Coffee chatting as an incoming freshman?
Before you throw ms at me me I only considered this after reading this sentence from a business club recruitment guide made by a finance club at my school: "To put the competition of recruitment into perspective, some freshmen students begin coffee chatting the summer before they arrive at Cornell." I could not come up with this 4th circle of hell idea myself.
Anyway as it seems to be acceptable in finance I was wondering if this would be considered too sweaty and cringe for consulting/give the club a bad impression of me, especially since I feel consulting is perceived to be a bit more laidback? This is a pretty neurotic post tbf but I'm the first in my family to go to a school with resources like this or even know what consulting is and I want to make the most of it.
i don't think it's that crazy since club recruitment starts pretty soon after you get to campus - it's definitely not a requirement but it'll likely boost ur chances as long as you're respectful and ask good questions on the call. every campus is a little different club culture wise so talking to current students is a reasonable thing to do and any finance/consulting club would understand
Ohh okay thank you for clarifying. I wasn’t sure since I saw someone else ask the same question and got clowned for it lmao.
Additionally, do you have any advice on what constitutes as a “good” question to ask in a club coffee chat? I mostly see advice on here for actual recruitment but nothing for clubs. My impression of the process of coming up with good questions is linkedin stalking the person and then asking pointed questions about their role/experiences and if possible letting them know any similarities or shared interests we have, but I’m not sure what I’d do for club-specific questions--especially since most of them are somewhat similar. Or again when it gets to that point, interview questions related to “why x club” since again they’re all kind of the same.
The way I see it for now is just thinking about what I would want to be asked if I was in their shoes, but I’m an incoming freshman so the shoes really don’t fit that well lol.
for reference im in a leadership position at one of my schools consulting clubs at a target/high semi-target for MBB. I never coffee chatted members before but some things I asked in my interviews were related to club traditions, favorite moments/stories, generic mentorship questions, why they joined/chose the club, how the club helped them in the recruiting process (prefaced the question by mentioning their impressive background and how they got MBB offer). nothing too special. obviously if you have a niche shared interest bring it up. i don't think i really stood out here that much but on the scoring charts i was still the top pick in the applicant pool. don't follow a script for coffee chats unless u absolutely have to, it should feel like a conversation
I would suggest starting the chat with intro of yourself and then ask for their story/background and how they became interested in consulting or whatever career they are going into, then if you hear anything interesting or similar to urself comment on it. most of the time these clubs don't care that much about your hard skills or talents (there is some baseline), they just want people that would create a really fun social environment, so just do ur best to seem like a fun interesting person to hang out with (which is surprisingly a high bar among the pretentious rich kid schools)
i don't go to cornell so talk to current students there they will give u much better insight on specific culture for different clubs
I started networking when I was in grade 12 (senior year of hs) - highly recommend.
Those relationships you build will forever see you as this “kid genius” who has been on the path since they were 17 years old lol
Ur insane
says "prospect" LOL
Nope, I’ve had coffee chats with incoming freshmen and always see them as the “privileged hardo,” but keep telling yourself that
I've never heard of anyone doing this. I don't even know how you would reach out to club members in the first place - people are busy at their summer internships, and you definitely might come across as too sweaty. Enjoy the summer and don't stress too hard about the coffee chats! They are pretty laidback, not as serious as people make them out to be.
Lol okay I guess summer coffee chatting might just be a finance club thing.
The member contacts is on the club websites, how about reaching out during school, 1-2 weeks before recruiting season officially starts? Or is that still too much?
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