Post recruiting anxiety
Hey guys, I wanted to ask if anyone else has ever felt this. I just finished on-cycle and super grateful for how things shakes out. But now, I just feel anxious. I remember after I got my IB offer, I felt anxious as well. I am not sure what the stem of this is. I do find myself worrying about random stuff like, “what if the ppl at X fund / bank don’t like me?”. “What if ppl at my bank say I’m terrible?” (even though I got the return last summer and I did well imo). I just find myself fixating on stupid shit like, “why didn’t someone reply to my thank you message?”, “will ppl like me?” (even though I had a nice conversation with them). I am just so exhausted from being like this. Idk if it’s the pressure of failing or some sense of imposter syndrome — maybe both? Sometimes I meet ppl in finance and ask myself will I ever be as good as them. I’m actually pretty laid and easy to get along w kinda guy, but when this anxiety kicks in I’m just not as chilled out. Maybe I’m over indexing on wanting ppl to like me? In college, I was p likeable and nice, helped everyone I could, and somewhere along the way it seems that has become important to me. But at work, I don’t think u can be “best friends” with everyone — and that’s not the point anyways. But even knowing this isn’t comforting. Am I alone in this feeling?
I haven’t ever really acknowledged these feelings until now cause it seems stupid .. but it’s taking up my mental real estate now so wanted to ask if others have felt this way? How do ppl deal with feeling imposter syndrome? Honestly any words of advice, thoughts, candid opinions will be much appreciated.
Sorry for the stream of consciousness — just laying out my feelings and not really good at that lol.
Thank you
lmaoo im ngl i think that after recruiting is when i felt the leasstt anxious/stressed bc i know that i'm all set now. so ik this sounds stupid but just try to chill out and not worry about it! u wouldn't have gotten an offer if they didn't like u and now that ur in, there's no reason for them to not want u in! they chose u for a reason so dont worry about that other shit. cheers homie
Felt like this all the time and still do.
Brilliant conman syndrome is much easier to develop then getting rid of imposter syndrome. You tricked them into giving you an interview, then a job, now try and trick them into giving raises and promotions. Either you are competent/liked enough to keep on or you're not. If you're really not competent you'll be fired eventually so fleece them out for as much as you can before you go. This kind of mindset really helped me loosen up and made it easier to get to know people
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