I see a lot of talk about diversity hires. I’m just wondering how much easier it is being a diversity hire, is it really that much easier like people make it seem? Or is it just a meme?
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It is definitely easier to recruit, but not as easy as the disgruntled students on here make it seem.
It depends on your perspective. It’s easier to get hired than historically but still may not be easier.
Simple math would be if a firm is 10% diverse trying to get to 20% diverse, there will be twice as many diversity hires than history. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that depending on definition, diversity could be 75% of the total population in which case it’s still harder for a diverse person to be hired than a non-diverse person.
Was this post written by a diversity hire?
Nope just wondering about all the comments I see when it comes to diversity hires
Lol. This is your competition for diversity recruiting @OP
It's quite easy as long as you can breathe
I helped a kid through his diversity pipeline. Dude had no finance background and got a harder interview than I did, and I had a strong finance backhground. I know girl who went through a women's program at BofA, and she told me her interview was super easy and non-technical. I think it depends on the bank and on the interviewer, but in general, I would say diversity interviews are easier.
It is generally less technical, at least at DB/Citi/Barclays
I participated in diversity interviews at my bank (bb) and was told by management we could not ask technicals. Fit based and "why ib" type questions only.
I do diversity interviews at my bank and we are told to not ask technicals to diversity candidates. Take that as you will
What type of bank?
My bank made offer without any formal super day. Also confirming above no actual technicals.
Also at mba level they are given multiple bites at the apple. As in, interview early, and if doesn’t go well they can get back in line and do it all over again.
Which bank?
What firm?
EB still ask hard technicals, and so do PE firms. Diversity haters stay hating
Because there's enough diversity applicants for them to be picky. BBs or MMs will take any diversity with a pulse though
I was at a diversity event where I got my BofA SA offer. There was a girl I met there who had a 6 page resume. 6. Fucking. Pages. Formatting was some basic generated report like an unofficial school transcript. I stg her hirevue must have been digital gold
Honestly made me think diversity recruiting was a joke.
Interview was also non-technical.
I can share my experience as former captain of our school's recruiting team. Diversity recruiting is among the easiest processes possible due to (1) easier interviews as mandated by HR (2) ability to interview multiple times (3) generally lower quality candidates in diversity pipeline relative to standard
Anyone who tries to peddle the idea that diversity recruiting is not laughably easy is a diversity hire coping
It really just depends on each firm. I’ve had diversity interviews that have been extremely technical ( EB / HF / ER) and then no technical purely behavioral ( BBs).
False. I went through recruiting with a sibling. Similar resume and background. We would compare interview Qs(since we interviewed at a lot of the same places) and my questions were materially harder than hers… we both interviewed at MM HF, MF PE and EB/BBs
Cuz she was diversity as well dumbass
I was at an AC with this diversity guy and during the group exercise he basically offered nothing. Had zero energy to contribute to discussion and only said anything when the hardos of the group who took charge kept asking if he had any thoughts or opinions as he obviously hadn't spoken much. The stuff he did say was completely surface level.
I was chatting with him after about recruiting and he was saying how he was super laid back with recruiting, just applied when he could be bothered etc and didn't put that much effort in. I compared that with myself and my peers who were super on it from the start, had prepped everything out and applied early and put a lot of time and energy into every step of the process.
This guy is obviously not gonna make the cut I thought to myself.
Fast forward a month, and this guy is one of a few who have been given offers so far, with the vast majority having been kept on waitlist.
What pisses me off about diversity is how blatantly incorrect it is.
At an internship at a top BB in London, had some clown MD make a speech about how great it is that the internship class actually reflects demographics wider society.
This internship class was maybe 30% white and the UK is 85% white
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