So I had an interview last week and was told I should hear something by end of last week, yet I haven't heard anything. I was wondering would it be a good idea to call to follow and see whats going on? The interview happened a week ago, I don't want to seem annoying, but I do want to be proactive.

Any advice?

Thanks

Hey WSO, just a quick thank you...the advice on here helped me land my internship in a PE shop for this summer (sophomore).

A month and a half ago I had lunch with a high up executive for a BB bank whom I had met through reaching out to some family contacts that eventually led me to him. He was happy to meet, offered me an interview/recommendation after talking for next summer. I followed up with a thank you at the time, but have not reached out since to stay in touch. (He told me to contact him when the position gets posted in the fall)

A senior IBD employee at BB viewed my profile earlier today. This guy works at a country where I'd like to move to in future, he is also young and probably has a good network there.

Normally, I would just search viewers profile using "Incognito Window" in Chrome, which doesn't show anyone that I checked them out.

(My profile is pretty private - viewers can see only limited information (were I worked at, university, etc.). There are no descriptions of the activities and no recommendations, skills, etc.)

I was wondering, what do you guys usually do in these situations?

Working in a big AM firm for almost one year and half, thinking to open my eyes to look at somewhere else.

Very interested in another group and found a MD who is B school alumni, is it appropriate to cold email him for a information interview or a coffee together?

Thanks for suggestion!

This shouldn't intimidate me, because I already work in the industry and I constantly "network" to begin with. And I know this has been asked 100 times on here.

But I'll try it anyway. Through a family friend I will soon get to sit down with the former (yes, he's retired ... but still very involved in the industry and very influential) chairman/ceo of one of the largest developers in the US.

Hey Everyone,

This is my first post but I've followed the forums for a long time. WSO has helped me a lot over the last few years so I wanted to get everyone's thoughts on the dilemma I'm in.

So a little background on me: I'm a rising senior at a target (HYP) but I'm originally from the West Coast. I went through recruiting for SA and interviewed with a lot of banks in NYC, got second rounds for almost all of them, but didn't land an offer. I connected really well with several analysts, associates, and MD's at 2 or 3 of the firms I interviewed with (networked a lot with them before interviews). I ended up getting an offer at a boutique in their West Coast office (not a bad firm, good placement in PE/HF).

Hi guys. Quick networking question. I met a banker the other day at a bar after work hours (happy hour). I'm currently an intern at another bank. When he left her gave me his business card. Pretty good meeting we had. Emailed him a couple days later saying hey it was good to meet, blah blah .. No reply from him. Should I give him a call in a week or so what should I do? Don't want to come off as needy or annoying.

So I was just extended my first job offer since graduating.

It's a long term temp position in the FX Operations department. I'll be working in the account management area.

Nothing to glamorous, but I am indeed happy to be employed and at least its in finance.

I have other things still in the works for some other ideal job opportunities that I will still pursue. Ideally I would like to end up in equity research or IB.

With that in mind, how can I go about using this position in operations as a stepping stone to reach my ultimate goals.

If I have been in contact with somebody in IB there, can I inform them and offer to stay late and help? Ask if I can shadow when I'm done with my hours?

Hey guys!

I've been thinking about this quite a bit. I see everywhere here on WSO that you gotta network to get somewhere in banking or whatever career path you've chosen. Why is it like this? I do not understand, it seems to me most MDs and alike are assholes that nobody wants to talk to unless they have to, you don't have to have some genius-like social skills to be a great salesman, or banker for that matter.

Why has business evolved toward this? I would keep business about business first of all and not care about making friends when dealing, that just seems stupid to me. Put all the time in to go to events and all of that, you could've spent it improving yourself and working hard toward what you want!

So I was talking to one of the bankers in my network, and he offered to review my resume. I thanked him and sent it over, but it has been over a week with no reply. Should I send him a reminder email or should I just let it go to avoid being seen as pushy?

Are there any traders/PMs in Shanghai? I hope to meet some new monkeys here.

P.S., I host happy hours for WSO in Shanghai. PM me if you are interested in joining us.

I have some time to kill in midtown tomorrow after 4. Anyone want to meet up for drinks and talk shop?

Alright, so recently I had an informational interview with an analyst for about 45 minutes.

How can I go about asking him for referrals to maybe an Associate/VP/MD? I don't want to sound pushy, but I want to talk with more senior people, because, let's face it, analysts have no pull on who gets offers and interviews.

Any advice is appreciated! :)

Is there generally any advantages to networking with Analysts? The only advantage I see is if you hit it off with them, they can refer you to an Associate, VP, or MD. So, essentially, to work your way up the ladder.

I know at smaller boutiques, Analysts are the ones that review resumes and make the shortlist, but is it the same at BB's as well?

If anyone has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks and God Bless!

They (game of thrones) make the claim that a man with friends is a man with power. This seems to be the notion in business. What do you guys think, is this true? Can a man make it without friends? How important is relationships in banking.

So I've been networking around trying to talk to as many people as I can and build up my network. Ultimately, I'm looking to move into a different role at hopefully a BB. My current job has become a bit mundane and slowed down significantly to the point I sometimes wonder to myself what I'm doing with my life.

