CV & CoverLetter - S&T Citi, Internship - No mercy please !
Hello there fellow monkeys,
I am about to apply for a summer internship in S&T at Citi, London. Here are my attempted CV and Cover Letter. I would appreciate your criticism and suggestions on how to improve them to a more competitive level.
Thanks in advance!
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CV good, cover letter not so good. I don't really understand why all of your sentences start with a verb, it makes for strange reading. some clumsy grammar especially in second paragraph. also perhaps more emphasis on markets is needed, ideally a particular desk (choose this wisely!). finally a company cannot be a mentor, a mentor is a person within a company (or just a person).
also on CV what is I finance? International Finance? Investment Finance? This is not a place to use unfamiliar acronyms!
Thanks darety! yes, the cover letter needs a lot of improvement and will try to rethink it asap. Would focus on my understanding/passion for markets as you said, and will try to tailor it for the Equities desk. However, do you think its advisable to include a firm preference in the cover letter? Wouldn't it narrow my chances of getting the job at all if, let's say, equities has already been proffered by more competitive applicants? In the CV,"I" is for "international".... I mistakenly thought that I cured it of typos...
I loled at the "yours faithfully"
why? shouldn't a letter end in that format?
stating a preference won't hurt you, just make it clear it's a preference not a requirement. i work in AM and I said I wanted to work in high yield corporate debt on my cover letter and interviews - I got an offer for global equities!
stating a preference won't hurt you, just make it clear it's a preference not a requirement. i work in AM and I said I wanted to work in high yield corporate debt on my cover letter and interviews - I got an offer for global equities!
I have tried to revise the cover letter and modified most of par 1&2. Will appreciate if you guys look at it and say if you identify any improvement and suggest any further correction that could be made. Thanks!
No hate, but just reading it, I can deduce you do not know much about valuation - as you are trying to convey. Also, EBITDA, not EBITA.
I didn't read any of this, but why are you just applying to Citi?
Citi is the only remaining place that offers S&T internships where the deadline hasn't yet expired ! London.
Cover Letter: The first big paragraph is extremely weird, I would really take it down a notch, I know you are trying to show passion but trying to use passionate sentences in the CL is not the way to do that. THe way to do that is through objective things you have done and skills you have. Also stay away from saying things like you adding value, you wont be adding value for a while, and even if you are the tits, its a bit annoying reading a CL where a 20 yo kid is saying to an experienced professional how he can add value.
CV: -WHats "I finance"? -Your dates are messed up, not consistent at all -I die a little bit inside every time i see current affairs as an interest -Overall I like how you focus your bullets, reads like you actually did things instaed of participated at first glance, if i had to nitpick, on the first bullet take away "clear" from the ppt description, not really something to brag about that your PPT's are "clear", just a bit weird.
Any questions about the interview process etc feel free to email me.
You didn't actually hide any of your personal information..
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