Dealing with depression and insomnia after unsuccessful IB recruitment

To me it seems like you were unfit, both personally and technically.

This sounds too autistic to be satire

Sounds like you were too lazy or dumb or awkward to figure it all out. 5 superdays with no offers is quite the achievement. Gotta know when it’s time to hang em up and move on. If you couldn’t hack the technicals at this level then sorry dude it wasn’t meant to be. There are great careers to be had in corporate life. Hope you find your fit

go get laid jfc

So just to confirm, you made a sexual joke during a job interview??

This shit is your fault my boy😭😭😭

Seems like you have more excitement to network than actually put in the work to do well in these processes

Had a final round at an EB where the interviewer asked me a question I had gotten at a previous interview at Centerview. I got the answer wrong during the centerview interview and they were super nice and corrected me, and i even searched up the answer on this forum to better understand it and confirmed they were correct so lesson learned. Fast forward to this superday i had a couple weeks ago and i get the same question and i answer it confidently only to be told that I was wrong and that it was an "easy" question. Nailed all the other interviews but was flustered after the question. I feel it man i felt like it was my final shot and blew it cuz i couldnt explain my thinking. it is what it is. Just gotta keep ur head up

Just become a seal, do that for 5 years then apply as an associate. I don’t see any other viable path for you to break in to be honest. You seem weak, not even sure you’ll pass day 1 of seal training so preparing for that is also indeed a gamble

Assuming you are not a troll which doesn't seem like it, I think one of the replies made a very good point, you are definitely good at networking to land all these interviews but maybe not fit for ibd. I think you should consider careers that require you to be less technical/ formal like maybe pb or sales, you may do well.

If this isn't a troll post, I genuinely feel bad for you man. I have a buddy who had 7 different banks he interviewed at and didn't get to Superdays for any of them, so at least you were able to pass first rounds. I would try to focus on what you can do in the short to medium term to best set yourself up for success.

Think about how you can possibly delay graduation for another shot at the summer recruiting cycle or to access off-cycle opportunities. Otherwise, look at adjacent roles that you can lateral into IB later on, like Big 4 Transaction Services, S&T, Corporate Banking, etc.

As well, dial in on mock interviews and really make sure that you have peers that can give you honest feedback as that's much lower stakes than actual Superdays and whatnot. Best of luck man!

The only thing impressive about the math you put together is that it’s incorrect

The fact that this is satire and nobody’s noticed is killing me lmfao

No offense but if you got 11 interviews in banking and got nothing, you really need to work on your personality. Even then, I am confused on how you managed to get 11 interviews because most friends I know at a target school got about 4-5 interview invites. This seems like a troll post.

if this isn't bait then it's amazing you can have the networking skill to get that many interviews while still lacking the personality to pass any of them

I think the real issue here is past trauma and a lack of self-esteem. What has conditioned you to believe your sense of worth is tied to your career success? This is something you really have to look into if you want to get better.

You say you can't sleep at night and that you're "always going to be less respected by your friends who all have way better offers lined up." I don't think the issue here is that you are dumb or awkward or whatever. You have certainly done dumb and awkward things and fucked up a lot, but the real issue here is a sense of insecurity. Look within yourself and heal man. Do not try to brute force this and go interview after interview 

I know a lot of people are shitting on this guy and I feel bad because he already put a lot of work in and didn’t get the outcome he wanted. I wish him the best.

Seems like a troll post but I’ll bite. No one cares about what bank you got into. Things change, you could end up hating it so don’t put too much stock into “what could have been”. I know it’s tough to see this at your age but it’s just a job. This MM firm could have a better lifestyle than BB firms and it could end up being a great fit. You can always move up market into IB.
 

I do think you should get out, relax, and make some friends. The way you wrote this post initially made me laugh because I thought this was legit troll post but I’m realizing it’s not. You came into these interviews being unauthentic and people can see through that. Shake hands, smile, and listen. Focused and present, you would’ve gotten through. 

im sorry man but those mistakes are fucking brutal lol

I just wanna know what the joke you told was

I just wanna know what the joke you told was?

