Awkward Career Fair/Networking Stories
Undergoing recruitment is a very stressful process and one term that is constantly thrown at your face is "networking". With the pressure to network, students attend career fairs and networking sessions in hopes of getting that dream connection that finally lands their resume in the "yes" pile (or not). But like everything in life, networking never goes smoothly all the time.
With career fairs and networking sessions well under way at most universities, what are some awkward/embarrassing stories that you have heard of or even experienced while attending these events?
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I had a kid who interned at BAML, I asked him if he was thinking about returning FT and if so, when did he have to decide by. He gave me a date of 10 days ago, so I said "Oh, so you declined it?" and he responded "No, I accepted it." He also mentioned that he knew my roommate, who was FT in the program he interned for.
We dinged him and I'm pretty sure BAML took away his offer.
After finally deciding that I was going to pursue a career in Business, I met with my academic adviser, spoke with a few professors and hurriedly went to catch the last few hours left of our school career fair.
Dressed in suit and tie, I was nervous but excited at the same time. As I entered the school gym, I saw a bunch of students wearing shorts and flip flops. I thought "am I in the wrong building?". Sad to say, no I was not.
I looked around and the only "big name" company was... Panda Express - Seeking Store Managers!
Needless to say, that was when I truly learned what "Non-Target University" meant.
I was not only embarrassed but ashamed of myself...
Good thing it all worked out in the end =)
I had a kid asking me (working full-time) whether I know other interesting firms that I should apply.
One year my uni had a networking event where all the big names from IB, Consulting and other prop firms etc were there. I went with a few friends that are all keen and knowledgable, accompanied by another friend that's just there 'to check it out'.
I was speaking to a BAML associate (IBD maybe metals mining), was having a great chat.
My friend that wasn't so knowledgable walked by us and naturally I introduced him to the BAML associate.
First Question he asked: "Does your job involve a lot of finance?"
still laughing thinking about it now. The associate was VERY kind and patient haha.
Once I was at a networking event for OCR. I asked one of the associates when they were sending out interview invites and he answered that they sent them out two days ago. It kind of of got awkward after that as I had not received an interview invite.
Recruiter: "Good luck with recruiting!" Me: "You too"
At an IB networking session at my school, some dude from UBS was talking to my friend and me basically about how he played college ball, broke in from a non target, etc. Next thing some blonde girl walks up to him, interrupts and says: "So what kind of finance do you plan on doing at your job?"
I couldn't stop laughing haha
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