Hello WSO Community,
I'm currently a rising senior at a non-target (think Marist, Bryant, UVM, and Syracuse), and I was wondering if anyone could tell me if I have a competitive standing for an interview at a boutique/ middle market investment bank, based on my resume? The geographic area that I am looking for is in New York City. Also, I am not looking to apply for the "elite" boutiques, more so for the small 50-250 employee shop. Perhaps a ranking of 1-10 if possible? With 10 being the strongest resume. In addition, just to clarify for my capital markets internship I interned with a boutique investment bank. I understand that 2013 will be an extremely tough recruiting season for IB, which is why I want to gauge my current stance and competitiveness. Thank you for your time.
Oh dear. Didn't you read the comments the last time you posted your resume.. Keep your GPA consistent please (up to 2 dec points only).. Its so annoying to read, in fact just round it up to 3.7 or keep them both at 3.64. A 3.64 and a 3.64111 is the same thing so stop with the fifth decimal places. Change the date underneath your university to the expected graduation. To much dates going on its confusing.
Ill give your resume a 6. It doesn't strike out as super impressive in that you will for sure get interviews, but its good enough to get some imo. If you're going for the regional boutiques in NY you might have to do a cold call or cold email an alum that works there if they don't post anything on the website. Good luck.
Btw, you didn't get handed a ft offfer?
No I didn't I a FT offer. The firm unfortunately is struggling as it is. It has a total of 4 traders, who handle institutional and retail. Then the firm underwrites ETFs and closed end funds, as well as execute PIPE deal orders, from a couple of M&A firms. I got a decent amount of experience, however it is not enough to understand M&A or even PIPEs.
[quote=hopefulinvestmentbanker]Hello WSO Community,
I'm currently a rising senior at a non-target (think Marist, Bryant, UVM, and Syracuse), and I was wondering if anyone could tell me if I have a competitive standing for an interview at a boutique/ middle market investment bank, based on my resume? The geographic area that I am looking for is in New York City. Also, I am not looking to apply for the "elite" boutiques, more so for the small 50-250 employee shop. Perhaps a ranking of 1-10 if possible? With 10 being the strongest resume. In addition, just to clarify for my capital markets internship I interned with a boutique investment bank. I understand that 2013 will be an extremely tough recruiting season for IB, which is why I want to gauge my current stance and competitiveness. Thank you for your time.
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Small isn't going to be 50-250, small is closer to 10-50, just fyi.
Thank you very much. I greatly appreciate the comments. I will edit the GPA rounding
You've actually read "The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities" from cover to cover?
Kudos to you, it's been sitting in the trunk of my car for 6 months and I cant bring myself to read it.
Yes I did read it all of it. I read it a year ago, and I'm surprised I still remember a decent amount lol. I would advise to read it through small portions.
i'm in a similar boat to you, so maybe i'm not the best person to take advice from, but that being said: the academic interests section seems unnecessary/awkward to me. I've never seen people list related books they've read on a resume, just illustrate that knowledge during the interviews
I based this idea on the advice from my father, who is currently a MD at Citigroup. Apparently one of my father's buddies at Goldman applied for a derivatives trading job, and was competing against M7 mba's. This individual had a degree from Wharton. What got him the job was the fact that he read John C. Hull's "Options, Futures, and Derivatives" and mentioned it during the interview.
Right, but it would sound less awkward and pretentious to mention during an interview while talking about the subject matter "According to an Options & Derivatives book I read by John C. Hull blah blah blah" than to put on a resume "Hey! Look at all these books I read! I'm smart, hire me!"
Dude, if your father is an MD at Citi why don't you just ask him for an internship or abuse his contacts. No shame brother!
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