Career Services


2008-2009 Recruiting Guide

Recruiting Guidelines


The Haas Recruitment Team strives to make the MBA recruiting process as successful as possible for both our students and recruiting partners.



We hold our students to the highest standards of professionalism. Policies are in place to insure that students respect your time and effort. Behavior such as failing to attend an interview with sufficient prior notification, or, most seriously, reneging on an accepted offer carry various repercussions, up to and including loss of recruiting privileges. Please let us know if you have any difficulties in your interactions with our Haas MBAs.



In turn, we ask you to respect the following guidelines when recruiting our students.

  1. Confidentiality

    Students have consented to make their resumes available to companies and organizations through the various Haas resume books and resume drops. These are to be used solely for recruitment.

  2. Students Grades Nondisclosure Policy

    In order to foster a cooperative learning environment, the Class of 2009 has adopted a non-disclosure policy with respect to their grades and academic honors earned during their MBA program. The policy calls for students not to verbally or in any other way disclose grades during the first round of the on-campus recruiting process.

    This is a student-initiated policy and is provided as a guideline to our recruiting contacts. Though students are free to agree among themselves not to disclose grades, the nondisclosure policy is not an official policy of the Haas School of Business. The Administration and Faculty believe that grades are an important source of information for employers about potential employees. For further information, please click here.

  3. First Round Interview Schedules

    We do not condone students missing class in order to attend an interview, and we allow students to swap interview times prior to finalizing your schedule in order to accommodate their academic work. Recruiter changes to a schedule after it has has been published can result in a conflict with a class time for a candidate and can impact a student’s academic work. Hence, we ask that you make every effort not to change your schedule after it becomes final. In the event that you need to change your schedule at the last minute, we ask that you be flexible with our students and give them the option to reschedule the interview with you at a later date.
  4. Second Round Interview Schedules

    We ask that recruiters make every attempt to provide students with sufficient notice of the timing of second round interviews. We appreciate your making every attempt to avoid scheduling conflicts with students’ academic responsibilities and recommend that you offer at least one alternate date for second round or on-site interviews. Please notify your Account Manager of your proposed call-back schedule as early as possible so that we can help you manage potential conflicts.

  5. Offer Consideration and Acceptance Because of the importance that recruiters, students, and the Haas Recruitment Team places on accepting an offer, we strongly recommend that firms provide sufficient time for a student to consider an offer.

    • Students who have received a full-time offer should be allowed until December 12, 2008, or at least fifteen business days from the date of the offer, whichever comes later, to respond.
    • Students who have received an internship offer should be allowed until March 13, 2009, or at least five business days from the date of the offer, whichever comes later, to respond.

    Because we know that your plans depend on student acceptance of offers, we coach and encourage students to respond to offers promptly and, if possible, prior to these dates.

  6. Negative Offer Terms and Actions

    Negative offer terms, such as exploding offers, requiring students to respond to verbal (not written) offers, changes to offer terms, delays in employment start dates, changes in position roles and responsibilities, or rescinding an offer, can do great harm to a firm’s credibility at Haas and impact future recruiting. If find yourself faced with such a situation or have any questions regarding this, please contact your Account Manager immediately.


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