Dartmouth Partners is paradise
It’s 6:04pm as you wait for the Dartmouth partners recruiter to join your interview, you have had 6 of these this application season so know what’s coming. She finally joins 10 mins late after already rescheduling 3 times and doesn’t even apologise before jumping into the classic motivation questions. You list of your classic why IB question you have mastered from scrolling hours of WSO threads trying to hide your lust for prestige and money behind ‘making a difference to clients businesses’. The torture continues as you explain your interest in the firm, from their collaborative culture to outstanding deal flow, as you block out the noise of her frantically typing on her keyboard in the background. Finally, she asks you what you enjoy doing in your spare time, after you have recited off another 4 pre-prepared motivation answers. You make up something about sport, as if recruiting from your semi-target hasn’t taken up your entire life. Finally, the interview ends and you take off your poorly tied tie and wait for the next stage invite to arrive in your inbox. The rejection lands 3 days later. Dartmouth Partners is paradise.
This sounds personal
It’s extremely personal
Nah this is too real
You guys get interviews?
Fuck Dartmouth.
Okay I did not realise this was such a universal experience.
What are they looking for? seriously
“WhY aRe tHeY lOoKiNg fOr”???
lol what does this even mean - seriously
Being >30 and not being able to do basic inference is crazy
Seriously lol, how are they late all the time?
My question is right (since they have reached out to me in the past for a markets role):
How is it possible that they can get so many mandates from firms across London and US but the recruiters running their mandates are so clueless about IB? I know they're just humanities students that have never touched IB / S+T / ER / AM in their life but it then begs the question:
How are they marking each interview if they are doing the screening questions themselves, those humanities graduates?
Thoughts and insights would be appreciated.
I've never heard about WeWork's recruitment practices. I thought they were just office leases in essence. Did WeWork hire people just based on vibes over talent? (going by the sounds of what you're saying)
They aren't looking for insightful answers on thoughts on the markets or M&A trends. Since they just do the screening, they interview tons of candidates and are looking for A) Do you have clear, well prepared and structured answers to the motivationals (shows you are a serious candidate) and B) Are you a good person to talk to and aren't socially awkward. You'd be surprised how many applicants don't tick both boxes and are not prepared (applying just because everyone else is) or are socially awkward.
Has anybody actually had a positive experience with DP? I've got quite a few interviews coming up with them for a couple of processes.
idk why but this was beautifully written capturing the essence of SA recruiting
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