Digned or still a chance?

Fellow monkeys,

I had a weekend trip recently and had 5 informational interviews arranged. Once of them mutated in a real one: I drop by the office and ask a reception girl to give a call to the banker and tell him that I am waiting downstairs (we agreed to grab a coffee). Instead, she asks my name and gives me the badge, saying "They asked you to go upstairs".

I take the elevator, go up and meet the MD. He has like 10 mins and asks to quickly pitch myself. I assemble my story in a 2-minutes speech mainly emphasizing soft skills and how easy it would be to work with me. The rest was a standard mix of "attention to detail", "strong passion for finance" etc. Then he says they have an AC in a week or two and that the analyst will come to interview me.

The Analyst comes, tells a lot about the team, we have some fit questions and generally I end the interview with a feeling that I was blessed by the god that day.

After a weekend, I get an e-mail with rejection, a standard one (like I got from the other bank when failing to get invited for the 1st round).

So I doubt whether this e-mail is a consequence of me fucking up that interview or just that sudden interview has no connection with this and I have my shot on that team.

Please advice on the matter.

 

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