Really want the damn job!
I'm on hold at GS for a 2010 analyst position, and HR has hinted that they'd be in touch with me after the new year. Although I would die for the job, I'm fine with waiting around until they get back to me. However, I've gotten repeated advice to use this opportunity to talk to the relevant people in the division, have lunch with the group's current analysts etc. to show that I badly want the job. I've made the mistake of "overexpressing" interest in a position before and vowed never to screw up again. What are some ways to remind them of my interest without badgering?
If you know some of the analysts, I would say send them a very short, blackberry friendly email saying something like "hey, as you probably know I am on hold with HR but I would really like to get to know you and the rest of the team a bit better in the mean time, and see if you have any advice for me on how to succeed in banking. Is there any way I could meet up with you for a quick bite to eat one day?"
if they don't respond, let it go. If they do, meet up with them and wow them with not only your enthusiasm, but also how cool you are and how you are someone they would want to hang out with at night while binding 40 pitchbooks.
Honesty though, chances are you have been ranked and are simply in a queue, waiting to see how many people drop off in front of you. Unless you have someone high up pulling for you (VP, MD), it probably isn't going to make a bit of difference at this stage.
At such a late stage of recruiting, most of the accepted candidates should have already made their decisions. In fact, if someone is still interviewing for FT jobs at this point, he/she probably has no better than Goldman offer in hand, which means if they get the job, they will take it.
With the above said, networking with analysts/associates will be helpful, but won't be very helpful. You really need to have some big guy (at least VP, MD or group head will be better) to push for you. Not only they have a much stronger influence on the hiring decision, but they can sometimes request additional headcount assuming dept P/L is not an issue.
It appears to me that they put you on hold for headcount issue rather than waiting for responses from other candidates (reason mentioned above in Paragraph 1). If this is so, there is really nothing much that you can do. In fact, Goldman did something similar in their 2007 Fall FT recruiting when the market just turned sour. They put one of my friends (who had a MS offer from her SA stint in hand) on hold for a couple of months without giving a decision. Obviously my friends signed with MS at the end.
"If you know some of the analysts, I would say send them a very short, blackberry friendly email saying something like "hey, as you probably know I am on hold with HR but I would really like to get to know you and the rest of the team a bit better in the mean time, and see if you have any advice for me on how to succeed in banking. Is there any way I could meet up with you for a quick bite to eat one day?"
Uhh...please don't do this. "Advice on how to succeed in banking"? Yeah..find a way to keep your mind working with 3-5 hours of sleep a night. If you want the job badly, send them an email and say it. "Guys i really enjoyed meeting everyone, I truly hope I get the amazing opportunity to join the team. Have a great weekend."
Thats all you have to do...
Cheers.
Best advice you've given in a while.
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