MD put me in charge of recruiting. Wtf?
I'm a sophomore interning at a boutique M&A shop. Basically I sat in on an internship interview with my MD and ended up taking the lead a little bit, and was put in charge of conducting first round interviews for the summer 2017 SA class, of which I will be a part, and for junior level full-time candidates. I am hoping to move to a BB in summer 2018 and I understand that the focus will be on my technical skills/transaction experience.
This is a small firm so I suppose it makes sense from the MD's perspective, but is this experience worth putting on my resume? I have interviewed 15-20 candidates so far, mostly applicants from our Careers page and our posting on the Princeton job site.
Hire me. It'll be fun.
I think it would be an interesting thing to talk about during interviews. It would most likely be brought up by the interviewer if you list it on your resume anyways, since it's something that very few people get to do, especially in your position. Plus, you are actually doing what your interviewers are assigned to do so you can talk about interesting candidates and mistakes you noticed in interview candidates that you learned from.
Enjoy working in headhunting.
I would leave this off, at least for me it makes me question how legitimate this place is that you are interning at. Essentially you are interviewing people at your own peer level (and your only real experience is doing a part-time during school internship) as well as peers who are older than you and theoretically should have more experience.
Is there not an VP/Associate or at least an Analyst that works there FT that should be handling this? Pretty bizarre unless this place is literally only the one MD
There are 4 Managing Partners and I'm the only junior person working at the firm thru the academic year. With the volume of applications that come in, someone needs to do an initial screen to thin the herd, so to speak.
agree - leave it off. I'd question the legitimacy of the place too
Is the firm's internship program competitive? I agree its a bit weird that you are doing the interviewing. How has your interning experience been so far?
No one would question the legitimacy of the place on this alone - SAs have barely any experience to boot and nothing they have done to date will have any real impact. I started doing interviews when I was a second year analyst at a BB because no one can be bothered with the first round interview bull shit. If you think that VPs have anything better to do Quaneaser you are sorely mistaken. When the final 3-5 candidates have been selected then yea they can meet the rest of the team. Why do you think HR conducts interviews before the MDs do? Here have some monkey shit for your answer.
Bottom line OP - if you feel like putting it on your resume go for it. It sounds better than "helped on a gazillion transactions" when we really know that all you did was fuck up the coffee orders during your internship.
OP said he is a sophomore in college (doing presumably his first finance internship) and has been put in charge of interviewing other sophomore and even junior full time hires. That is completely different than being a full time 2nd year analyst (who would be 4 years ahead of OP in terms of experience).
I'm not sure what kind of bootleg operation your firm is running that has sophomore part-time interns interviewing candidates (including full time ones) but I can tell you that would never happen at any well known investment bank.
I can definitely see the potential for things to get weirdly meta
FYI I cringe when I see your name
cant help being FaF
Dude, this is awesome! Make fun of 'em prospective monkeys!
I realize you're joking but I actually am doing my best to give everyone a fair chance... being on the other side of the table I can definitely understand bankers' inclination to see applicants as nothing more than a school and a gpa, especially when you get upwards of 10 applications a day and you have other shit to do.
I would just leave it off. Honestly, there really isn't any benefit to you adding this on your resume. If I was reviewing your resume, I wouldn't be like, "damn, this kid was in charge of this firm's recruiting process.". Let your technical and financial experience speak for itself.
If you actually do learn anything from doing these interviews, it will show in the way you present yourself and the way you answer questions during your banking recruiting anyways.
I think you're right. How do you think it'd play if I brought this up to answer a behavioral question (tell me about a time you stepped up-esque question)?
I would say something along the lines of, "Since I was the only intern at the firm, there were a lot of different types of responsibilities that were put onto me...I know it sounds a little strange but I actually help aided in the recruiting process for summer analysts. I was fortunate enough to be able to sit through several interviews alongside my MDs and after hearing the stories of all these candidates, it really helped me figure out for myself the reasons why I want to go into investment banking."
That's just my take on it. You bring it up, empathize that it does sound a little strange, and then the end statement changes the topic onto the reasons why you want to do IB.
Put it on the resume. Most people don't get that kind of experience during an internship. It shows that your boss trusted you with an important process and that you were a team player and went the extra mile to help the firm. That being said, it is a little odd and make me question the legitimacy of the firm, so I'd make it a very small portion of your resume (one bullet point, maybe).
I agree with most people here, no need to put it in
but I REALLY disagree that it makes people question your experience. in my interview for my "real" IB internship I spoke a lot about the things I did at my tiny-division internship (just me and two MDs) including performing all hiring of others, so I wouldn't discount it
If you get a chance I'd definitely be interested in hearing more about your experience interviewing for the real deal with prior boutique experience.
sure, shoot me a pm
Dear John,
When I trusted you with this task, the last thing I expected you to do is to rat me out on WSO.
You can pack your bags, your internship is OVER.
Sincerely,
Your MD.
sorry lloyd, but my name's jimmy not john.
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