Sending work samples
Hey guys.. I met with a head guy at a firm and there may be an opening there. He asked me in my meeting if I could send him a sample of any work I've done. To be honest, I really don't have much from college. I have tons from current job however, I'm not sure if I should send something from here for obvious reasons. Not sure if I should send something and just mention the confidentiality of it. It's honestly nothing that is even crazy private it's just the fact I work for a large corporation. Thoughts?
PDF it
I was going to do that anyways if I did. Just unsure from it still technically being confidential.
redact the document - should be fine
Doc doesn't really have anything that I think would need to be blurred out.
Letter of Rec + Work Samples for FT Recruiting? (Originally Posted: 09/17/2013)
Monkeys,
I recently finished a superday with a middle market bank. I felt that the interview went okay, but it seemed very cookie cutter. Also, in retrospect, I am not sure that I really sold myself. I would really like to work for this particular firm, so I was thinking of a few things that could perhaps positively affect my candidacy.
My current MD is willing to write a letter of recommendation on my behalf and have a phone conversation with senior bankers at the MM. While he does not have a relationship with any of the MM bankers, he has worked closely with me and is familiar with my work. In addition to the letter of rec., he will also allow me to forward samples of my work (models, reports, etc.), as long as I remove client names and sensitive information.
Do you think it would be a good idea to provide the MM with these materials? Is it likely to help my candidacy that much, or will I simply be exposing myself to unnecessary risk (perhaps my models suck by their standards, I missed a mistake somewhere, I look desperate, etc.).
Opinions?
Thanks for your help!
If your MD is already down for it, you might as well.
It probably would help to get you a first interview/superday. But after the superday it might seem pushy. I would try it anyway. My MD wrote me a letter of recommendation but I have not used it yet. I might do the same thing you are planning to do.
I have already gone through a superday with the bank. I thought that it may just provide some additional data points for them.
Are there any other opinions out there?
Networking with one sample work (Originally Posted: 10/16/2014)
I am thinking of sending out a bunch of cold emails to some people. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to just attach a sample of some research report I did a little while ago (less than 3 months) and ask for some feedback.
I get the impression that some people might be more interested in responding after reading my report but on the other hand others might not want to read a 20 page report and not even bother responding.
What is the best approach here?
Will it be relevant to them? Not a terrible idea if it's something they're actively investing in, so long as you preface it with something like "I know your firm has an interest in X, here is a report I prepared on the state of the industry." Then give a high level executive summary in the email and suggest they check out the full report for more.
I personally know an individual who designed a website which acts like his resume/CV and has a page called projects with full copies/summaries and links to his best work. He's a MSF student who wanted to do academia but seems to be having some lean-way with interested parties.
@"copecre"Since I am cold-emailing, I cannot say if they are interested or not. Perhaps I can attach an initiation along with an executive summary? or I can just say briefly that I am researching a few companies on the side and am looking for advice. If they respond, then I can shoot them the report. I am just trying to get the max return rate.
@"UTDFinanceGuy" Thats gonna take some time and I really want to start networking soon.
What type of firms are you cold emailing? Based on that and the person's position, team, you can probably at least make a guess on whether or not they'd be interested. Send over the executive summary (3-5 bullet points) in the email, attach the report, and say you'd love to hop on the phone to discuss more in the next week or so. Then lock down a time and get on a call.
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