I was in touch with an elite boutique IB firm over the past several months, but recently reached out to the recruiter for IB career opportunities who informed me that I will not be considered for any positions now or in the future with their firm. I came to know that this was because I missed a letter in the firm's name and misspelled it in the subject line of an email. While, that was totally my fault, are some firms really that sensitive with such errors?
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consider the startup tech scene - they're more chill about these things, and VCs love misspelled names! ex: Grindr, Netflix, etc.
Same thing happened to me bruh. I'm blacklisted from Lizard and Nevercore.
Blacklisted from Piper Jefferies and JPMorgan Stanley here.
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Can confirm this. Sorry bud.
SMH...can’t believe you misspelled Pipe Her Jeffery
Ahh that makes sense why Blackrock didn't call me back - accidentally replaced the R with a C.
You would think a field that relies on people having resiliency as a character trait, wouldn't make such a big deal about stupid shit.
But hopefully you got what you actually applied for mate
RIP Credit Suites and Douche Bank
hahahaha
Same here for Stifle
Painful lesson in attention to detail I suppose with really a harsh outcome when you spent months courting the firm's attention
I mean misspelling Johns Hopkins is an automatic rejection so I guess they think people will pay more attention to detail.
I used to smoke weed with Johnny Hopkins smh
It was Johnny Hopkins, and Sloan Kettering, and they were blazin that sh*t up everyday
lol this has to be jefferies. the entire firm is so anal about that 'e' b/w f & r
Don’t wanna stir up a debate but no one considers Jefferies to be an EB. My bet is on PWP.
Plot twist: OP misspelled PJT
+1. Know a guy who got blocked on Linkedin by one of their analyst in London after he mispelled « Perella » - the dude replied to his Linkedin message, corrected the name, then blocked him. Lol
While Jefferies probably isn't considered an EB, this was my first thought as well, I've talked to some people over there and they are a bunch of tools...and not the useful kind
lizard
OP, you are better off. Seriously. I understand the whole lessons learned thing (proofread better next time), but also know that sell-side and bankers screw up stuff all the time, can be super unprofessional and apologize for it all the time.
Chin up and Good Luck
I just absolutely love it when firms do this, especially if it was a gate-keeping analyst or associate (those are typically the ones who run recruiting for intern / new hires).
They just take their job way too seriously haha. Likely was a bad week for them and they took it out on you
Bingo
i got cut at a bank for yawning during their campus presentation
Cover your mouth with your arm like you're coughing next time.
Please tell me you're joking
nope.
Not gonna lie, I am always tired. If yawning would get me cut I'd already be homeless.
Now I'm really curious what the misspelling was...OP, if you're blacklisted already, no harm in sharing the bank / misspelling with us
Our MD got rid of a supplier because our brand name was misspelled in an app which wasn't even public. It was just an internal test with like 20 people.
Don’t worry man - recruiters are stupid (mostly).
If you really want to join thIs EB, try to connect with a more senior banker (perhaps an alumni), explain the situation and I’m sure he’ll laugh and talk to the HR. Actually always better to avoid the HR. They have no idea what bankers job is
You think HR is the one that black listed him? Lol
Just consider the thousands of applicants they get and have to parse down to a handful of offers only. So yes, any little mistake, even something as innocent as a typo, can be a reason to reject you in favor of the hundreds of others that managed to write a letter without any typos or proofreading issues. It's a shitty lesson to learn, but it happens. And I bet you will also be double checking the spelling of names now and won't make that mistake again.
head finance prof at my school first time i ever met him and told him about wanting to go into IB starts immediately ripping me a new one about how hard and unprepared i was. Blah blah...anecdote about girl who went through recruitment at a BB and almost didn’t get offer because a hyphen was the wrong font size on her resume. Apparently now she’s an MD. everything matters.
Do people actually think this is true? Can't imagine someone getting that upset. Just don't respond to their email
Dude if you're too retarded to spell their name correctly in email correspondence (while trying to get a job), you were never going to make it anyway
guesing this was PwP? (I cant even spell it right without looking)
Firms who do this radiate small dick energy. If they are going to blacklist you over a small mistake like that, you wouldn't want to work for them anyway.
Same. Switched around the B and F in Miller Buckfire :(
I spelled Rothschild as "Rothschilds" in my CL.
Can confirm spelt GS, Oldman Socks
clown industry
The firm didn't happen to be Baby Dick Capital, did it?
Kinda thinking it was. I'm pretty sure Richard Tiny is still the MD over there.
That Baby Dick fucker Richard Tiny. Tiny has always been a hardo.
My school has a policy in our journalism department that misspelling the name of a company (among other grammar mistakes) is an automatic fail for that assignment. Now I see why.
Lol it matters because if you send a typo email to your client (especially the header) probably that might cost the firm's business (or future business especially)
That is so beyond stupid on their part, I don't even have words for it.
Eff that company. Eff them.
Good lord some people have sticks up their butts... If I got an email misspelling my firm name I would know the person made a mistake and put that into consideration, but seriously who the fuck cares enough to blacklist a person over this.
Be glad you don't work at that firm.
Sounds petty
Sounds like something PWP would do. I get that vibe from them. (Perella, Parella, idk)
I absolutely love PWP but this is 100% something they would do
In fairness, when they're desperately trying to narrow down candidates, don't make their job easier
FWIW I called it Houlihan Lowkey several times to their head of HR
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