PE recruiting With Unsupportive group

First year analyst here - How the hell are you supposed to do PE interviews when you are in a sweaty group that works 90-100 hour weeks and are not supportive of PE recruiting? The other day I had an interview and decided to not respond to a work email until finished, and my VP got pissed cause I took 40 mins to respond…

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