(Junior looking for SA)
I was very lucky to have info interview with this guy who is the head of xxxxxx group at GS/JPM/MS. Great guy, we go along very well, remarks "impressive resume," and the call ends on a good note. I send him a thank you letter and he replies back well wishing me.
Few weeks/months down the line I send him an email asking about how I could position myself to get interviews at his firm. No response. Its been three days now.
What went wrong? Should I send him an email again?
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You can not determine anything after three days. Give him 10 days and then contact him again.
Agreed with the above. Three days waiting for a response is no time at all, especially when put into the perspective of group head at a major bank. Literally all these guys get all day are emails, from clients, lawyers, internal admin work, other bankers, prospective clients, charities, let alone any family or friends they might have. You can imagine that unfortunately a networking email from a college junior would rank pretty low on the priority list.
I would also recommend waiting 10-14 days before sending a follow up.
Nothing went wrong, this happens all the time. Move on, and don't throw all your eggs in one basket. And by move on, contact him again in a few days time.
I get too many emails every day and I don't even have a real job at the moment. Unless the guy is close family don't break him balls and quit worrying. He will get back when he has the time. There is a chance that he just didnt open the email. Thats why you always send read response emails on these types of emails. Heed the above advice and wait at least a week and a half before sending a follow up email.
How does one send a read response email? I wasn't aware any of the major emails (Gmail/Hotmail) supported this feature.
E-mail him a follow-up Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning. Don't want to get mixed in w/ the crazy Monday morning and it will show you are persistent.
I wouldn't send a read response email to him
There is a way you can send it where it doesn't show the recipient that you have. It makes sense to do this because bankers are busy and can easily gloss over your email and not answer because they never saw it.
Follow up. I followed up four time before I got anywhere. When I finally got the position he told me it's not that he didn't want to help it was just that he was busy and kept forgetting. Heck they will sometimes even respond and say "i will introduce you to Ms. XXXX" and never do because they are busy.
I say followup Monday afternoon and call thursday afternoon and leave a message if he doesn't pick up.
Email ends up list easily with bankers. If you got his phone number try giving him a call. To do well in banking you must be comfortable picking up the phone and calling.
Glad I got monkey shit for my post which everyone agreed with...............
Not sure who gave you a monkey shit but I just gave you a SB to balance it.
I'm calling troll. If not are you serious dude 3 days! People are busy and responding to you email won't make him the firm's next rainmaker. And no don't email him again after 3 days
Stay positive. I'd wait 14 days before contacting him again.
All of the above are true, and I want to stress one point: whatever you think is a lot of emails, multiply it by 50 and that's how many he's getting. At least.
One thing I've done in the past after waiting at least 7-10 days with no response is to forward my sent email to him. I.e. forward your previously sent follow-up to him with another follow-up on top.
This has a twofold advantage. It allows him to recall who you are immediately (by scrolling down through the thread) as well as showing you emailed him before, which conveys enthusisam assuming you waited long enough.
Stay positive and keep reminding yourself what he said on the phone.
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