Carrying resumes to interviews
In the past I've always brought copies of my resume to interviews on heavy stock resume paper. Sometimes the interviewer takes a new copy, other times they just stick with the copy they printed from their comp. Question is what have you done in the past for BB analyst interviews? And if you do bring new copies, what did you carry them in? I usually carry them in my briefcase but was thinking of buying a portfolio. All answers greatly appreciated.
Always bring in the most current copy of your resume and get a leather portfolio.
Havent been to MANY interviews, but I always bring about 15 copies of the updated copy of my resume on resume paper.
I have yet to hand one out. My last interview came from a contact I met while networking. He had an old copy of my resume which he put on file at the bank. The banker emailing me regarding the interview was still referring to that copy. Before the interview, I emailed him an updated copy. Everyone I spoke with that day had a printed copy of my updated resume. No need to hand any out.
Just in case, I have them. I carry them in a leather portfolio with a notepad and a pen. Also a good place to keep business cards that you get from your interviewers.
Why exactly do you need 15 copies, I think thats a bit excessive? I always would bring the most up to date version (many times they would change between resume drop and interview) and would however many people I would be meeting with plus 2 or 3 extras just in case. Others don't think its necessary, but I always print it on resume paper (white, none of this ivory crap) and have gotten good responses and make sure you have it printed on a laser printer, not inkjet. This ensures that if you/they spill something on it, the ink doesn't run.
As for carrying them, a big FedEx envelope works great... just kidding, get a leather portfolio with a place you can store their business cards, take notes, keep a pen or two, etc.
Bring a couple in case... it would be embarassing if they asked for a copy and you didn't have one
Personally, I always carry at least 10 and IMO, the interviewer doesn't give 2 shits about what type of paper your printed it on. It's actually better to print it on the cheapest paper possible and when they ask why the paper is so flimsy, you can tell them that you buy cheap paper so you can spend more money getting fucked up on natty light. 20x more respectable than that highbrow thick paper BS, you're a college student for christ sake
Yeah, I just print mine out on reg paper. Never had a problem.
Good to know!
Even though it only costs a few bucks for 20 copies.
I've never printed out my resume on so-called resume paper. Haven't had any problems.
One thing I've realized after two or three years of interviewing is that it's always good to have visuals. If you have anything on your resume where someone can ask, "How does it work?" and the question involves more than a 20 second answer, bring in a diagram and be ready to get it out and explain everything off of it when someone comes in.
If you are an engineer and have some project listed on your resume, be ready with a visual. If you work with some product (IE: Interest rate swaps), be ready with a visual. If you helped change some business process, be ready with a visual. Basically, if you have to explain anything the interviewer might not already know about and is at least a little complicated to explain, BE READY WITH A VISUAL.
This may just be me, but if someone pulled out a visual to show me how something worked on his resume, I'd likely be offended and auto-ding the candidate. A visual?! If I don't get what you're talking about but you can give me a quick, concise answer, I'll be impressed and stop pressing the issue. If you give me a lot of "umms" and "wells," I'm going to assume you're as clueless as I am and DING! Don't put something on your resume if you can't explain it concisely.
May be different on the trading floor, but in banking, we sure aren't rocket scientists and diagrams sure as hell are NOT welcome.
Oh, and with regards to bringing resumes: 100% bring a bunch. While I'd never raise an eyebrow if a resume was printed on cheap, thin, crap paper (that's what it belongs on), I'd certainly go, "WTF?" if someone handed me a resume on cardstock/fancy paper. My business card is meant to be printed on that stuff, not resumes. What I'm saying is: no one will ding you for bringing a resume on plain paper, but some douche may bag you for printing it out on fancy paper (trying too hard, desperate, tool -- all reasons that could be cited).
One of the things on my resume was a real-time analytics generation system that calculated 56 different analytics for our traders. Good luck explaining that concisely- when I get a question about "How does your system generate analytics?", it might as well be "Explain how crude gets processed into gasoline, kerosene, marine fuel oil, and tar from the fractionating tower to the hydrocracker at a refinery. How does your process add a competitive advantage to the refinery that other refineries don't benefit from or know about?" I will give my thirty second explanation while trying to avoid the technical jargon, and when I would see the puzzled look on my interviewer's face as he realizes he's in way over his head, I would get out the diagram. Today, when I get one of those "Explain in detail how your refinery works" questions, I automatically get out the diagram, start explaining it like I've done a gazillion times before, and give the interviewer the copy so he can review it later- which he will probably need to do if he doesn't have a technical background and really wants to understand my answer.
If the interviewer is asking a question he already knows the answer to, don't get out a diagram. If the interviewer is asking a question he doesn't know the answer to- and probably doesn't even understand the scope of the complete answer, YOU NEED VISUALS.
Here's my thing- do you ever ask a question in an interview where you don't know how the answer is going to look?This happens for trading interviews all the time. Often, they can be a little adversarial where a trader will hope he can stump you with a "simple" question. You have to handle it nicely but at the same time show him that he got himself waay over his head while explaining everything in plain English.
