Should I be feeling down about being ghosted/rejected?
Hi, 3rd year at a target school with no-name brand experience (mostly startups, nonprofits and a consulting club). It'll probably be a long shot to get in anywhere, but I talked to my cousin (a consultant - we are family, but he's pretty blunt) and a career counselor for the business school, and they said my resume was fine - career counselor said it was one of the best she's ever seen (but of course it's a biased sample, as people who have their resumes together probably won't be seeing her).
I was rejected from Bain last Friday and knew it was a long shot with my no-brand name and no referral profile, but since then, I've been feeling concerned about how my other apps will turn out.
Here's what I have so far:
- EY-Parthenon (OCR, they've reviewed my app on Handshake, but haven't made a decision yet - app was due 9/15 and they reviewed yesterday; reviewed just means downloaded documents)
- McKinsey - submitted 9/10, nothing, no Imbellus test
- Accenture - submitted 9/11, nothing, but did the Discovery Portal Monday (submission was previously in progress, but their timeline now says I haven't done anything at all)?
- FTI, submitted 9/13, nothing
- Guidehouse - submitted 9/14, nothing, not sure if they are doing OCR anymore
I get these are big companies with tons of applicants, that they have to read through everyone's shit, and that I just applied not even a week ago for some. I might just be feeling a bit neurotic. However, with everything going on, I just have a bad feeling for some reason about this cycle, especially because I'm sure shit's more competitive this year.
I don't HAVE to work in consulting (am also looking into product management and marketing) but it'd be nice to have a stable job (FT conversion) and a sense of direction. I have an "in" at one company but would like more than one interview.
I guess I have to step it up with networking or be more patient?
EDIT: Have gotten interviews from FTI, LEK, and Altman Solon in the meantime.
Almost everyone experiences rejection. Just keep going... I even reached out to a lot of companies and did a lot of networking. You have to overcome that feeling of rejection because it won't bring you any good.
eh, I haven't been rejected as much as ghosted, which is more annoying, but thanks for the support!
A few things. Firstly, that these companies are wildly competitive. Like super competitive. Also, junior year recruitment is just harder than FT recruitment because there are more applicants and fewer spots (I think).
Also, maybe try and hit the networking harder with firms that have later deadlines?
thanks, I didn't know junior year recruiting was harder since I heard a ton weren't hiring full-timers. will try to network more.
On top of COVID BS, you're lucky to even get a rejection email.
I think the less FT hires this year is a covid thing. For perspective, I am also a 3rd year at a target in the midwest and I heard that there was only 1 intern from my school two years ago to Bain whereas there was like 7 full time hires that same year. The numbers can vary, but the typical rule is that there are more FT spots.
Hi, I heard about 2-3 weeks after I have applied for a big bank. I passed several stages since. Keep applying! It’s true you don’t get your best hit/ratio in your first years but you will have opportunities ;)
thanks for the encouragement, i guess it's too early to say whether or not I've moved on for the firms that haven't replied to me yet
Yes but keep applying and try to network asking information...
you will get something
Hi, I heard about 6 months after I applied to a boutique life sciences consulting firm and interviewed with them 2 rounds so far. Keep trying! I hope you'll get where you need to eventually.
Submitting an application and getting rejected means nothing. You cant expect the majority of jobs to get back to you. Out of the 150+ applications i sent out, I probably got first round interviews for 10-15 companies. If you're discouraged after 5 rejections you're in for a rude awakening.
Been said above, but shit happens. Currently looking for a FT job and I have a F1000 and F50 internships on my resume and it's still a lot of rejection. I've had a handful of first round interviews and hirevue interviews. Been rejected from a couple, had an opening "cancelled" after I had interviewed and been provided positive feedback. I've probably applied to about 60 companies in the past month and I've heard back from 15 or so, little over half being flat rejections.
I would assume quite a few places are still relatively early on in the process and figuring out the best way to advance given the circumstances. Definitely hurts getting ghosted/rejected from various places and seeing all your buddies post about their jobs but the right thing will come your way.
Specifically to FTI, I had 3 interviews with them yesterday, 1 with CF-Retail and 2 with OCFO. The rest of this week is first rounds and I think part of next week is too, but one of my interviewers said that second round will be given out at the end of this week or next.
I also had a first round with FTI this week! Don't think it went to well but oh well lol
What group was it for? Could've had the same interviewers. I'm sure it went better than you think! I'm hopeful I'll get moved onto the next round, seems like a great opportunity but I understand there's a lot of competition, especially in this market.
same boat here just have to move on
also I'm curious, have you interviewed with Altman Solon yet? how'd that go?
It didn't go well; the internet blew out in the middle of my 2nd interview and I was so flustered I failed the rest of it.
Could not be more similar to me. I've applied to over 12 consulting firms and I go to a non target but am in a consulting club where everyone else has gotten positions. I've only received 2 interviews and haven't heard back from either. I think COVID takes a lot of the blame for the ghosting part but we got to keep our heads up and keep applying to places.
I'm sorry to hear that; idk about you, but I try to tell myself, "Oh the economy is bad so it's not 100% my fault" but then it's even harder when you see that everyone else has a position :/
you're right though, we can't be too upset about stuff we can't control and we have to move on and keep applying.
Yeah, it definitely hurts seeing everyone else. But a good way to think about it is that if this is the worst thing that is going on in our lives... then we are living pretty damn good lives.
Any other places still open right now for either intern/FT?
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