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You have not received an offer from anyone. No point to panic. When A calls and tell you to "start next week", here is what I would do:
1. Ask for 1 week top to consider the offer. Then call B and says you got an offer from A and want to knows their interest level. If they are really interested in you, they would be willing to expedite the hiring process. Big companies can take months to process applications, but can move really quickly if they have a dream candidate in mind so that they don't lose the dream candidate and have to hire the next-best guy.
2. Take A offer. If you have an offer later from B then by all means consider it.
Few things to note: Be straight up to both parties. You are certainly not the first one to be in such situation. Any half-competent HR manager knows this. All job seeker apply for multiple positions and therefore, could have multiple offers at the same time. It is perfectly normal to start at A, then quit and take B's better offer, as long as you're straight up to both sides. God forbid, after one month of work at A, they love you, don't want to lose you and give you a promotion to retain you. You won't burn any bridges as long as you're honest about everything.
Not a lot of experience regarding the design business but asking somebody to send in portfolio or come in for an interview means very little.
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