Does this mean I more or less am guaranteed a first round interview?

Hi all,

So at the advice of fellow WSO-ers, I have been cold-emailing alum/random contacts over the past two weeks expressing interest in their firms and trying to set up info interviews.

I've had pretty decent success, and managed to contact two fairly senior people (Managing Director and Director -- whats the difference btw?) at two BBs.

For BB1 I got an email from the recruiter responsible for SA hiring saying that she got my info from the MD, and that I should email my resume to her, as well as apply online, and that I will be contacted "should there be any next steps".

For BB2, the Director asked for me for a resume, then told me to contact a recruiter myself if I had any questions, etc. I just emailed her with some generic questions and am waiting on a response.

My question is -- given that my resume is okay (Top 5 school, ivy target, GPA 3.7, altho no direct finance exp), does this more or less mean that I have first rounds at these banks? They both recruit directly at my school as well.

I know there's no way to tell for sure, but if this is a positive enough sign, then I will probably stop cold-emailing more people from those banks and focus on other ones.

Also -- I haven't had an actual info interview with either of these people yet, and they've been very willing to help me. Goes to show how nice some people at the senior level are!

Anyway, any advice from people with experience is much appreciated!

Thanks.