Told You Were Second Choice
Just wondering what peoples general thoughts on this situation would be. After a final interview you follow up after a few weeks and are told that there is an offer out to someone but you are the second choice if they don't accept. This is for a lateral position, would you feel little angry about that?
No. Anger is a useless emotion in this situation. Maybe disappointment. You have no idea why the other guy is the top choice: he could be more qualified with regard to work history, he could be smarter than you or he could be the retarded nephew of an important client's Chairman.
I don't know but I'm assuming you're talking about IB: if you get angry everytime you don't win a mandate in IB (or win a deal in PE) you'll have an ulcer and high blood pressure by the time you're 35. You shouldn't like it and you should take away and learn whatever you can from failure but a little angry accomplishes nothing.
That's not to say that you shouldn't occasionally reach over the the Dark Side and use your hate though.
i didnt mean angry in that sense and appreciate that i was at least given the honesty about the situation that most people arent given but would you consider second guessing accepting the position if you were given it
Nope. When a door you've been knocking on finally swings open, you don't ask why.
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well its a lateral so basically on the same level of my current job just more a fan of this group than current
i would still probably take it obviously that position was in high demand and unless you feel like you are better than everyone else its not a big deal
I was only told I was a "close second" on one occasion. I didn't get the offer and moved on, a month later they called me up with another offer in a better sector.
This one's easy. Find out who the top candidate is and poison their oatmeal (be careful not to cause any permanent damage though).
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