I recently graduated from a top 10 university but was unable to get a FT job. I landed a phone interview and was asked why I didn't have a job yet and was completely stumped. I tried to spin it in by saying that I hadn't yet found a match with a firm yet but was stumbling all over the place.
Does anyone have any advice on how to tackle a question like this? Thanks!
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really?
yes, really.
You should probably give us the real reason so we can help you spin it. Did you interview on campus, intern anywhere, or search early in your senior year?
Or were you fucking off and waiting until you got back from a trip to start your search? He probably figured you had an internship and wants to know why you either didnt get an offer or didnt take it.
I did an IB internship my junior summer at a boutique (they weren't looking to hire any ft analysts). And unfortunately, there was very limited finance recruiting on campus so I had to try and reach out to alumni/apply through banks career sites.
Well it's weird you say Top Ten school but there was no on campus recruiting. That sounds funny. Is this a top ten lib arts school? Or did less companies come on campus than in the past because of the market?
Anyway tell them you interned but due to market conditions they didnt keep ANY interns after the summer and so you've been applying but the market is tough right now (it is) and you re hoping to get in front of someone to discuss this role because you're very interested in learning more and possibly contributing to the team.
We didn't have a ug finance major =\ . And yeah, a lot less companies came onto campus.
I was thinking about saying that as well, but thought it sounded a bit weak? Thanks for the input though, I appreciate it.
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