Just to throw in some context, I am heading into my junior year at a Canadian target.. Since exams Ive been meeting with many analysts/associates, and conversations tend to be pretty relaxed and surrounding their experiences during recruitment, how they best positioned themselves, blah, blah..I have been given the names of some VPs that will be conducting first-round interviews for my school and want to begin reaching out to them hopefully a bit later in the summer.
Any advice on how I should try and structure my conversations with these guys? Should I try and do a bit more research about their group and try to impress them with my knowledge? Or do you reckon Im better suited asking them as many questions as I can, similar to the ones I have been asking juniors at these banks???
Any advice is appreciated!
Step 1: Realize you are not going to impress them with "your knowledge". They know much more than you. Step 2: Show genuine interest in who they are/ what they do. Have a natural conversation that doesn't make you seem like some robotic nerd. Focus more on actually trying to establish relationships with people rather than just talking to people for the sake of talking to people in hopes of getting a job.