MD ignored my emails but got hired by his boss
I got a summer internship on the trading floor. I got a tour on the trading floor this week and I saw one of the MD who ignored my emails. To make it worst I spoke with him before and he started ignoring my emails after inquiring about the summer internship. The MD (who is not my boss) will sit across me and I am not sure how to go about it when I am introduced to him,
I feel like I will be in an awkward position. Any tips would help?
Don't make it awkward and act like it never happened... You can't conclude that he was ignoring you. The one worst thing you can do in this industry and assume and make the work environment awkward for yourself and to everyone else around you. You need toughen up if you want to last in this industry.
He probably doesn’t even remember it. As others have said, he probably gets hundreds of kids emailing him. It’s pretty easy to see an email, think “I’m busy I’ll respond to this when I have time” and totally forget because you have a million things going on.
If you introduce yourself (and you haven’t met him in-person, but spoke to him over the phone), after getting the names out of the way, you could say “I’m not sure if you remember me, but we spoke over the phone and you provided me with some really helpful advice on XYZ...”. Essentially, be friendly and don’t make it awkward.
A lot of people here offered a great perspective on this. I will keep this in mind when it feels like i'm emailing into the abyss.