Nevertheless, after other candidates declined Barclays' offers, on February 20, 2013, Barclays offered the candidate a position in the formal campus recruitment program, which he immediately accepted. There is no evidence that the senior bankers sought compliance review, despite the January 2013 issuance of guidance that prohibited offering employment to a family member or person connected to a government official unless approved by Barclays Financial Crime Compliance. On March 25, 2013, a senior banker at Barclays learned that the bank had been downgraded to second tier consideration in the competition for the above-referenced "jumbo bond offering." The senior banker instructed another banker to contact the state-owned entity's treasurer who had made the November 2012 hiring request on behalf of the executive: "Please remind [him] about our intern slot." The senior banker also gave instructions to "put loads of pressure on [the treasurer] to get us into this deal.