London Off cycle help
I graduated this summer from a semi target and applied to off-cycles but was unsuccessful after 2 final rounds.
I’ve applied to masters programs and haven’t heard back yet but in the event I don’t get in, I will be applying to off-cycles for September. Would networking with people at these banks who I maybe went to the same uni with, bolster my chances or are opportunities via networking not really a thing in London ? (For off cycle recruiting). Thanks.
Sorry to hear about the final round rejections - first step imo is to email asking for any feedback and how to improve for next ones. After getting to the last stage, most companies are willing to give at least some feedback.
In terms of your question about networking, from my experience, all front office roles at a bank are structured programs where HR are the gate keepers. Networking can't hurt your chances but an analyst/associate giving a recommendation isn't going to change anything and actually impedes on what HR are there for (or at least it does in their opinion).
Focus on getting on a masters programme and once you're there, apply to as many roles as possible and do your homework if you get an interview. Its a numbers game so don't be deflated by 2 rejections - third time lucky.
Thanks, appreciate it a lot. Managed to get feedback and it was about appearing too shy, I guess I undersold myself in the 2 interviews and have learnt from them. I thought as much about hr being at the forefront - thanks for confirming.
No problem and good you got feedback so you have something to fine tune. The best bit of advice I ever got was to get someone to do practice interviews with me prior to the real thing. You may have written down your perfect answer to "why do you want to work in IB?'" but practicing it out loud will allow you to come across fluid and confident in the real thing.
Best of luck!
Agree with the above that networking isn’t a huge driver in the U.K. but never hurts to be honest
However at my bank MD’s can definitely push you to interviews for internships so networking with them will help more from recruitment point of view and networking with analysts can be more finding out about the company etc
Networking with MDs + HR would be valuable, everyone else nah
More importantly, if your feedback was straight up - "appearing too shy", then that's your biggest issue.
Networking can get your foot in the door, but you need to dramatically change how your personality comes across
Agree it’s more than annoying when students get in touch don’t have any good questions and 2mn in ask for referral. Like thanks we just both lost our time here
Thanks for your response. I had the interviews in November and got feedback in December. I signed up for a public speaking course and it’s helped tremendously. I wouldn’t say I lack confidence but just fail to convey my personality .
Have you found MDs to be responsive whilst networking ?
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