Screwed

Cheer up. Every rejection brings you one step closer to success. Sometimes it's hard to catch a break from Murphy's law..

Not everyone responds to thank you emails - there isn't much to respond to. "Thanks - nice meeting/speaking to you too"

It's just repetitive nonsense.

Interviewing is an art my friend. Being a few minutes late didn't help your cause, but the impressions you convey in your Q&A & the story you tell carry far more weight. IMO, you probably didn't have that "it" factor, so he conveniently had a rebuff for every question you had on role opportunities there. Happens to everyone - move on to the next one...

In a situation like this where you were 5 minutes late, it's probably best not to bring it up multiple times in conversation and then again in email.

[From HR sources] in IB there are an average of 500 applicants for every job opening. Maybe about 30 get interviewed. So you've already beaten the odds by being one of them -not bad.

Thx

To be honest, it doesn't sound good Story is one of the most important parts for someone looking to break in Looks like he kept deflecting your questions about hiring and threw out BS lines to say that you're not qualified

I think this is situational. If a candidate for a job I was hiring for showed up late it would definitely be a MAJOR hang-up for me. It's situational because there are roles that are difficult to find qualified candidates for; however, this is a role where there are plenty of qualified applicants. If it had been me I wouldn't have even brought you into my office when you arrived late. We all make mistakes--I called one of the guys who was interviewing me "old" by mistake. That didn't go over well. Stuff happens--go on to the next opportunity.