I've been trying for the past 6 months to get into IB as an analyst--I'm 22 and a year out of college, went to a target school and have a great GPA and credentials. I was premed and was set to go to a top 20 school but for a number of reasons have decided to go the finance route instead. I had a few interviews with BB and top middle market firms and the overwhelming response was that think I would be a great hire but they could not make room for one more person given the markets/economy.
I am going to try and get a few superday interviews for the class of 2012, I can probably get interviews through the connections I've made so far but I want to apply for as many as possible. Am I going to be considered a crappy candidate because I'm out of school? What can I do boost my candidacy aside from networking and getting internal recommends?
Class of 2010, correct?
I graduated in 2010 and now work in academic research at Harvard. But I'm interested in joining the class of 2012 (i.e. starting next August).
why not med school?
too many reasons to type out--Basically I've lost faith in the American Healthcare system and don't think it's a great career path to accomplish what I want to accomplish in life--I was obsessed with putting together a great resume to go to medical school but I never evaluated what it meant to be a doctor, when I did this it became very clear to me that I wasn't prepared to handle the morbidity of death/illness.
Just keep trying. Keep knocking on doors till one of them let you in. The only thing hurts you is that you don't have an experience in banking correct? You might want to consider going back to school for your masters in finance.
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How about unpaid internships for a few months at a boutique for networking and experience to get into the door? If you think your lack of experience is the biggest factor I'd say this would be a great idea. Are you in New York City?
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