Interviewed w/ Deloitte Analytics Advisory. Recruiter told me that the team loves me but want to find me a project before an offer and a project should become open in beg. of fiscal yr. Is this normal

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I've heard of that happening in the past at other firms. For what it's worth they did have an offer given to them once a project was found.

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I can’t speak for Deloitte, but this is typical of a lot of firms. If they want you, but don’t have an immediate gig, they will pull this maneuver to keep you interested so that they aren’t carrying you on their P&L while they look for a project for you.

To be blunt, it’s a roundabout way of saying “we like you, but not enough to carry you on the bench."

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It’s normal if you are coming in as a consultant or SC. New college hires are about to start soon and there are a few ppl on the bench right now. We do hire to the bench, but that’s when the bench is low and the pipeline is large. Other times we wait until a project has a need

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Yeah this almost happened to me

Not really at least from my experience
I started at Deloitte on the bench but found 4 projects in the first week

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