Hi all, first time doing this. Would appreciate some advice on my CV - been applying to every BB trading desk and getting rejected from internships and grad roles real quick. Went to uni travelled for a year, then worked at the RE company worked at a bottom-tier prop trading firm realised that i actually wanted to work somewhere with long-term career growth so decided to get my shit together and go back to uni and get into the recruitment cycle for the BBs. Thought I would at least have a chance at getting interviews but the rejections are coming in hot and heavy. Any advice appreciated, thank you all.
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Just my two cents, I think your profile is relatively strong, but maybe what I would change for your CV is the descriptions for your roles, esp. for the prop trading experience. I think you need to show that off a bit more since your current description is quite vague. Maybe talk about the specific strategies you have executed or the specific tools you have built. On a side note, some banks do not take people with more than 12 months of work experience for summer analyst roles so maybe some rejections are because of that?
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