Bruh fuck IB recruitment

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Mood

Seen a few places like Lazard LA and SF still recruiting. Don't lose hope. 

Forget the name of it but theres literally a thread about which banks are still recruiting.

It's tough but you never know when an opportunity will arise. Always be ready.

yep feel the same way bro. Worked so hard to try and get SOMETHING, SOMEWHERE and it kind of feels like a spit in the face when they don't even call you for even a 15 minute call to give you the chance to answer "why [insert bank]".... a question that i'm sure we've all have prepared and never got the chance to answer

Just keep networking. Plenty of opportunities will come up between now and next summer (headcount changes, analyst leaves early, etc). However, a lot of these openings will probably be filled through existing networks. 

Mood

Took me 3 years post undergrad to secure an offer. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and get after it!

Try to apply to "regional offices", Try Dubai or Madrid....I know few banks often recruit, such as Barclays, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citi, Standard Chartered.

Dont worry son, you could always SHAVE YOUR HEAD and become a BUDDHIST MONK

ya it fucking sucks. worked my ass of networking and nothing

Even MO/BO roles are extremely thin this year... Had a couple FO interviews pre covid but didn’t get superday. Now nothing. No FO/MO/BO/F500 . Absolutely nothing except rejection letters that appear a few a week in my inbox if not more . Plenty of other firms have ghosted me entirely. It’s getting tough to remain confident. 

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It's about time I changed my LinkedIn to "Incoming Investment Banking Summer Analyst Reject at [insert bank]"

ok say you get a mm firm like Stephens. how hard would rerecruiting for BB be?

have good leads right now but honestly feel like it's going to amount to nothing. everything is moving slow and being told to wait. 

Hey man it's only October. HR at many banks are super backed up. I felt exactly how you do right now a year ago and now I am sitting on job offer starting in August at a strong MM bank on a good desk. Trust the process and stay positive. Don't go into superdays with that attitude. 

barclays is just starting. Superdays this week

I feel your pain it took me thousands of applications with probably a hit rate of 1% for me to get in IB. My situation turned out to leave me jobless at graduation and took another half year to find a job luckily with a well-known asset manager. IB came a few years later after Big 4. A very non-traditional route. It’s a grind surely, but at this point you should probably try and widen your net. And most importantly as I still firmly believe is your network that gets you through the door, the rest is on you. That’s the only thing that got me this far. Keep your chin up and realize when an L’s not salvageable, and readjust to get the W.

Hey man, I completely get you. I had a first round way back in March and until September, it was just a string of no first round invites even with banks where I had multiple people pulling for me. What I did in the meantime was just keep on networking (although it felt so useless with no invites) and interview prepping, so when I did I get a shot, I wouldn't blow it. Just keep at it a lot of other MM's and boutiques are still recruiting