15 first rounds, 3 superdays, 0 offers-- what now?

randombetch:

You need to have your story and your resume completely down... I think those two are by far the most important. When you walk someone through your resume, are they thinking "yeah, this person would be a great i-banker" or are they dozing off?

I actually agree with her for once. To be honest interviews are all about just that, the interview. GPA, school brand, club vp vs club treasurer cease to matter.

Practice your pitch. Practice your soft skills. Be ready with STORIES and anticipate the questions. As I posted in another thread, with a good answer to 'tell me about yourself' you control the flow of the interview and essentially set them up to ask you the questions you want them to ask.

Also always always always answer questions thoroughly, with personal experiences, or something that lets them match your skills to that of the position.

for example interviewing for an IBD internship..hardest/best/favorite/most challenging what ever you want to call it ,class? "My (insert adjective) class was actually one I just finished last semester. It was financial modeling and to be honest the class challenged me with rigid deadlines and forced me to be really pay attention to detail. For example I came in one class and he greeted us with a pop quiz assignment. We had to build a working model through the dcf using just his rough margin assumptions. I literally had 3 hours to build a model and turn it in. I felt like I was a real analyst.."

notice the use of I and not 'we'. Interviewers do not want to know about what the collective class did. They want to know about YOU. Also notice the use of the time deadline.

This is a variation of how I answered the 'what class' question.

I hope this helps

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Thanks for all the responses guys this is really helpful stuff. I think you're all right that I need to focus more on my pitch and soft skills rather than relying on numbers and experiences. I like the camcorder idea too i'll definitely do that.

I'm at a southern school in a frat and ranching/sailing/hunting/raging DT on the reg, and i've never had trouble closing with the ladies but in hindsight none of that has really come out much in my interviews. maybe it would help not sure how I would go about it though..

jimbo_slice:

Also, since you alluded to it, what "attitude" problem do you think you might have?

In response to that, I think my enthusiasm for the job may not be coming out in interviews and instead im coming across as "meh".. maybe i'll see and be able to fix that by taping myself

Thanks again guys- any and all advice is awesome keep it comin. And GOB your handle and pic are badass

nb84:

You need to write down all of the questions that you were asked in interviews that you can remember, then have someone go through them with you as if they were the interviewer. Place a camcorder over his shoulder trained on your upper body and face. Go through all of the questions once, then look at the film to see what you look like interviewing. This will give you a chance to catch some of the terrible mistakes you are making non-verbally, plus it will allow you to get insight from someone else on how you should have answered each question. Takes about a couple of hours to go all the way through each time, but if you can go through once on a friday afternoon, once on saturday, and once on sunday, then you should have it dialed in and ready to crush some unsuspecting interviewers.

^^^^This