Just got rejected for 5 positions in SocGen's 2024 sophomore summer program, including the Investment Banking offices in Houston, Chicago, and New York, as well as Capital Markets and Financial Analyst.
I think it was my resume that brought me down. Can anyone tell me how I can do better?
Open to constructive criticism for my resume (personal information hidden).
Thank you guys!
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I mean without even reading, formatting is screamingly inconsistent and shitty — major red flag #1 lmao.
Totally agree with you, I updated the way I hide the contents, does it look better now?
Just looking at the dates on the right: one uses a dash while the others use hyphens, one of them is missing a space before the hyphen, you use the first 3 letters for most months but then “Sept” for September…
Did you censor the extracurriculars section to not doxx yourself or is it actually blank on your real resume?
If it’s the latter, it’s no surprise that you got canned. Resumes 101 is minimizing white space, especially if it’s not at the top or bottom of the page.
I actually covered it for privacy, but I re-edited my resume photo so that it looks more understandable, thanks for the input though!
Your work experience seems ridiculously cracked for a sophomore, did you get a first round or superday? If so, I would be looking at other areas of your performance. If not, hot damn it’s just a shit market for recruiting.
Thank you! I didn't receive any first rounds yet because I just applied to 10 sophomore summers and 4 Junior Summers (RBC 2025).
Also did informational interviews with 4 SocGen professionals and attended SocGen's NYU in-person session.
I guess I either pissed an MD off (1% chance) or got out-competed by Ivy kids?
I think this is less on you because this is a strong resume for a sophomore. My only advice is keep reaching out to people and applying for positions.
Things will work out, best of luck!
Gotcha! Thank you so much for the encouragement!
Hey man this is so true, I just realized how my locations don't come in parallel with one another, good call!
The Professional Experience section title isn’t completely underlined. I would probably stop reading after seeing this.
You’ve marked two different positions as “present” which looks wrong. I’m sure I’d spot many other issues if I looked closer.
You're absolutely right, I have actually ended my two internships and should've updated that, thank you for pointing it out!
No, my point is that holding two different internships simultaneously at the same employer makes no sense. delete the search fund position and add more investment banking bullets
The formatting across the board is strange. You define the term "CCaSS" for no reason.
Your interests are boring enough to get you dinged by certain people (lol slide design?!)
Overall, you have a strong profile but this resume is horrendous. i recommend working with a professional editing service
Take out "Stock Pitch" and "Slide Deck Design" lol
NYU is the biggest red flag tbh
your first mistake was applying 5 different positions - shows a lack of interest for one specific group
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