So I networked with a couple guys at a regional west coast boutique bank, made it past first round and then had a second round with the two guys I spoke with. The interview was 80% technicals 20% behavioral. I did miss a couple techs but I was able to work through them with a little guidance. Also I am a sophmore and this is a part time unpaid role. They said they would follow up with me after a week, however, it has now been over 3 weeks and I have heard nothing from them. I've followed up once after every week but I was not plannning on following up more than 3 times.
What should I do? The bank is not huge and I know they didn't get an overwhelming amount of applicants, thus if I didn't get it why couldn't they take 10 seconds to shoot me an email and say they've moved on? Or if they are still interviewing to get a better sense of the candidate pool, would they have let me know that? I'm feening for closure, but don't wanna spam them. The other day I saw one of the guys I spoke with online on LinkedIn so I viewed his profile in hopes he'd get the view notification as a subtle "hey remember me?" I've continued to pursue other opportunities but still would love to intern for them. Would be very appreciative of any advice on what I should do next (like just keep waiting or continue following up ect) or experiences from those who've been in similar situations. thank you.
Boutique banks get a shit ton of applicants from sophomores especially. Have friends working in boutiques who tell me they're surprised to get a ton of 3.8-4.0 target applicants that all have related finance experience and some IB experience at another boutique their freshman summer. continue to follow-up, every week, they won't reject you if they haven't already.
Interesting insight, I guess I've slept on the potential candidate pool. Thank you for the advice, do you think once a week is an appropriate rate?
yea once a week is perfect, and id target VPs if possible. someone in charge of staffing.
Hey man, it sounds like they got really busy and possibly are still taking time to decide. I would keep messaging and following up because the worst that can happen is they reject you, which they already would have.
I would honestly just call one of the people you networked/interviewed with and ask for feedback. It's not like you are asking them out of the blue for 20 min of their time, just 5 min to hear some feedback.
Who knows, maybe they don't have any direction from HR/resource head and are just sitting on your emails until they have more clarity. Won't know unless you ask - i wouldn't send a 3rd/4th email, you'll get the same outcome most likely
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