Recruiting at Columbia Business School
The Career Management Center (CMC) looks forward to working with you for all of your hiring needs. Columbia Business
School’s recruiting policies strive to provide a fair recruiting process for both employers and students and they apply to all
employers that engage with the School regardless of whether recruiting takes place on or off campus or virtually. Thisapplies to all employers that post jobs and/or engage with student clubs, programs, and centers. Failure to abide by thesepolicies may necessitate sanctions for the violating employer. The full recruiting policies can be found on our website at
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Students may not miss class, an exam, or academic commitments for interviews,
recruiting events, or travel related to those activities. An employer’s inflexibility on thisissue will be considered a violation of the School’s recruiting policy.

Diversity Hiring
Columbia Business School is a proud member of the Consortium as the 21st member
school. Please contact the CMC if you would like to discuss your diversity hiring strategy,including for pre-MBA programs. The CMC partners with student affinity clubs suchas Black Business Students Association (BBSA), Hispanic Business Association (HBA),
Cluster Q (LGBTQ+), Veterans Club and Columbia Women in Business (CWiB). We also haverelationships with diversity partner organizations such as Management Leadership for
Tomorrow (MLT), Toigo, Forté Foundation, and Reaching Out.
While the CMC encourages diversity candidates to engage in early education andnetworking, students should be given the opportunity to interview along with their peers
during the academic year campus timeline. Once a student matriculates at CBS, neither
interviews nor offers, including fellowship offers, may be made prior to the earliest
permitted offer date.

International Employers
Global offices of U.S. domestic firms, as well as all international companies, will be held
to the same recruiter policies and timeline as U.S. employers, unless pre-approved by
the CMC.

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Employer Events
Employer Blackout Dates
Oct 3-4....................................Rosh Hashanah
Oct 11.......................Study Day/Yom Kippur
Oct 14-18...............................................Exams
Nov 4...................................................Fall BreakNov 5.............................................Election Day
Nov 27-29.................................Thanksgiving
Dec 9-Jan 2.................Exams/Winter BreakJan 20..................................M.L.K. Jr. Holiday
Mar 3-14......................Exams/Spring BreakFormal & Informal Events
All formal and informal events, including thosetargeting student clubs, must be submitted through
COIN for the CMC to ensure a conflict-free calendar.
Examples of events include, and are not limited to;
on-campus, off-campus, and virtual events, company
information sessions, practice area and regionalpresentations, diversity events, office hours, coffeechats/meetings, social events, invite-only (closed)
events, breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, multi-school
events, and all other networking events. All eventsare limited to a one-hour duration.

Summer Semester 2024
January-term and EMBA students are in class overthe summer and are available for information sessions
and networking events for full-time opportunities.

Fall Semester 2024
Employers are limited to hosting threeevents (including virtual events) per classyear, plus one diversity event.
Events that Fall Under Policy
Employer Information Sessions
Practice Area Networking Events
Social Events
Invite-Only Events
Events Excluded from Policy
Coffee Chats
Multi-School & Multi-Firm Events
Both Individual and small group coffee chatsincluding informational interviews must be cleared
throughthe CMC, and students must not be asked
to miss class. It is recommended to follow event
date and time guidelines to ensure a student does
not have an academic conflict. We encourage
employers to be flexible when offering students
the opportunity to engage in coffee chats.
Additional Information
Different divisions (e.g., investment banking vs.
asset management) or geographic offices within
a company may qualify as separate entities forthe purpose of this policy, and firms must receive
prior approval from the CMC before planning anevent.
*Employers may not host events, including
informal networking, on blackout dates.
No events during the exam period, including
multi-school and/or virtual events will bemarketed to students.

Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Second-Year (2Y) Employer Events
begin
Employers may choose to host offcampus events prior to this date aslong as they begin no earlier than
6:30pm. Events on or after this datemust follow date and time guidelines.

Monday, September 23, 2024
First-Year (1Y) Employer Eventsbegin
Employer representatives may notinteract with 1Y students in any
capacity from Sunday, August 18
until Monday, September 23
2024. This includes any continuationof pre-matriculation recruiting activity.
*Exception: companies participating in
the Career Forum may only interact
during the event, September 20,
11am-2pm.

Friday, September 20, 2024
Fall Career Forum (11am-2pm)
Employers may participate in thisevent in lieu of holding a standalone
event. No other employer events may
be booked during this time.
See the employer event calendar andfull policies.

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August & September 2024
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engagementfor 1YsClass of 2026 (1Y)
Orientation Week

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Events targeting 1Y students begin September 23, 2024.
Employer representatives may not interact with matriculated
1Y students prior to this date, with the exception of theCareer Forum.

1ALL event requests, including those targeting student clubs,
must be submitted through COIN to ensure a conflict-freecalendar. Events are limited to a one-hour duration. It is
recommended to follow event date and time guidelines to ensure
a student does not have an academic commitment. We encourage
employers to be flexible in offering students the opportunity toengage in coffee chats. Blackout dates apply.
View the full policies.

September/October Notes:
Unless noted, 2Y interviews can be any day at a mutually agreeable timethat does not conflict with class (options must be provided);
2Y events must follow school event policies and date/time restrictions.
All lunchtime events (on campus or virtual ) must be held
between 12:45pm-1:45pm. On-campus evening events only 6pm-7pm
or 8pm-9pm; off-campus events only 8pm-9pm

Notes:
2Y-only events can be any day in August, 6:30pm or later2Y interviews may be at any day/time at a mutually agreeable timethat does not conflict with class (options must be provided).

