Long time lurker, first time posting.
Just want to make myself known and thank everyone on here for endless knowledge and some cynical laughs over my last few years reading this forum. I have made the first crack in the egg and will be working on a sales desk for the summer. Here's a quick summary of how far I've come, thanks in no small part to you guys:
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shitty high school results, non-target uni, strong uni GPA but in the 'less prestigious' econ/fin/acc related major at my school (thanks to my HS grades), virtually no extracurriculars/sports/achievements to speak of. I also recruited to a city that is outside of my home country.
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2nd year: applied for middle and front office internships. zero traction. not even a rejection in most cases.
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3rd year: tried again, got to final round for a middle office, but no love. ended up at a regional firm working in research
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4th year: tried again. gave it everything I had, tried to learn from my mistakes, and just received an offer at my desk and bank of choice . they have a good reputation on the street (or so i'm told), and got along super well with the team. couldn't be happier.
I get nervous posting on here since I feel like i'm giving too much away, but I wanted to share my story to show that although it can happen to anybody, it won't without time, consistent effort and plenty of failure. I recently looked back at my resume from last year and was shocked at how poorly formatted it was, for example. What a simple thing to completely mess up! Let's not even mention the improvement in my networking game and general knowledge of the markets.
If there's demand, I'll do another post when I have some more time to go in to a little more detail as to how I prepared for applications/interview/networking, but as I said I'm conscious of revealing my identity, given my somewhat unusual credentials..
Any specific questions feel free to PM and I'll share what little knowledge I have.
