Gobuyside - Avoid!
I had a terrible experience with them and do not recommend wasting your time with this group. After speaking with other recruiters, it sounds like they are known for behaving like this. They don't take even a minute to get to know you or figure out what you are looking for and pressure you into taking interviews and moving forward when you do not want to. I recently made it to the 2nd round of an interview process which I declined to proceed further in (just wasn't the right fit for me and was slow responding to him because it was over Christmas break). The CEO sent me this message after I declined:
"You handled the situation unprofessionally. We've placed from your group into a ton of firms - Bain Capital, HIG Capital, Linse Capital, Comvest, Firmament, etc. Never had to deal with such behaviour. You've also been on the market forever so makes sense. I'm sure you'll find some third-tier thing, do two years and then be back on the market five years older than your peers with limited career prospects. Good luck!"
Some people are saying to delete but I say absolutely keep it up on this forum -- fuck people like this that don't treat people like human beings. Most other industries (particularly tech) have embraced name and shame policies when organizations act egregiously and its about time finance does too. SB'ed and hopefully this will become the top search results for GoBuyside on this site so kids in the future know as well.
Tough talk for guy that posted anonymously.
Surely you understand all posts on here are pretty much anonymous? My real name isn’t BoBandy.
Nice try, Bo.
Yeah bro, he should post under his real name here and challenge people to fistfights to show how real he is.
Fuck that guy... he literally works for a recruiter... let that sink in.
Wow. I'd forward the email from the recruiter to the firm you were speaking with. In that email, tell them the role didn't match what you are looking for in the long run. Tell them you wanted to be respectful of their time/resources and prefer to bow out now rather than later in the process.
Then just casually say you weren't happy with the treatment you got from the recruiters and reference the email. I know people will say not to do it, but the opinion of one recruiter doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things (esp. not a Gobuyside one). You're more likely to get a job through knowing someone in your network than through a recruiter these days. They're generally kind of useless and if you're any good, there's 10+ recruiters waiting in line ready to call you and waste your time.