Fluke?

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I did well with OCR. I got a little over 15 interviews in total. I had a range of different firms from solid buy side opportunities, a lot of MM banks, and solid boutiques (a step below Evercore, Lazard, Moelis). I only got one BB interview for some reason but the BB was solid.

I went through the first week of recruiting and had about 5 interviews. The BB got back to me very quick - I went to the superday, got an offer, and accepted.

I felt great at the time. I had gotten accepted an offer with a great bank.

However, the next week I heard back from the other 4 interviews I had, and I didn't get a single other second round invitation. I fucked up 2 of those interviews to varying degrees (one I bombed, the other I made a slight error in a technical). The other 2, though, I felt like were good interviews.

I am really happy with my offer, but I keep thinking "how did I get an offer with a BB if I couldn't even get second rounds with smaller banks?"

Was my offer a fluke? Am I just over thinking this?

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lol...not sure if srs

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haha long time lurker and decides to make an account for this...

move on everything else is irrelevant, congrats on the offer!

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What was the technical you messed up on, btw?

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Personality is more important at smaller places. So maybe they just liked others better, whereas at the bob the just thought you are a qualified candidate but they didn't actually consider working with you.

 
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