TUE

WEDTHUFRI

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Labor Day

start of CMC
facilitated 2Yevents & interviews
on-campus

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11am - 2pm(no events)

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MONAUG 2024

MONStart of 1Y Events

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October & November 2024
TUE

WED
161320714

Exams: No Events
2Y interviews
permitted

Rosh Hashanah@ sunset. Noevening events

1521

3
Rosh Hashanah
No classes

16

Exams: No Events
2Y interviews
permitted
Sukkot @ sunset

22FRI2

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Exams: No Events
2Y interviews
permitted

THU

10

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Exams: No Events
2Y interviews
permitted

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Study Day
Yom Kippur @sunset

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YomKippur

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Exams: No Events
2Y interviews
permitted

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to 6pmClasses Resume

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Rosh Hashanah
No classes

OCT 2024

MON2930

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Interview Calendar Notes

Students cannot be required to indicate
acceptance of an offer until a written
communication is received.
Interviews may not take place during
blackout dates.

MONNOV 2024

2Y offers, including return offers to summer interns,
must be held open for at least three weeks from thedate of the written offer. The CMC encourages
employers to be flexible about extending this deadline
so that students can make a well-considered decision onoffers. Offers extended on or after February 14, 2025,
must remain open for at least 7 calendar days fromreceipt of written offer.

TUE

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View the full policies.
November Notes:
All lunchtime events (on campus or virtual) must be held between 12:45pm-1:45pm.
All off-campus evening events, including invite-only, must be scheduled
between 6:30pm-7:30pm or 8:30pm-9:30pm. On-campus events may bescheduled between 6pm-7pm and 8pm-9pm.

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University Closed
Thanksgiving
holiday

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University Closed
Thanksgiving
holiday

University Closed
Thanksgiving
holiday4

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December 2024

TUE

1WED

2THU

3FRI

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1420

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Last Day ofClasses

815

9

Exams: No Events
No interviews.
Invites released
after 5pm

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No Interviews2223
No Events
No Interviews

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No Events
No Interviews

10

Exams: No Events
No interviews.
Invites released
after 5pm

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No Events
No Interviews

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No Events
No Interviews

11

Exams: No Events
No interviews.
Invites released
after 5pm

12

Exams: No Events
No interviews.
Invites released
after 5pm

Exams: No Events
No interviews.
Invites released
after 5pm

No Events
No Interviews

Term Ends/
Winter Break18
No Events
No Interviews

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University Closed
No Events

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University Closed
No Events

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DEC 2024

MON

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University Closed
No Events

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No Events
No Interviews

December Notes: All lunchtime events (on campus or virtual) must be held between 12:45pm-1:45pm.
All off-campus evening events, including invite-only, must be scheduled between 6:30pm-7:30pm or 8:30pm-9:30pm.
On-campus events may be scheduled between 6pm-7pm and 8pm-9pm.

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Recruiting Calendar: Employer Events & Interviews
January & February 2025
MONTUEWEDTHUFRI

1
University Closed
New Year’s holiday

JAN 2025

576University Holiday

89

2nd round internshipinterviews for
Investment Banking

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19

University Closed
MLK Jr. holiday

10

Investment Banking
offere extended
after 5pm.
Earliest travel day

171118

Elective Block
Week Classes

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Spring Term
Begins27

26

Elective Block
Week Classes

4All internshipinterviews begin

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Elective Block
Week Classes

Elective Block
Week Classes

Elective Block
Week Classes

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FEB 2025

2TUE
3WED
4THU
5FRI
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Students cannot be required to commit toa second-round interview prior to thefirst interview.
Employers should offer an alternate
date and time for second-roundinterviews for students with schedulingconflicts.
All 1Y offers in all industries must remain
open until 5pm EST Friday, January 31,
2025, or for three weeks from receipt ofwritten offer, whichever is later.
Offers extended after February 14,2025 must remain open for at least
seven calendar days from receipt ofwritten offer.

1YEarliest Decision5pm

1MONInterview Calendar Notes

8Students cannot be required toindicate acceptance of an offer until
a written communication is received.
Interviews may not take place during
blackout dates.
View the full policies.

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Offers (2Y and 1Y)
extended must beopen 7 days

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March & April 2025
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MONTUE

2

3Exams

910

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THU

4ExamsSpring Break

16WED
5Exams11Spring BreakFRI12Spring Break

7814156Exams

Exams

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Interviews
Full-Time Interviews
The CMC will be pleased to host on-campus interviews forinterviews taking place Tuesday, September 3, 2024, orlater.

Employers should offer an alternate date and time for second-round interviews forstudents with scheduling conflicts.
Interviews may not take place during blackout dates.
Full-time offers, including return offers to summer interns, must be held open for three
weeks from the date of the written offer.
Offer terms must remain consistent until expiration, though minor incentives for earlycommitment are allowed if they align with recruitment processes and are proportionate
to the offer's overall value.

Internship Interviews
No interviews or offers are permitted between
August 18, 2024 and January 2, 2025. Exceptions
may be allowed for certain international and regional
offices outside of the New York tri-state area, onlywith prior written approval from the CMC.
The CMC will be pleased to host on-campus
interviews starting January 3.

Internship interviews for all industries begin Friday, January 3, 2025. Second roundinternship interviews for investment banking begin Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
Offers for investment banking internships may not be extended before 5 PM EST onFriday, January 10, 2025.
Offers for industries outside of investment banking may be extended anytime after
the completion of first-round interviews.
Employers should offer an alternate date and time for second-round interviews forstudents with scheduling conflicts.
Interviews may not take place during blackout dates, or prior to January 3 without
written approval.
All summer internship offers in all industries must remain open until Friday,
January 31, 2025, or for three weeks of receipt of written offer, whichever is later.
Offers extended on or after February 14, 2025 must remain open for at least sevencalendar days from receipt of written offer.

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