I like to think that I am generally good at interviews, evidenced by my experience in obtaining positions well outside of my experience range. I finally got to the third round at a hedge fund, representing my move to the buy-side. By the way, there are ~4 hedge funds in my area. And this is where it all went wrong.
I got on the highway to do a 30 min drive and bam—dead stop traffic. So I call and say I will be late. When I get there, my tie has fucking disappeared (and was never found), so I guess I will be bare-chesting this interview.
Interview goes well—case study on the way. I do the case study, building a very detailed model and write up. I spend ~2 hours editing the writing, hit save, attach to email, and submit. Unfortunately, my “save” went to the non-existent temporary internet files folder, and I attached the unedited version from my desktop. Fuck. So I am losing all hope, and have not heard back. I did however manage to pocket-call the VP for a few minutes. I hope he likes messages of air---if he does, it is alllll mine.
the tie thing is hilarious
why don't you re-send the email with your edited work and say "sorry sent the wrong file by accident"?
Exactly. Why not do this straight away.
Yes, it is a bit complicated but you can still find a file the temporary folder created by outlook. It already happened to me with a powerpoint presentation and I eventually managed to find it.
The temp files sometimes save to the actual email (in outlook).
This just doesn't sound like your day.
It was not the oulook temp folder, but the windows one--the one where files go when you just hit "open" instead of "save".
Late, no tie, attached wrong write-up/sent unedited one...i was eff'd either way.
Do not drink Jobu's rum. It is VERY BAD.
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