It was around 11:00 at night when I was mass cold emailing EBs and I was really tired, and I forgot to specifically review the cover letter for Lazard and misspelled it as Lizerd because I was way out of it, am I screwed?
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Apparently, if spell out "Lizard" you're then inducted into a club that controls all the worlds banks, it's very secret.
The analysis is: Lizard = animal who sticks tounge out a lot = dick fuld did that at congressional hearing a lot = billionaire CEO = sticking out tounge is a way to be abducted into the club of Freemasons.
Don't take my word for it.
Please im serious stop trolling I need actual help!
no problem, ill bump this thread so you get the answer you deserve
good luck!
You send cover letters for cold emailing...why?
But to answer your question, yes that doesn't look good. Imagine you're working at a bank and a kid who supposedly wants to work there spells the company's name completely wrong lol.
To introduce myself?
Cold emailing for informational interviews?
Yeah it'll be nearly impossible to recover from that. Best next step is to meet someone in person and try to work your way back in that way.
from what I have heard is, don't send cover letters unless explicitly required/stated by the company. It is no secret that cover letter is basically useless during the job selection process, but a spelling mistake like that will take away your chance for sure. Just pass this one along and focus on your next networking opportunity, with more attention to details.
Im sorry that happened to you but I literally laughed out loud at this. Again sorry
Wow thats really harsh..
p u m p
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Hahaha you fucking lizerd
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DMyers....pump the breaks. You made a stupid ass rookie mistake. Even rookies wouldnt have done that. What is below rookie? Sorry, I digress.
You need to realize, that there are plenty of finance gigs out there. I remember my college days, pumping out emails and calling every alumni in the books...thinking it was an insurmountable task. The only thing you can really control is....your actions! So rather than dwelling on your rookie ass mistake, start networking to develop real connections with people (your existing strategy is weak sauce too) and apply yourself academically and in your spare time to the field you want to work in. More importantly, I'd also cruise into the bathroom, and take a look in the mirror and decide if you really want to 'break-in'...BC that is a truly unacceptable mistake that 99.999% of your competition is not making because they actually care. Being tired is a sad-ass excuse - and the only thing that is inexcusable about your weak ass thread. Just admit you didn't care that much, and decide if you actually 'care' going forward.
Good luck man!
BUMP
Why are people giving me monkey shit?
Because you sound like a little bitch in all of your comments, most people here don't relate to the mindset that you're showing in this thread. Thus, you get monkey shit
Well, im sorry for being level headed.
Maybe, i'll sound more aggressive next time.
BUMP
Yup. Cross Lizerd off your list.
Wow....
Dude stop worrying about what people on the internet are saying to you and move on. Its kind of unbeleivable how you keep replying. Just admit it was dumb to spell Lazard as Lizerd. And also funny. Best case scenario they will think that you meant the reptile and are just a really shitty speller. Move on.
Yea, you're right lots of people here are just offering lots of shitty advice, i'll probably move on.
Yikes
Such a good troll
No one can help you now.
Given that mistake, you really had no shot at Lazard anyway...
but does he have a shot at lizard though?
If you made that error at 11pm, I can only imagine the mistakes you'd be making working until 6 am every night at the lizerd sweatshop.
The title of this thread just makes me happy every time i see it get bumped.
You're probably just screwed. Companies don't take well to errors like that. Anecdotally I did something very similar when I had my resume forwarded while marked for special consideration and didn't even get an interview.
my autocorrect changed Solomon Smith Barney to Salmon
I hope to god your real name is not Dan Myers
This ^
I once accidentally applied for S&T instead of IB. I have listed that I want to be an IB summer analyst in my cover letter though. Surprisingly, I still got an interview. The interview went pretty well (surprisingly I managed to answer all of the questions correctly). Then, at the end of the interview the trader guy went "in your cover letter, you said that you want to do an IB internship. The interview for that was in another room."
maybe he brought you in just to f- with you
Is this kid serious..? LMFAO bruh you are not cut out for IB you should seriously look into something else.
it takes all kinds.
No need to put the OP down. I know plenty of people that you wouldn't think were going to make it turn out to be the best performers in time. It's like in the military - it's hard to pick out in advance who is going to make it thru selection. It takes a lot of different qualities - most importantly the inner fire.
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