Does Penn have an offer policy for recruiters?
We realize that exploding offers and bonuses put enormous pressure on students to make decisions before they have completed the interviewing process. We therefore ask that employers give summer interns returning for senior year until November 3, 2008 to decide on offers so that these students may participate in on-campus recruiting. Employers who make offers to students through fall recruiting (for summer 2009 start dates), should give students three weeks or until December 1, 2008 (whichever comes later) to decide, and that offers made on or after January 1, 2009 be held open for two weeks. Employers interviewing for summer interns are asked to give students until February 24, or one week, which ever comes later, to decide on offers. However, we discourage students who are sure that they are not going to accept a particular offer from “holding” on to the offer until the last date, as this makes it difficult for employers to move forward on extending offers to other candidates. Student
