Title. I am just completely unsure of what is wrong - I've gone through like 30 first rounds at this point and 9 superdays. No clue how I'm screwing up this much. I've done practice interviews with unbiased people and they all say I'm doing fine. I've come a long way since I first started interviewing. It's not even like I'm landing consistent first rounds but not converting to superdays.
I'm just baffled. I think my main problem was that sometimes I came off as cocky but I've fixed my attitude, really. I just don't even know where to begin - I'd feel better and I'd improve on the problems if that happened but no interviewer gives negative feedback. This happens across positions, equity research, asset management, banking.
I'm personable enough, have good experience, goods school, decent GPA, and think I'm doing decent enough in interviews.
I would just literally like to know what I'm doing wrong and improve.
Sorry for the rant, it's just been a really rough recruiting season. It's painful watching friends waltz into offers with 2-3 superdays and I'm still stuck here with the end of the road basically right in front of me.
Here's my 2 cents - if you've gotten 9 superdays, you've clearly networked well and performed in initial phone screens. That means you're losing out on tiebreakers to other superday candidates for some reason. Usually superday decisions are made on a fit basis - are you emphasizing unique aspects of that firm? Are you mentioning that you're well networked in with people at the bank and understand the culture?
Obviously it doesn't help much to look back, but your focus now should be to get feedback from any close contacts you made through the process, work hard, and recruit at whatever shops (probably boutiques) that are still hiring for 2019 SA. If you land a gig with decent experience and carry your networking lessons over to rigorous FT recruiting, you'll still stand a chance at top firms.
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