So I emailed an alumni asking to connect with him and chat about his career and experiences in public finance. He replied back asking me to give him a call next week.

I am currently seeking internship opportunities and to maximize my chances, I have been looking up people in various firms of which have internship opportunities available to possibly get in contact with them to show initiative and interest. However, what would be a suitable way to approach them? Can you directly be forward and ask an experienced person on how to best position yourself for the intern position with CV attached or just ask to talk about their experiences in the firm/industry over the phone?

Which way is best to reach out?

http://www.startupbros.com/networking-without-netw...

Figured this might be a good article for some of you

I recently had a conversation with a former McKinsey principal who spent many years at a specific office that I am targeting. The conversation was very positive and the guy suggested that it is very important for me to contact the head of the office and gave me his contact information. I am trying to put together an email to reach out to him to see if he is available for a short phone call, but am having trouble figuring out how to structure my email.

I usually have little trouble formulating networking emails, but the majority of the audience that I write to are people much lower on the food chain. Can you all please give me some advice on how you would go about reaching out to a head of an office and what my main talking points should be?

So last year I got a few good IB connections from recruitment meetings, and I have stayed in contact with all of them. This fall I plan to try for an internship, and hopefully they will be willing to help me out.
However, it has been a little while since I have talked to any of them. A lot of the networking tips that I have read online say that it is a good idea to send them an email every few months so that they don’t forget who you are. The problem is that I don’t really have any questions that I need to ask them...
Is it really a good idea to just make something up so that you have an excuse to talk to them? That seems a little rude. What have you guys done to keep in contact with your connections over longer periods of time? What do you say to them?

Tomorrow I leave for a Freshman program at a BB, and I wanted to know if you guys have any networking tips for me?

I have completed the BIWS Networking Toolkit, so I have been reviewing that, and I plan to get as many business cards as I can, and try to build friendships, which I obviously want to use to obtain an internship hopefully my sophomore summer.

Does anyone have any advice I can use in building these friendships, if so, can you please help me out?

Thank you in advance for your help!

I am in the process of cold calling/emailing boutique banks around my town for a summer internship. I have only contacted a few places and I'm not sure how successful my attempts will be. Should this fail, my back up plan would be to get a PWM internship at ML or Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. I've already done a PWM internship last year, and I know it isn't much real work, but it still is better than nothing. Morgan Stanley recruits at my school in the fall for IB interns - if I do their PWM this summer, will my boss (or any upper level manager/adviser) be able to give me a referral? Is this kind of networking normal/common?

With recruiting potentially kicking off in the next few months, I wanted to get people's opinions on reaching out to alums that may be at funds that you are interested in. I think that (and I may be wrong) reaching out to alums from your undergraduate is fair game but what about reaching out to alums at a school that you haven't gone to yet? Consider the following:

Got into an MBA program at HSW as an undergrad, deferred and is currently a first year analyst.

So I told an alumni at my school who is a partner in the accounting arm of a Big 4 that I was interested in entering their advisory arm and if he knew of someone helpful I could talk to. He offered to speak with my on the phone.

I'm a couple years out of school doing something not business related.

Obviously it's great to be able to get him on the phone, but what do you think about his ability to help? Thanks

Today, I got an e-mail that I got selected to attend a freshman program at a BB. (Damn, that felt good to write, lol)

What should be my approach in terms of networking as I go into this event?

Obviously other students will be there, so I don't really know if I can build that one-on-one connection. Also, the program is basically a few days, so I really can't build a connection that quick. So, should I just try to get their business cards?

If you have any other tips, I welcome those too.

Thank you for all of your help and God Bless!

Recently got these as a gift and was wondering if they are okay to wear to networking events and information sessions? I am still in college and don't want it to seem like I spend all my money on shoes. I got them in the brown.
What do you guys think?
http://www.allenedmonds.com/aeonline/producti_SF49...

So I sent a couple of emails back and forth with an alum who worked at several BB banks and co-founded a boutique, and he was happy to talk with me over phone.
On the call he mentioned he was coming by the campus and offered to meet with me in person, and we finalized a date but he said he'd get back to me via email with a convenient time. I followed up about the time a week after our call, then once again a couple of days before our meeting date, and now it's a week after the date he suggested we meet and I received no email from him since the phone call in which he said he'd get back to me.

Should I follow up once again asking for another meeting date? I don't want to give up but also don't want to piss him off if he's way too busy..

Fellas,

I'm trying to make a checklist of all of the things that I should be doing to prepare for my summer analyst position that begins in a few months. One of the items on that list is networking at the bank that I'll be working at, and trying to get to know some more people prior to starting. I've already established good contacts with my school's alumni at the bank. Would it be advisable to go beyond that and speak to more people? It seems like there's a fine line between being networked and enthusiastic for the job, and being annoying.

I'm sure that many of you have been through this process, and it'd be great to get your advice on the subject. I'd also appreciate the insight of any current analysts/associates as to what the protocol in this situation is.