Had a first 30-minute interview with an HR professional at Bain. It seemed to go pretty good and it seemed like they wanted to put me in front of the manager for the second round (their words, not mine). But they didn’t contact me for 4-5 days after the interview so I reached out to them for an update. They responded that they will have update for me on Friday and asked me for a good time to call me. I’m really confused by this behavior. Is this a rejection coming my way?

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I doubt they’d waste time setting up a call to tell you that you didn’t make it to the next round

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That’s what I think but I’ve read some posts on this forum that Bain doesn’t do rejection emails. I’d love to just get rejected over email after the first round of interview with an HR person!

Ps: They hadn’t specified an exact time frame to get back to me. It was more like, “I’ll contact you by the end of this week or next week.”

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