New To WSO and IB Recruiting. What do I do? Ready to put in the work.
Hi Everyone,
I am somewhat new to this forum and am new to recruiting. Even though I did my research, read old forums, I would love to read different opinions on what I should do starting now in my unique situation and get off WSO and get to work.
Here is my story; I was a highschool fuck up who cared more about social status and not grades. I got into easy state schools, but ended up going to a community college due to financial reasons and majored in business administration. My first year of cc went terrible due to a deep depression, resulting in me obtaining a 2.13 GPA my first year. During that summer, I got my shit together. I retook classes I received a C in and started receiving mental help. During my second year, I worked at a few retail and operational positions and found my love and passion for finance and economics. I finished my time at CC with a 3.45 GPA and received a full-ride scholarship to transfer to a top-state school (non-target like Baruch) where I am double majoring in finance and economics, have a 3.75 GPA, and will be graduating in May 2023. After carefully researching career paths and doing my research, I decided I want to pursue investment banking.
I had a research internship lined up for last summer, but it was canceled due to covid, so I did a few educational certificate programs in excel, python, and Bloomberg for that summer. I have 0 internships under my belt, and even though I have applied to a shit load for this summer, I have either don't hear back or get rejected. I understand how essential it is to have an internship the summer before applying to IB SA roles and am willing to do paid or unpaid positions.
So far, I have found a few older versions of interview guides online from BIWS and WSP to start studying and am teaching myself how to build a model from scratch.
What do you all suggest I do now in terms of networking, interview prep, unpaid/paid internship for this upcoming summer to better my chances of landing a SA role for 2022 and ultimately a FT analyst role.
Thanks!
Dude you have the blueprint. Everything you mentioned here is valid and should continue doing that whilst networking and you will likely land something unpaid if not paid. It’s a rat race and you will eventually get there with hard work and dedication, good luck!
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