No RO - Summer in London
Hey, I am wrapping up a summer internship in London in solid BB. I havent ended up with the offer / I am almost certain of that - and consequently will need to re-recruit.
I made one fairly stupid mistake at the beginning of the summer (nothing major tho) and my team has written me off after first two days. Depsite me improving and receiving a solid final feedback (incl. these ppl, they have told me that I am doing a good job as an intern and the mistakes were not major / not my fault - out of courtesy?), and I believe that I have not got along well enough with these ppl / they have not been eager to speak with me throughout the summer. Later, their view apparently spread across the group. I have 5-6 people who I worked with and can genuinely vouch for me (and maybe 2 people who were upset).
For anyone who has been in a similar position, I’d really appreciate any advice on the best way to approach re-recruiting. Should I focus on networking first and then apply through personal referrals, or should I approach it more like summer recruiting and apply broadly while treating networking as secondary?
Many thanks
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It's giving MS
if so, that's definitely a bit weird
Did your work product not speak highly for you throughout the period of the internship? I wouldn't worry too much: unless you actively fucked up a deal (which you shouldn't have as an intern), I wouldn't worry too much about it?
Can't speak too much about it but if final feedback is solid, you should be doing okay? I don't know the RO rate at the bank but you're not expected to be flawless especially at the start.
I also did BB IBD internship but wasn't like this unless you had a lot of exp beforehand?
Yeah, I did have prior experience, so I think that’s exactly why the bar was set higher from day one. Though it’s a bit unfair to expect someone who just joined to be flawless, as you’re still learning the people, the internal tools, and I hadn’t worked in 16-18 months. My previous internships were also in fairly different work areas, so I have been doing that for the first time and it’s not like everything transfers one-to-one.
My mistake was missing a mail which I was expected to start working on immediately, so maybe there is something to it and I should be sharper given my background. Either way, nobody really factors in that you need a few days to get up to speed after a break, in their eyes you’re supposed to be plug and play.
Hmm heavily doubt that would be a make or break in most cases but my team were welcoming considering anything I did was a one off mistake? Acknowledging the issue and demonstrating through weekly feedbacks youve worked on it is a key step to improving but then again, I'm far removed from the process myself.
Always important to start strong and show consistency, then one slip is viewed more favourably in my opinion.
Did you not mention these points to your line manager to explain what had happened and how you worked to resolve these? That's what I would do.
Don't write it off just yet. If your mistake wasn't major they wouldn't have written you off after 2 days. Next course of action will be off cycles, networking less important but still reach out. I
If you don't get the offer, frame it in a way in which people will understand (not a team fit etc, don't say you fucked up something important).
If people don’t want to talk with you that is more likely the bigger issue, if you don’t get an offer. People do get rejected from teams if the fit isn’t there.
Sometimes that can be for the most stupid reason though eg language differences, jealousy etc. so fit isnt always be all and end all
You can be the kindest person in the office, maybe not a social skills machine, but kind and easygoing, not some autistic guy unable of holding a conversation - if people have written you off at the beginning, it can be quite challenging reversing this trend. They won’t even try speaking with you despite your efforts
Depends on your graduation date but push for summer internships and off-cycles. FT will be an uphill battle.
I have friends who didn’t get a RO from a top BB and still managed to secure a SA for the following year at another top BB or low BB/EB so it is definitely not the end of the world
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