How to get past superday

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0/4 on Superdays at Elite boutiques so far and I know that only 10% of people who get the superday end up with the offer. My problem is that I haven;t be able to connect with the interviewer on a personal level whether that's analyst or associate or VP and MD. I was wondering how you guys with offers were able to connect with your interviewer - is it simply just the tone and inflection in your voice?

Also got grilled on my why banking at Guggenheim.

burnman · Accepted Answer

He's not wrong. 30-50% is very high; most of the time it's closer to 10. But it depends mostly on the round. If you go super early for a target (or diversity) there are more spots left and better conversion rates. If you go in a later non-target round or sophomore SA round then conversion is a lot lower as there is a full capacity of superday interviewees fighting for a very small number of spots.

It's hard to say what gets kids through the funnel because by this time you're usually splitting hairs and every candidate is great.

robert139 · Answer

super days are about being sociable and likeable. Everyone at the super day has the resume/technical knowledge to land the job, and the super day is about finding someone they want to work with for 100 hours a week. I have some very smart friends who know an insane amount of technical stuff but went 0/10 on super days because they are just awkward goobers.

HardessGal · Answer

It really seems like the problem is that you’re not coming across as personable enough, so give the following a try:

1) The final part of the interview when you get to ask questions is when you have a chance to shine. People love talking about themselves and about what they enjoy / are good at doing. Formulate your questions accordingly. For instance, ask them to tell you about their ‘favourite’ transaction / the transaction they ‘enjoyed’ the most working on - instead of the ‘most interesting’ transaction. Ask them about the favourite part of their day.

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