Advice on meeting with a MD?
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on 1/30/09 at 11:54pm
I'm still a college student(senior) and am fortunate to have an informal 30mins meeting with a MD level guy next week. Could any of you give me some suggestions about questions I should ask or things I should talk about? I don't think I could get an offer or even an interview from the meeting, but I really want to leave him a good impression through this opportunity and hope it would help later on. Appreciate any inputs. Thanks!





Questions been asked a lot already
Basically, be intelligent, ask about his life, ask for advice, treat him like a normal person, don't feel a need to impress him, don't try to sell yourself, be knowledgeable about his firm but if he tells you something you know don't mention it, have about ten open ended questions ready to go to keep conversation flowing, don't talk about his firm's bonus/comp situation, know why you are interested in finance, be able to discuss the days news, stuff like that. Here are some other times it has been asked:
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drexel, that's fantastic. I
drexel, that's fantastic. I had a similar idea but was too lazy to execute.
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The first time i met an md i
The first time i met an md i was nervous as shit, but as you meet more of them you realize they are just people too, and if they are willing to meet, they are usually willing to help.
I don't know how you were introduced to the md (cold calling? networking? alum? family friend?) I feel like you should prepare differently depending on how you got the meeting, in terms of your talking points (pick points of common interest, ex for alum talk about the school and what it was like when he went to school or w/e). For me, I brushed up on some recent news about the firm and just had a good story for myself (why finance, why this division, why this firm).
Also, youd be surprised how easily you can get an interview just by talking to one md. they know a lot of people and as long as you can impress the md, or even just have a good conversation, they usually will ask for your resume without you bringing it up and offer to pass it along to the right people.
Be professional. Don't sound
Be professional. Don't sound like a little kid. You want to be personable, but don't be annoying.