I got a full time offer from the company I interned at this summer. However, I have been applying and interviewing at various consulting firms so far. Some of them I won’t hear back until September/October. Is it wrong to accept the offer and then reject it if I get a better offer? I don’t wanna burn a bridge with this company since I really enjoyed my experience there but I have to be smart with my decision since I graduate in December and need an earlier work start date.

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I’m doing the same thing - you’re an intern and they get it. One thing you could do to avoid this is ask for an extension on your decision. They’ve already invested thousands of dollars into you so a few extra weeks should be fine

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Or just go back to your firm that you’ve accepted an offer at and say that you’ve gotten an offer for X amount and see if they can match

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Thats fair. But if they’re in a position like I was. There was nothing my last firm could have offered that I would have chosen them over Bain. Luckily I didn’t have to reneg but sometimes it isn’t about money.

I was in this boat my senior year and you absolutely should accept and keep your options open. They intentionally set the deadline before the school year to prevent you from attending career fairs and other networking opportunities. Ended up getting a better offer making 12k more.

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Why worry about burning bridges if you wouldn't want to stay there anyway? Not your fault they're paying less

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I may want to go there in the future. Seems like a really great company with a lot of growth happening.

You would burn the bridge but people do it all the time.

I see, in this case I’d consider asking for an extension to give them an official decision because it’s worse to say yes now then no later However regardless of what you choose I’d negotiate salary with them first if that hasn’t happened already because hopefully it can buy you some time and if they decline your request for an extension at least you know you’re getting paid the most they’ll willing to go and you’ll be more prepared for negotiating a great offer if you do get more interviews .

Negotiate your salary! Tell them you’ve checked market rates/comparable positions and you’d like to make $X.

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I regret not doing it when I was in your same shoes in college. But afterwards I realized that people do it all the time. Especially at the intern level, you’re just a number - they don’t care tbh.

Over the course of your 30/40/50 year career, how much damage does burning this particular bridge do, and how much upside is there to the other position? Better kind of work, better future prospects, a field you're more happy with?

Burning bridges is only ever a concern if you think you'll need them at some point in the future. Having connections for the sake of having connections (unless family, friendship) is not the move.

Did this after my internship and ended up getting a far better offer. I say go for it just be transparent with the original company and tell them as soon as you accept a new role

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