Worth pinging this elite bank again?
Hey guys. I posted this yesterday, but my topic disappeared? I'd like some advice please about following up with an investment bank that had ghosted me. I was in a process late last year with an elite bank that I was super keen on and was progressing well (everything was being done over the phone) until shit happened.
Context: I was supposed to meet the bank’s team for dinner in late Dec 2019 (cue final round) and for that, I was going to fly into the city. I, unfortunately, ran into a last MINUTE unforeseen immigration issue: my passport was lost / stolen or something happened as the US embassy never got it. This delayed my travel plans by 2 months even though I’d been approved for my US permanent residence and shouldn’t have faced this issue. I had reached out to the investment bank when I found out to inform them about this development, but all my emails (2 to an SVP and 4 to a VP) over a span of next 3 months went unanswered.
Reflection: understand why they ghosted me (maybe they thought I was being dishonest or playing around), but I had a genuine issue that came at me from nowhere. When I’d wrote to them, I had mentioned that I got hit by an immigration issue (without going into the details).
Now: It's been almost 6 months since i last tried to contact the team (and 8/9 months when I had first started the process) and I am keen to try my luck again. I had really enjoyed speaking with the firm and can see myself in a good company there. Will it look bad (desperate?) on my part to try and get in touch again when my last emails went unanswered? I thought I could try the SVP one more time as he and I are originally from the same country (where I ran into this issue). If it’s alright, should I email him / call him / or LinkedIn-message him? How would you suggest I phrase my request? I am hoping to catch up, give an update on myself, what had really happened, and just reiterate my interest for future opportunities there, as well as congratulate them on a couple of deals they've done since then
You’ve posted this thread multiple times mate. Posting it again isn’t going to get you different responses.
Sorry if you got hurt by me posting this thread a couple of times.
I am new to WSO, and so still trying to get used to it
I am looking for genuine advice on this. which I haven’t received yet
Not to upset you but this kind of EQ isn’t going to help you win over a potential employer that you effectively blew off before.
Dude I don’t know what you’re on about.this is my second post on WSO. As to blowing the prospective employer off, Not sure I fully understand how — there was an exogenous variable at play
Bump
I've never been in your shoes before, that's pretty nuts, but look, if they ghosted you before there is literally no way to really get any lower (unless you somehow really offend them and they go out of their way to tell their buddies not to talk to you, which seems really unlikely). I'd send out one more email, comment on some of their business to show you're paying attention, just ask to catch up and provide a quick update on yourself. Don't stat talking about future opportunities.
If they ignore you again, so what? You'd be back in the same position you were before. After that though I'd lay off and take the hint.
Thanks man. Do you think I should also say or mention something along the lines of being deeply regretful that the conversation couldn't be continued with them and that my lost passport was a major source of inconvenience and discomfort (in other words elaborating more on the immigration issue). Or should I phrase my email in such a manner that it seems I am starting from a fresh plate and should not bring up what happened in the past? Do you see what I am getting at?
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