Does having a high GMAT score on your resume help for PE recruiting?
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on 4/23/11 at 2:37pm
Haven't taken the GMAT yet, but might as well take it to put on my resume since it'd probably only take me 1 week tops to get a 770-790. Anyone know if the GMAT will be nice on my resume when applying to PE shops? I'm already coming from a top IBD group anyway, would it matter at all? I hear after getting the interview, your resume doesn't mean much and it's all about nailing the interviews.





Yeah only if you get a 350.
Yeah only if you get a 350. Anything higher and you will be labled as overachieving try hard.
Nah bra.
Nah bra.
The answer to your question is 1) network 2) get involved 3) beef up your resume 4) repeat -happypantsmcgee
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can't hurt
can't hurt
"The right to have children should be a marketable commodity, bought and traded by individuals but absolutely limited by the state."—Kenneth Boulding
you should list it multiple
you should list it multiple times:
Education:
GMAT at 790 Bitch
Experience:
GMAT'n on your 590 ass
Activities:
Still GMAT'n at 790
Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis - when I was dead broke man I couldn't picture this
i know i would never work
i know i would never work with anyone with less than a 750 on GMAT or with anyone who doesn't have national merit from high school
"The right to have children should be a marketable commodity, bought and traded by individuals but absolutely limited by the state."—Kenneth Boulding
im actually curious about
im actually curious about this as well, all jokes aside. if it's over 700 is it worth putting on? could it be seen as a deterrent to a PE firm that doesn't utilize the pre-MBA associate approach?
corruptbargain wrote: im
im actually curious about this as well, all jokes aside. if it's over 700 is it worth putting on? could it be seen as a deterrent to a PE firm that doesn't utilize the pre-MBA associate approach?
Yes, a high GMAT certainly helps with PE recruiting. I personally wouldn't recommend putting a 700 score on your resume, but certainly 750+.
CompBanker
test scores probably matter
test scores probably matter more on buyside than they did for banking recruiting.
during one of my interviews with a megafund I actually saw that my interviewer had circled my sat score on the copy of my resume he had in front of him (i did very well)
test scores are important
test scores are important because employers know that colleges are using "holistic" admissions, landing tons of dumb kids into the best schools.
college name is no longer a good proxy for iq
"The right to have children should be a marketable commodity, bought and traded by individuals but absolutely limited by the state."—Kenneth Boulding
OnTheTrack wrote: test scores
test scores are important because employers know that colleges are using "holistic" admissions, landing tons of dumb kids into the best schools.
college name is no longer a good proxy for iq
Makes no sense. In that case college GPA from the best schools is still a better indicator than SAT score.