LGBT IB Advice

Freshman at a semi-target, I'm currently researching IB programs directed at recruiting LGBTQ+ students. I'm somewhat familiar with the different programs, but I am looking for someone who could provide general advice about their experiences and navigating the application process. Any information on this or O4U would be much appreciated. 

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Serious question: how does one actually prove they're LBGTQ? Like do I need pics of myself sucking dick and show them to the recruiter to be eligible? 

 

I am a woman and I always say I’m LGTBQ tbh. I’m not, but there is literally no way to prove it. I get double diversity points.

 
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Why does WSO hate DEI so much? Diverse workplaces outperform homogeneous ones and banks know this. Affinity networks increase retention and improve cross vertical mentorship. Firms would not do this if it did not produce human capital alpha. 

If you hate DEI because you didn't get that GS offer and saw a LinkedIn connection who was a URM get one, the likelihood you were the margin case where demographics played a role in next to zero. Grow up and stop shitting on people - we are all just trying to make it.

 

Frankly, it's because the WSO crowd -- for the most part -- doesn't qualify for DEI initiatives. It's too white, male, cis, etc., and lots of people are butthurt that their target/semi-target or upper-middle class background isn't enough. Entry into finance is just too competitive, while the rewards are truly hugely disproportionate for success.  As a result, the idea that they're disadvantaged in some particular way eats away at a lot of users on this site even if on net everything else is stacked in their favor.

Somehow, in many kids' minds here, it's 'fair' that certain firms don't even have a 'careers' section on their websites and instead only post on Handshake/collect resumes at in-person info sessions; alumni connections on the other side can make-or-break a candidate's ability to even get a first round; or that some firms run FT processes by word of mouth, club newsletters, and direct referral. This represents the height of meritocracy to be protected and that firms should aim to achieve, according to WSO. Openly advertising a pathway for women/lgbtq+/POC that often go to non-targets or smaller schools, on the other hand, is not. That, of course, is an extreme injustice that should be repudiated at every turn. Everyone that gets a shot through the other channel is 100% less qualified than another student with Handshake access, per the mainstream on this site.  

 

No they don't, at all.

''Studies'' go like this:

-either they outperform and prove that ''diversity is a strength''

or

-they underperform and prove that ''the company is racist''

There's nothing scientific about them, it's an ideological fetish created by libx to marginalize straight white men, because they hate them.

Never discuss with idiots, first they drag you at their level, then they beat you with experience.
 

Ignore the vitrol, WSO is famously anti diversity.

Have not been through these programs, but have run them from the other side. Nearly every BB and EB have these programs, so Google around to find their names. Recommend keeping track in a spreadsheet as the apps should open for SA 2023 in the next few months.

Expect recruiting to go early - like applications open in the next month or two, interviews in February and March. You need to be ready to go earlier than others. Some of these programs are just accelerated superdays, and some are longer mentorship programs where they'll help you with technicals and interview prep.

No one will ask you about being LGBTQ+ so don't worry about that angle - you'll just get typical behavioral questions and technicals.

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