What are the best ways to tell if someone is from a non-target in your banking group (e.g., Devry, Bama, Michigan, UT Austin, Brown, non-Wharton Penn, etc.)??
Obviously there’s the distinctive smell and hair distribution but both of those can be masked with modern technology. What are some more subtle signs?
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They post anonymously on WSO about “non-targets” while hiding under a broad firm name. How’re your ECM exit’s looking?
Ooooh passive aggression in response to perceived slights is a great one. I’m adding to my list. Thanks!
Read that post wrong sorry - haha my bad sailor
Their father isn’t a partner or MD in the group
Ability to hold a conversation is a big one I've noticed. Also ability to go multiple days without a phone call to their parents.
Calling bullshit. Them dirty non targets can go whole days without calling their parents ? How do they resolve conflicts with their coworkers, push back on staffings, or line up their exits?
This. Actually enjoyable to talk to is a big tell
Excessive grind mentality while blasting Flatbush Zombies in their wired headphones with a chip on their shoulder striving to be better than ivy silver spoon punks who bang preppy 4s and think their shit doesn't stink. Non-targets have more grit.
Got that dawg in us
Username checks out. Divock was a real hound for pool.
We know how to talk like humans - not some British Royal Family type shit. I feel like we are more socially aware and can connect with more normal ppl (not bankers 24/7). Roll Tide! (Target schools won't get this one)
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They aren’t terrified to talk to females.
lmao
They’re off their parents’ health insurance before they turn 26
As much as they try to fit in, a dirty nontarg is easy to spot if you know what to look for: it’s the little things like being well-liked, having a sense of humor, good EQ, strong work ethic, a life outside the office, etc. If your group has been infiltrated, DO NOT APPROACH. Keep a safe distance and embrace your Ivy League superiority from afar.
Non Targets also have a wardrobe that isn't just university-branded merch
imagine having nothing going on in ur life to the point where ur an analyst and u attempt to make a joke by calling 2 ivies and michigan non-targets.
Congrats on MS wealth management btw you probably also went to like NYU lmfao
Non targets must unite, some transformers type shit
Lmao these cats acting like the chill fratty nontargets are the ones getting into banking. News Flash: the hot SAE guys don’t have 4.0 GPAs or know what a “Moelis” is
Nice try, phi alpha bud
Really easy tell. Usually don't constantly remind you where they went to school..
But how will you know I’m better than you if I don’t tell you I went to school in Cambridge? I need you to know I’m better than you because I went to school in Cambridge (and didn’t go to MIT 😉).
OP getting crushed on this thread lol. Touch grass douche bag
Still got the same job as u ;)
I have heard that a lot of Ivy kids have poorly formatted resumes.
We get laid
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