Hi everyone, so I got an offer at a BB, but wanna ask other firms to see if they can move up their process for me. How should I structure these emails? How many connections should I reach out to at each bank?
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Do you already have upcoming interviews at these banks? If so that is fairly easy, most firms will ask you whether or not you have any deadlines or other interviews. They are usually pretty accommodating in moving things around so I would just reach out to the recruiter.
If you aren’t in a process with any of these banks it’s a bit tough, as you don’t even know if they want to interview you. If you have connections/network at the firm you could mention it in a call (ask about the timing of their recruiting process, talk about how you are very interested and are currently in another process and are wondering if the bank does accelerated interviews for anyone with a faster timeline).
Thanks theATL> Process hasn't begun, but very strong connections. For example Associate said, "if for whatever reason you don't get a first round, contact me, and I'll fix that for you." I guess what I'm asking for advice on is a bit more granular, how do I phrase the email, what subject would I use and such.
If the associate said that in an email, I would reply to the associate and thank them, and say you’ve started your process at a few places and are at the end of the process with another bank and that you really enjoyed talking to him/her, really like that firm, etc and that you want to know if there is any way to have an accelerated process if they think your resume is a good fit for the bank because you are excited at the opportunity to work there, etc.
Basically, don’t be demanding, just let them know what is going on and that you really like their firm and that if they think you’d be a good fit you’d love to be able to have interviews and conversations because you don’t want to miss out on a potential opportunity there.
There is always a risk with stuff like this, but other than that your options are to accept current offer or take the risk that you’ll get another one (I would never recommend signing and continuing to interview). Firms and employees know this, they understand that nothing is a sure thing and that with all the uncertainty it would be a bit crazy not to take an opportunity if you have it. Just make sure that you are talking about similar firms, which it sounds like you are since it is a BB (not, hey I got a job at a 2 person firm where I’ll most likely be a babysitter to the founders children but I rather work at Goldman, any chance you can accelerate the process?).
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