Chances of landing job at MS, with strong connection, but shit resume.
A lot of people are probably going to rip me on here I'm cool with that, I probably deserve it. Just want honest opinions. Let me just start by saying Im graduating from a non target school this May with a bachelors in business administration. My GPA is 2.5-2.7, no internships to speak of, and no work related jobs. (Yes I know its bad), I didn't give a shit in college (beer & chicks) and really had no idea wtf i wanted to do with my life. I'm no genius, but I'm not brain dead. I'm a quick learner and work hard when I want something.
Luckily I was a great golf caddy for the complex manager and ED at MS in NYC who seem to really like me and want to help me out. After talking with they got me in contact with the HR hiring lady at the office, I sent her my crap resume with a cover letter and she emailed me back saying that she wants to interview me 6 weeks before graduation.
I'm not really sure yet what I'm interviewing for yet. After talking to ED I'm close with he said he wants to get me working with a good team in the building I'm guessing analyst? he told me to stay the hell away from FAA program. But he made it sound like whatever the job will be it will be a good entry level job to get me started.
This seems like it can be a really good opportunity. Recently I've been getting my shit together since the real world is about to hit me fast. I had no idea exactly what field of work I wanted to get into but when I found out about this, I have devoted my time to learning everything I can about finance, IB, trading, etc..
Do I have a chance with my poor resume to get a job offer if I do well on the interview? Or when they dig into my resume and see no experience and bad GPA will they just send me home.
Im doing all the reading and studying I can to prepare for the interview. I have great sales and customer service skills, are there any jobs to look into at MS that would utilize those skills vs quantitative finance skills? which seems what an analyst is. I'm confident that I can learn all the concepts. But taking 18 credits this semester, working full time, I'm nervous about the quantitative interview questions are going to be tough to fully grasp an understanding of the concepts in less than 2 months.
I know people are going to think I don't even deserve a chance to interview and all but this is the opportunity I have in front of me and I want to do all I can to land this job. . Any advice, guidance, thoughts would be appreciative. I've been reading and learning a whole lot from this site but still have a ways to go. Thanks.
Bro you got the interview - kill the freaking interview study all the technical and interview questions you can.
Getting the interview is where the gpa kills the most. Much less of a factor once you've gotten it. What group is the ED in? Whatever it is, I'd start learning a lot about it and expressing great interest in it BC with your resume you're likely going to need someone really going to bat for you. It becomes much easier if he's able to say, "I want him on my team."
Thanks for the help, the thing is I don't believe that I will be apart of his team. He works with his small group with only one analyst, only about 4 people total i think. Very successful though. I believe he specializes in mostly retirement portfolios. Seems like he has a lot of pull in the building tho and he's been there a long time so I'm sure he can help me by telling other MD, EDs that I'm a hard worker and such. I'm hoping knowing the complex manager will help too and put in a good word for me, he knows who I am just not as close of a personal relationship as the ED.
It seems like most of the groups on the floor are FA groups. Would starting as a CSA be a decent plan to learn the ropes, get licensed, FA is something I would eventually be interested in.
Congrats btw, I wish you the best of luck. Devote your time to interview prep as well as networking with more people at MS so when you do go in you're a familiar face already.
This is doable.
this sounds like PWM (complex manager is a PWM term), GPA doesn't matter. kill the interview, you'll be fine.
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