Graduating seniors,
How's full-time recruiting going for all of you guys? Do you guys feel that recruiting this year was more difficult than last year?
Would love to hear your guys' thoughts.
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Fucking brutal but not impossible
I have been recruiting for a while now, and I just feel dead inside. I do not want to see anyone, including my friends and family. I have been preparing a lot and I feel like it’s not working. I am praying that I get an offer soon. I want this shit to be over. I am so tired.
Op here. In the same situation as you guys. Reached out to some contacts at some places but was ghosted or mentioned that they had hiring freezes in place. Did you guys receive any offers yet? What's your guys' plan - focusing solely on IBD or trying to cast a wider net for other roles as well at this point?
Grinded day and night as soon as the internship ended and found out I had no return. Sacrificed my grades, didn’t go out, gf even broke up with me bc I didn’t have time to see her (got her back now). Finally got an offer at a no name shop doing quasi-IB debt stuff around Halloween after doing anywhere between 1-4 interviews a week since august and dozens of networking calls. Was applying for everything even remotely related to IB, Corp banking, TAS, credit, consulting, etc. At this point started being more selective but kept recruiting, shopped around and landed a one-off BB spot right before Thanksgiving. It was pretty fucking soul crushing but feels damn good now. If you’re still recruiting rn I’d say take a break for a few weeks for the holidays since nobody will be giving out interviews between Christmas and new years anyway - regroup, clear your brain a bit, do some reflecting and get back on the horse in January. Random one-off spots will continue popping up even if there is no structured recruitment cycle. If you were good enough to land an SA you will get something eventually. Keep your head up king 👑
Awesome man. How were you able to land that? Did you reach out to all the groups, regardless of if they had apps online?
Funnily enough I did 0 networking with that group at the BB after busting my ass for “shittier” firms and not even getting a first round. Goes to show how random this shit is. Saw a posting on Handshake (I go to a lower semi (non?) target) that was only open for like 2 days and unexpectedly got an interview invite a few weeks later
Absolutely brutal, but after dozens and dozens of coffee meets I landed at a BB for ER, previously I interned at a Canadian top 5 for S&T (firm you probably haven’t heard of). But it’s possible just network your ass off and constantly update you contacts on the steps you are in the recruiting process. Hope this helps!
Are you a lateral hire or a graduating senior applying for entry-level analyst positions? I think that the recruiting market currently is a bit different between the two.
Graduating senior, being a non-target in this economy is brutal but I promise it gets better you just have to thug it out and learn to enjoy the process. You will send hundreds of emails and hit dozens or coffee chats till you land something
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