Reaching out to MD's from your school

In my experience MDs are generally very friendly and happy to hop on a phone call if you ask. You won’t always get a response but when you do it’ll likely be positive and they’ll be happy to offer advice, hear your story, maybe offer to forward your resume to HR if the conversation goes well.

Just say that you would be interested in talking to learn more about their experiences. I would say yes to including resume / cv

Recently emailed a MD at a solid MM. Received no response lol but the recruiting head emailed me the next day saying that MD had passed my resume to them. Guessing that will hopefully get me a 1st round. I usually word it similar to analyst networking email and always attach my resume. I honestly have probably had a higher response rate with senior banker alumni than junior banker alumni. Also had a call with a head of a division at an upper tier MM, and he referred me internally to HR. Got a 1st round with the bank and got to the SD. Unfortunately didn't get the offer but prolly wouldn't have even gotten into the process in the first place w/o the referral as a non target. Just ask to talk about their experiences

Might as well reach out, def attach ur resume, some MDs will forward ur resume without even getting on the phone

I always attach resume, gives you extra credibility and if your resume is good they may view you as more professional.

MDs in my experience have always been super nice, but you gotta have direct questions to ask. The ones I’ve talked to don’t want you fumbling through questions or asking what their favorite deal was. Keep it genuine and have a real interest (or fake it with good enough questions) and you’ll be set.

I feel like it's pretty bold to reach out to an MD, rather than the analyst, associate, vp. I'd really start there if I were you; an MD's time is extremely valuable. Not saying the occasional MD may not hop on the phone, but I wouldn't recommend starting with them