Bad idea to quit to recruit for PE?

Basically, I don’t have time to interview, practice, what have you. With at least 1 all nighter a week, spending every night working till 4am+ I don’t see how it is physically possible for me to exit here alive. Doesn’t help when everyone on my junior team is quitting or leaving so they do nothing.

Obviously not something that can be said in an interview process. As well, I am constantly being called, for bs tasks that can be emails. Or to get yelled at for my boss fucking something up that I had nothing to do with. So interviewing is difficult because the calls and especially come if a ping isn’t replied to in 5 mins.

Anyways, TLDR, is it possible to leave banking w/o something lined up to move to PE. To those that have done it, any advice? How long were you off work?

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That’s the and the concern I am grappling with. all other analysts quit except for one who is about to / get fired. The fresh legs are as about as useful as cups without a bottom.

For context, I have had a family emergency and was getting called while at it despite being told otherwise

Think your point on taking a vacation to go all in on prepping for exit makes sense though, thanks

 
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It would be a non-starter in this market and you might be looking at a long unemployment period with a much worse landing spot than IB/PE. Most people who leave IB without something lined up end up downgrading significantly 

Phone it in more at work, recruit/prep on weekends or take some time off to focus on it, do whatever you need to do

 

While I agree that you have more flexibility being unemployed while searching for a job in this awful market, I very much disagree that you should quit in order to pursue recruiting full time. As mentioned above, you’re better off reducing the amount of effort you put in at work, cutting corners here and there, going to bed at a reasonable time, and just generally lowering your time commitment in order to focus on recruiting.

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