How I went from 10 rejections to one dream internship this year.
Finance Interviews:
Goldman Sachs 1st round. No.
Altamont Capital 1st round. No.
Bracebridge Capital 1st round. No
Bridgewater Associates 1st round. No.
Consulting Interviews:
Cornerstone Research 1st round No.
Analysis Group 1st round. No.
Simon-Kucher 1st round. No.
Final Round Interviews:
Centerview Final round. No.
BlackRock Final round. No.
JP Morgan Final round. No.
Another Bulge Bracket Bank -- YES! the final interview I ever had AFTER the slew of rejections above.
Learn from rejection:
I'm not going to say what company I did get into (to remain anonymous), but I did get into aBBthis year. Coming from a finance background with a high GPA at an IVY, I started getting depressed because I got dinged in so many interviews. There were so many times when I felt like my efforts were futile. THEY'RE NOT! Once you get rejected, move on to the next one. Learn from it. What did you do wrong? Was it a technical question that stumped you? Was it the fit questions? Behavioral questions?
There is always room for improvement:
PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE. With your roommates, friends, and career center. Whether on the phone, skype, or in person. There is ALWAYS room for improvement. Smile during the interviews. I found that you have a much personable look when you do. Don't be afraid to talk about you what makes you unique (I won art competitions in the past, which surprised many interviewers). As for consulting, don't be stupid like me--go and PRACTICE how to answer case study questions with someone. As for finance, make sure to study up on the technical (theWSOwas a god send here!). There are always the same questions (DCFs, valuations, etc.). Use the2018世界杯狗万滚球app ...I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer.
In summary, this was the most grueling thing I did in college. I'm glad I did it because it was a great learning experience. Moral of the story: DON'T GIVE UP, NO MATTER HOW IMPOSSIBLE IT LOOKS. If this didn't convince you, then I don't know what would.
The background story is here:我很可怜,我不能过去的第一轮间歇雨刷iews
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rags to riches congrats bro!
high GPA at Ivy to banking rags to riches
more like riches to riches
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I think the struggle comes in getting the interviews in the first place. I can't imagine how impossible it might've seemed to get into banking coming from an ivy with a highGPAand numerous interviews... Nonetheless, congrats.
Edit: Don't know why so many of you are getting rustled over this comment..
Congrats man! You were obviously doing something right though to get Centerview and 2BBfinal rounds.
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354manbetxCongrats! Commendable effort however, as someone mentioned it is a string of rejections during the clearing stage that takes the spirit out of most aspiring bankers. To feel like one is not even worth a first round interview because one merely attends a non-target can make you feel pretty worthless. When you get that interview, it comes down to you to prove that you are a worthy candidate. Saying that, I'm glad you learned from your mistakes and finally ended up with an offer.
i can always relate to stories like this. great work OP!
persistence is key everyone!
Wow, congrats! Nice story!
great news. congrats
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Congrats!
In a similar spot right now, although in a completely different place and level. This is rather inspiring still!
(For all it counts, I did not even get the chance for an interview at Goldman.)
Congrats OP. I had a similar story this year, received multiple internship rejections but it all worked out in the end because I got my dream internship. Just have to keep grinding.
Could you elaborate perhaps? Ill move into econ at a nontarget as a fashion graduate and Im not in a rosy position. Just reaching out forinternshipsin London. No news yet...
Honestly, once you get to the final round, it's mostly about fit. I'm always a believer that if you answered the questions well, did your best to be nice and personal, and you still didn't get the offer, you wouldn't have fit anyway and you didn't really do anything wrong. You can't feel like a failure if you didn't get an offer due to personal differences.
It's not easy to get an internship. Even with a great background- it's hard. No matter what image type A people put up about easily landinginternships, it's all false. Don't be down about it and keep trying.
FYI- once you have a great internship, you'll be beating full time interviews off with a stick. I had to turn down so many companies. So, it gets much better. (It also feels nice to tell the company 'no' for once.)
Lol I remember when you posted that about how pathetic you were. I remember thinking that with that attitude of course you're not going to get any offers. You must have changed that attitude or really made your interviewers pity you. Either way it worked.
同时,是你的人,对w线程hat is the right amount of eye contact? Had a feeling it was you given the lack of success, but maybe not.
Congrats. When did you hear back? I thought decisions are sent out in March?
Persistence is the key to any dream...Congratulations
Same thing happened with me. Made numerousBBERsuper-days and probably 10+ interviews overall, but ended up with a dream buy-side internship where my only duties are to do research, pitch stocks, and sit in on management calls.
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path less traveled
congratulations !
Congrats man!
Congrats dude! I hope you have a good summer and charge your batteries!
10 rejections and you are worried? Over the last 6 months I've been rejected by just short of 400 different companies. Congrats btw....I just got my offer as well at a boutique commoditytradingdesk. Let's go make some money
i like how you capitalized that even though that's like a standard expectation if you're a target applicant, especially given the grade inflation at some of those schools. It's not like you're fighting against kids from Mississippi State for spots atGSIBD.
Congrats man! How was theBridgewaterinterview btw?
Throwback after two years. Gonna put this out there since people will look at this thread continually.
Use the Investment Banking Prep Pack, since it's really helpful and helped me land an offer:
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I know exactly what you went through! Truly motivational.
P.S. you can check out my story as well, you inspired me to finally post it onWSO.
Congrats!!
这是如此鼓舞人心。我完全升到interview I had today at aBB.
I always find interviewing with Directors Is very hard. A lot of Directors have 0% patience and seem to forget that they were once rookies.
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Congrats man! Great story and advice.
Amazing stuff - moving on from rejection is key
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Did you attend Wharton or do Fin Eng. at Columbia SEAS or something? "Ivy with finance background" never really heard of that.
how do the students from non targets make it if people from ivy's can barely make into IB?
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