I just wanna know what the joke you told was

I just wanna know what the joke you told was

I just wanna know what the joke you told was

I just wanna know what the joke you told was

I just wanna know what the joke you told was

I just wanna know what the joke you told was

guys I think he wants to know what the joke you told was

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shees, those banks def dodged a bullet

keep pushing and never give up! 

let me share a success story. 

a mentor of mine came from a rural town, was a special needs student, had abusive parents, came from poverty, and a broken family life. with no money and lackluster HS grades, he went to community college, worked hard, and transferred to a t20 target school, where he was able to graduate with 0 loans bc of need based finaid. worked hard there and placed well, but then he hit roadblocks. for example, coming from the background he did, he knew nothing about finance before going to college, so his early IBD/PE interviews were massive disasters, with a GS VP even going as far as to discourage him from going into finance. 

brushing off those failures, he worked hard to place SA at a EB/BB, but did not get the FT offer from his junior yr SA IB firm, and had to start elsewhere after college, a complete no-name LMM boutique, before lateralling to an EB.

going from IB --> PE, he did not place where he wanted and took some time off to reflect, before trying again and placing at a UMM PE firm. he's now looking to go to a SM HF (Tiger Cub/Baupost/Farallon/Activist/etc.), and the man's resilience and character are absolutely admirable and god level traits. honestly, I think it's people like him who will go on to do great things in life and be there to help others in need when they face similar struggles. have an insane amount of respect for said person. 

ik for a fact that he suffers from severe ptsd (to be real, no one walks away from that kind of shitty ass upbringing and becomes a "normal person" by wall street standards), but he counters it by getting involved in and donating to NYC organizations that try to solve child abuse and poverty issues. even with his demanding work schedule and many roadblocks he faced, he still powers through them like the terminator and makes time to get involved in things that matter to him. this guy is my superhero and i seriously hope he runs wall street one day.

none of the above would have been possible if he didn't work as hard as he did, pushing through his early career failures, and even when he did not get the FT offer from his junior yr IB shop, he still persevered to start elsewhere and lateral somewhere better. he does often joke that at his junior yr EB/BB, he was a bottom bucket intern who made many careless mistakes, but never let any of it get to his head or heart.

ps. he’s getting married soon, and IMO, anyone would truly be lucky to call him “dad”.

Based on some of your outline, have you considered running for president? 

Well one, it sounds like you effed up every interview. 2 you’d be experiencing the same insomnia and depression as an analyst. Don’t forget this isn’t the only way to make wealth. It’s arguably not even a good one

Well one, it sounds like you effed up every interview. 2 you’d be experiencing the same insomnia and depression as an analyst. Don’t forget this isn’t the only way to make wealth. It’s arguably not even a good one

Well one, it sounds like you effed up every interview. 2 you’d be experiencing the same insomnia and depression as an analyst. Don’t forget this isn’t the only way to make wealth. It’s arguably not even a good one

Well one, it sounds like you effed up every interview. 2 you’d be experiencing the same insomnia and depression as an analyst. Don’t forget this isn’t the only way to make wealth. It’s arguably not even a good one

Your issues sound like you have an amazing resume and networking abilities, but you suck at interviewing. The fact that you got so many interviews tells me that you’re qualified on paper. You really need to work on mocking with friends who’ve made it in the industry. They will call out the mistakes for making that you probably don’t even know you’re making. Do you understand? I would take a pause and recruitment maybe delay graduation if you can and really hustle on mocking. They need to assess everything. Your story, technicals and everything else. Not to mention the way you’re answering your questions too.

Dude based on how your interviews went you’re lucky you got an offer at all. I would seriously try to work on your personality because that’s what must have killed you. They ask different questions but these interviewers must have all thought “damn this kid is fucking weird”. Just try to keep this job and chill out a little man. It’s not important at all where you start, what matters is personal growth and learning how to be value-add. You’ll be a net negative for months if not an entire year while you learn the job. Seriously though, fuck some girls, have a beer, relax. You will be more bearable. Stop scaring the hoes.

Respectfully dude, if this isn’t satire, you need to learn to stand on business. You shouldn’t be losing sleep over the fact that you didn’t get into a BB or EB, an MM is fine. If your friends don’t respect you, or look down on you because of the fact that most of them are at BBs or EBs as you say, then they are probably losers. Making your whole life about IB/prestige in IB is pathetic. There are many high finance roles that are important. Workout/exercise, indulge in your personal interests, take care of yourself, and get some bitches.

You messed up these interviews because you didn’t believe in yourself and fell victim to imposter syndrome. Stop worrying about the pointless semantics that go into some of this shit, and actually learn about what you do on the job and what specific roles and tasks are, and talk about that. Outside of that just act normal and talk about yourself.

Why not delay grad, you know ur mistakes

If this isn't satire, OP, think of it this way.

From what I'm reading, you seem clearly unqualfied for the job: low social & emotional intelligence, weak on technicals, very poor attention to details (messing up the name of the bank you're interviewing at, really?), unable to handle stressful situations, etc.

I'm sorry to break it to you, but if by a miracle you had landed a job at a BB or EB, you woudn't have lasted much longer than a month or two. Very poor performers are spotted pretty fast and aren't kept around for two years. I'm 100% confident that you would have been let go before Christmas.

Sorry for maybe being harsh but it seems like you needed to hear the truth. I genuinely hope it helps you move on.

I thought this was satire until I looked at OP’s post history.

Yeah, you shouldn’t be in IB OP.