Michael Penn - Donuts + Coffee = GS career?

http://dealbreaker.com/2013/08/goldman-sachs-hopeful-differentiating-hi…

Not too sure if you guys have seen this already, but he's pretty entrepreneurial. I have my doubts though, do GS guys typically fall for these things? Probably not something which works for companies/offices in my area (Southeast Asia).

ps. I avoided using "IB" cos I have no idea what this guy is applying into.

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i face palmed when he answered "why IB?" on national television...

if ur reading this, gl penn, I hope you land the job

 
couchy

i face palmed when he answered "why IB?" on national television...

"It's a game. It's like chess"

oh jesus

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ChiSquare

Seconded! But if you check out his out his resume, www.hiremichealpenn.com, he was "U.S. Chess Federation National Co-Champion, 1998" -so the guy should know chess...

https://sites.google.com/site/hiremichaelpenn/

I'm pretty sure he reads WSO too. It used to have an awful "Objective" section, I made an (overthetop) deal about how awful it was in another thread here (http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/guy-hands-out-free-coffee-to-get-…) and now he no longer has an objective section. Interesting.

Michael, if you are reading, your "What I have to offer" section sucks just as much. It is 100% bullshit buzzwords.

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Haha, if he doesn't that is an odd coincidence. On the other hand, if he does then he ought to have known better from browsing some of all the resume threads. Might have been a bit over the top, but hey, it worked.

It's hip to be square!
 

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