Hey monkeys.
In an off cycle process with few firms, moving very slow (1 interview a week, etc.) and have met 90% of the teams.
Just curious how the investment team / HR thinks about hiring in the off cycle.. are you looking for the “perfect” candidate & keeping all the “good” candidates in waitlist // super slow process. Do you only take someone if they have a competing offer?
Any insight much appreciated.
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Are you an analyst 1? Recruiting for 2024 associate roles?
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What size funds are you looking at? Are you at bb?
Other A2s feeling that they aren’t presented a lot of opps by HH?
Have been incredibly slow with two different waitlists, very frustrating to say the least. One process has been waitlist for 3 months? Just reject nd move on
Did off-cycle last year and it took a good 6-9 months to find something. Funds move very slow, which also makes it harder for yourself to decide if you would like the role. Sometimes I did 4-5 interviews and then realized I didn’t really like the people I talked to, wasted like 4 weeks with that
Agreed - its very painful to have weekly interviews with one person and continue the trend with no end in sight.
I will keep trucking along but demoralizing to say the least. I’m tempted to say I have an exploding offer and have the post super-day waitlist firms finally give a concrete answer.
Have you done any modeling tests? If so, definitely put some pressure on them. Had one firm where I did 6 interviews, a modeling test and then 3 more. Got the offer but horrible waste of time otherwise
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