Nothing formal- it's just, "Hey! I happened to have this diagram which makes it a lot easier for you to understand my answer about something I worked on. Let's take a look at it, because this answer's gonna take five minutes and it's gonna be easier for you to follow along if you're looking at the system diagram." Maybe it's just that engineers and quants are persnickety people who need to put everything in context, and explain everything in detail- nuances and all.
You want:
1.) To hit interviewers with information overload without making it look like you're trying all that hard. You just have to do it this way to answer their question. 2.) To give interviewers an excuse to dwell on areas you're strong in. IE: the system you run or the product you invented. People tend to keep asking questions about what's right in front of them, and it takes off a little bit of the pressure if the interviewer is looking at your document just as much as he's looking at you.
i really don't think it's a problem if you put it on a slightly ticker paper. def. don't go overboard, but i think if you have your resume on a nice sheet of paper and it looks good without any spelling mistakes/formatting mistakes, then it can be nice. as long as you're not some tool with an offensive personality, you'll be fine.
just don't come in with 0 printed resumes.
Make sure your resume is of tasteful thickness. Then add a watermark to it.
A surefire way to get a banker's attention.
Bumping an old thread to try to get more people's opinions on using resume paper vs regular printer paper. I was thinking about using ivory watermarked resume paper, but I don't want to come off as a douche. Any more opinions would be greatly appreciated.
Anyone not bring a resume to an interview and still go to the next round/receive offer (with or without being prompted)?
I forgot mine for an interview, but the cute receptionist printed me one out.
usuallly furm will have dem printed b4hnd, but always safer to bring to i-view
Update resume before interview? (Originally Posted: 11/07/2013)
I've been working on my resume a lot (no real difference in subject matter; just making it sleeker). I have some interviews coming up where they're already seen my resume. Would it be worth contacting HR or someone organizing the interviews to send in an updated copy, or would that just be causing them unnecessary hassle?
Unnecessary hassle as it's the same content as you said. You already got the interviews so just perform well there and that's all that matters. Just use your updated resume for other applications.
Am I supposed to bring extra copies of my resume to an interview at a BB? (Originally Posted: 01/14/2014)
i am not sure if this is expected or not. I would imagine they have copies of all of the candidates' resumes? Has anyone been asked for a copy of their resume during their interview at a GS/MS/JPM type bank? I really want to avoid walking around with a leather portfolio like some pathetic loser/failure at life
By all means then, bring nothing, you're number one priority is to not look like a pathetic loser with your leather portfolio.
Every interviewer will have a copy of your resume already ;)
I would recommend bringing several copies. I have been to BB interviews where 3/4 requested a copy.
Troll. Not hard to deduce between the "homo leather portfolio" tag and this thread he started.
Gotta admit, both made me chuckle.
always bring extra copies for every interview ever, just in case...
Wait...I always bring my leather folder solely for holding extra resume copies. Is it really seen as pathetic by interviewers haha? Completely serious question.
no not pathetic. if you don't do that, you're unprepared honestly
Honestly, I've never needed to give out extras, but everyone brings them just in case.
Always bring extra in your loser leather portfolio. I've had to hand them out twice because they had somehow gotten some unformatted shit that was like 4 pages long instead of clean and 1 page. They all remarked, "Wow this is so much better"
I've actually never brought extra resumes to a BB interview, but if you feel the need to do so, bring a small folder (instead of those leather portfolios) with your copies.
In case people aren't reading through the troll posts correctly, always bring an extra copy of your resume. They will have it already 99% of the time, but I've been asked for one on a handful of occasions (including at a BB). In one case, I handed in a resume once only to be given it back and told that they were just checking if I was prepared.
Also, the leather portfolio comes in handy for a variety of reasons, including ranging from accounting questions, cases, writing down contact info, to paper LBO's. You will look like a tool if you ask your interviewer for pen and paper.
LOL. Your story about being asked for a resume just to see if you had it on had made me smile.
Bringing Updated Resume to interviews (Originally Posted: 10/02/2015)
If your resume has changed (significantly) form the time you sent in the online application to the time that you interview, should you bring to the interview the newest most up to date version, or the version that was sent in with the application?
I've done this in the past. Can't hurt
Et quos vero placeat ullam aliquam dignissimos. Rem sed amet et eligendi sed. Illum et doloremque quam tempore qui consequatur incidunt. Repudiandae enim voluptatem voluptas perspiciatis et nemo.
Eligendi sint ea perspiciatis ut veniam ut exercitationem maxime. Praesentium exercitationem suscipit qui placeat quisquam pariatur ratione. Molestiae ea tempora aperiam magni. Voluptas tenetur pariatur sed et. Voluptatem assumenda dolores voluptas voluptatum perferendis. Eum laboriosam tempora tenetur eos amet facilis. Reprehenderit voluptates nulla omnis aut.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...
Quis quis minus perferendis rem ducimus iusto sit. Rerum et excepturi officia. Ducimus dignissimos suscipit deleniti neque. Qui sit officiis deserunt sunt amet dolor. Dolorem rerum quibusdam modi rerum.
Non saepe numquam aliquid quibusdam rerum. Voluptas laborum est consequuntur aut voluptas laborum.
Enim consequatur quidem dolor blanditiis sunt. Veniam alias voluptas et id magni. Amet sunt quia et suscipit velit eum dolorum.