Interview Logistics

Invitation lists are due through COIN at least two weeks (14 calendar days) before the interview date unless otherwise specified by the Career Management Center.

Invitation lists are due through COIN at least two weeks (14 calendar days) before the interview date except for those companies interviewing from January 3-19:

Firms are encouraged to select alternate candidates to ensure that the interview schedules remain full.

Although you may access and print your schedules from COIN at any time, please note that they will not be finalized until 9 am two business days before the interview. Prior to that point, students will be able to change their times or drop the interview, so please do not print or distribute schedules to interviewers before then.

For a full day’s schedule, you can invite 13 students for 30-minute interviews or 9 students for 45-minute interviews.

We encourage you to indicate at least two alternate candidates, listed in order of priority, for each closed schedule.

Rotational (or Back-to-back) schedules are appropriate when you want each student to have two interviews, one right after the other with two different recruiters. We will reserve two rooms for your rotational schedules. For a full day’s schedule, you can invite 14 students for 30 minute interviews or 10 students for 45 minute interviews. These schedules must be requested when your original date request is submitted. We are unable to convert single-interview schedules to rotational schedules after the original booking date.

Two Rooms/Schedules = 14 candidates total

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One Room/Schedule = 13 candidates

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One Room/Schedule = 9 candidates

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Recruiters should submit date requests for interviews and events in the 2024–25 season through COIN.

COIN is also where employers enter job descriptions, collect RSVPs and applications, view résumés, select candidates, and view on-campus schedules. It is also where they post jobs for just-in-time hiring.

Please log into COIN, the School's Career Opportunity Information Network to submit your date request. This interface gives you the ability to:

• Request on-campus recruiting dates & presentations
• View and manage your on-campus recruiting schedules
• Invite students
• Enter and manage job descriptions
• Manage company presentation details
• Manage company contact information
• Post off-campus jobs for MBA Students, Executive MBA Students, MS Students and Columbia Business School Alumni
• Collect resumes for off-campus job postings

If you are having any difficulty with the system, please contact your account manager or the Career Management Center.

No interviews or offers for summer internships are permitted between August 18, 2025 and the start of interviews as previously listed. Exceptions may be allowed for certain international and regional offices outside of the New York tri-state area, only with prior approval from the CMC.

• Schedule your interviews and call backs only during non-class times. Students must not miss class due to interviews or recruiting-related events.
• Address scheduling conflicts as soon as they arise; there is little that can be done when the issue is raised the day before the interview.

• Cancel an on-campus interview through COIN by 9:00 a.m. two business days before the interview.
• Cancel after this time [only in extreme circumstances] by contacting the recruiting company directly and to notify the Career Management Center via email). No show penalties apply.
• Never interview after you have accepted an offer.

• Cancellation after 9:00 am two business days before the interview is considered a no-show unless you have an emergency. The consequences for "no-shows" are as follows:
  • You will be required to write a formal letter of apology to the recruiter, with a copy to the Associate Dean and Managing Director of the Career Management Center, Gracy Sarkissian and cc Lisa Gottardo, Executive Director of Employer Relations.
  • If you are a “no-show” for two interviews, you may lose on-campus interviewing privileges.
• If an extreme emergency arises and you cannot attend a scheduled interview, you must immediately notify the Career Management Center (212-854-5471) as well as the company by both phone and e-mail.

Responding to Offers: Professional communication with firms is required. This includes prompt return of phone calls and emails and honest communication of intentions. Turning down offers should be done in a live conversation with the person at the firm with whom you have the strongest relationship; email is not an acceptable way of turning down an offer. Verbal acceptances are binding.

Student Multiple Offer Guideline: Students should hold no more than three formal job offers at any time. If a student subsequently receives a fourth or any additional offers, one or more should be released within two business days.

Students who renege on an accepted offer may be subject to disciplinary action including the suspension of recruiting privileges, and may be required to undergo the Dean's Disciplinary Process. Deciding to leave a job shortly after you begin working can also be considered reneging on your commitment. We are aware that students' life circumstances sometimes change, necessitating a reopening of the conversation with the employer; if you find yourself in such a situation, speak with one of the Directors of Career Management before you take any action with the employer.

• If you RSVP to an event, you should attend.
• If last minute circumstances prevent your attendance, email the contact person at the company immediately to inform them and express your regrets.
• Arrive on time and stay for the entire presentation.
• Students are expected to behave professionally at all times at company events.