Did I screw myself by getting a master's in engineering?
(Senior Baboon, 196
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on 5/31/11 at 12:23am
I'm mostly interested in portfolio management / research type careers. Unfortunately, I think my background is not really hitting the right chords with the recruiters. In hindsight, maybe I should have went for a MA Econ or MS Finance. I don't want to go back to school (b-school), but is it a must?





masters recruiting for front
masters recruiting for front office finance jobs(ST, PM, IB, Research) is pretty lacking even for the masters in econ, math, finance guys
It feels like my resume gets
It feels like my resume gets tossed right into the trash can once they see that my educational background is in Engineering
If I had done Finance or Econ or Acct, maybe I would get more interviews
Where did you do your masters
Where did you do your masters at?
Not really- just spend a few
Not really- just spend a few years in industry and get an MBA.
Work hard, play hard.
Got interviews (no offer) in
Got interviews (no offer) in S&T with Masters in Engineering, through both networking and on campus. Just make sure your interest is conveyed (I took some MSF level Finance courses, had some neat math classes) and obviously network (WSO basic). I ended up in consulting.