain open for at least three weeks, but 30 days are recommended.
- On New York Interview Day, no offers should be extended before 5:00 pm.
- Extending an exploding offer, defined as giving a candidate an unreasonably short period of time to accept an offer before it is revoked, is prohibited. In addition, if a student is taking an unreasonably long period of time to respond to an offer, please contact our office so we may address the issue with the student.
We recognize that some situations may require a faster response. In these instances, please inform the CMC staff of the situation as soon as possible. Any student issue regarding a job offer is handled individually between the CMC staff and the employer.