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Choosing between three job offers

Question

Suppose you end up with three offers. How would you choose among them?

Short answer

Show a structured decision process. List criteria such as learning and mentoring, the specific team, culture, career path and reputation, with pay as one factor; weight them and compare the offers. Signal that this firm scores well on what matters most to you.

Adapted from Crack, Heard on the Street, Q5.2.23, p.50; question and answer rewritten by SelfMadeQuant.com.

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