bullied in hs ib interviews

My (uninformed) opinion is that it is much better to say it was 100% for financial reasons. While it's sad that you got bullied in high school, it brings up a bunch of questions about your character and whether you are still soft and vulnerable. No one will blame you for not being in a situation to pay for a private college when you were 18.

if you were bullied, that means that you werent able to protect yourself

defense against bullying arent muscles (although they can be) it is usually brain and the right mindset

dont mention it on interview my 2 cent

p.s. it cant get more awkward than ranking yourself on the bb.com misc scale... work on your emotional intelligence

Nobody is going to want to hire someone who is admittedly a loser- sorry, sad truth. Don't bring it up in an interview.

I wouldn't mention it. They probably think you'll break down crying when an MD gets pissed at you.

You WILL get chewed out by someone.. Can you even handle that?

Unfortunately, IB is gonna feel a lot like high school again.

Education wants people who have overcome difficulties to create a diverse student body.

Firms want someone smart who can work hard and make them money. They aren't in it for charity. If you tell them you have cancer they won't hire you either. Yeah, they feel bad, but they aren't in the business of feeling bad. If they do charity it's after work or on the weekends, with their own time and their own money. When it's on the clock it's business, and they aren't in the business of helping you out because you were bullied.

I'm curious why you even posted here at all. From now on you just say for financial reasons. There is no such thing as truth in an interview; only partial truths.

Don't mention it. No one likes a crybaby.

If you were a refugee from Liberia or Sierra Leone, mention it.

Mentioning this makes you sound like you're life has been so easy you can't get over being bullied in HS.

Guess what? We have all been bullied one way or another. Suck it up and realize it is just a part of life.

As esbanker mentioned, you're going to get bullied in IB. If someone smells your fear, they will pounce.

100% of your problems were financial. Never speak of the bullying again.

you were dinged because you didn't have the bb.com ranking as a bullet point on your resume

has to be a troll post

^lol nice

LOL what Ed said.

Tough Love. I love it. I concur with the others, never bring that up in an interview.

There are a lot of people here comparing the hierarchy (pecking order if you will) in banking to being bullied in high school. They are not the same - a bully gets pleasure out of the pain of others; an MD may work you to the bone and flip out if (when) you mess something up, but they're yelling at you not because it brings them some sadistic joy but because that's their livelihood and income potentially on the line.

On that note, don't bring up being bullied. It doesn't paint you in a positive light (fair or not) and you want to be demonstrating all your positive attributes you can during an interview, and it's also most likely only going to get you any brownie points with someone else who was bullied a lot. There aren't too many of those in finance.