Networking DOES pay off

Allow me to introduce myself: May graduate with a 3.3gpa (3.6 major) from a top 10 public university but definitely not known for its business majors; internship at a well known law firm in the corporate and securities practice group.

Anyway, point of the story is through networking with various IBs and people, I just landed an interview with a decent sized firm.

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Was there a point to this post? We all know networking works. Get someone high enough up to like you, and they can get you an interview.

Congrats on the interview. Better study up, getting an interview means nothing. Getting an offer means everything.

Yeah, I probably shouldn't have posted, but I was just pretty stoked. To be honest, I really didn't think it could work.

 

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