No return offer- am I fucked?

So I didn’t get a return offer from my SA. The MD left it as “I’m sorry we hired too many interns”. He offered to give me a reference along with analysts.

How fucked am I for FT recruiting? I have around a 3.0 from a non target school (it’s bad Ik) plus another ib internship from sophomore year.

I really think I want to stay in Ib as I enjoyed my time and received great feedback especially about my work product. Is there other options that I should be considering like taking another SA?

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Feel u bro. No return from BB unfortunately and this market isn't looking great. Feel like I'll have to go multiple levels down to even have a chance of landing an offer. Keep me updated

 

Same haha. I feel like usually there are more posts complaining about not getting returns and this year there's like none for some reason. Market absolutely blows rn, and I'm struggling to hear anything despite my SA being at a BB in a decent group. If I have to do Big 4 deal advisory or some shit, I may as well just kill myself

 

“He who has a why can bear any how”

Your gonna have to have a huge why to get to a decent/good bank for FT. A 3.0 GPA from a non-target is a fine GPA, but for IB it’s not good enough. I’d agree with the guy who talked about regional boutiques.

It’s a real shame because if you had a 3.5 you would be fine, could easily sell in interviews that a lot of people didn’t get returns (which is true)

Nonetheless, you still have to keep trying. Start networking at hella mid-markets rn. You never know what’s gonna happen. Obvi you have a small chance but it’s not non-existent. You have two IB internships under your belt, focus on that.

Good luck

 

Analysts and associates had great things to say about my work ethic, work quality and responsiveness.

Where I got dinged was the intern presentations which I didn’t get to spend as much time on as others. The few who got returns (saw around 10% on here) had very little deal work and could spend the entire day doing said presentations. Is there anyway to explain this to interviewers? Will having references even do anything?

 
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was same boat as you, also didn't receive RO from hl/jeff this year. was able to land at a diff mm bank this month. i know you probably don't want to hear this from someone the same age as you but you do just gotta keep looking for openings and stsaying sharp, i had a friend who didnt get RO at a low mm firm recruit and get a ft offer in april right before he graduated

 

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