Resume - Please take a look

Hi everyone,

I posted this thread before, but I realized I posted it in the wrong forum. Anyway, I'm looking for a summer analyst position in the New York or Chicago area. I'm a junior at a state school (top 15 undergrad finance programs and a semi-target) and was wondering if you guys can take a look at my resume and see if I have a chance of landing an investment banking gig.

Here's my resume: http://www.razume.com/documents/18584

I've applied to a few firms on campus, but there are still more applications to be done. I know GPA is a huge factor; do you think this will be the deciding factor of whether or not I get an interview?

 
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Good format, but there are some corrections I would make. However I'm just a college student on the same boat as you so keep that in mind.

Overall, your activities should be aligned with the headings (edu, experience, etc.)

  1. Also, Your bachelor of science and other details for education are not aligned with the college itself. This was a mistake I made on my own resume and makes sense to fix.
  2. Explicitly stating "gained proficiency in Excel" seems useless for me. Try something like worked with excel to do this and that.
  3. I don't think I've ever seen someone's resume include a home and current address. Maybe if you just include your current address in one long line, you would gain some space.
  4. Quantify all possible results; i.e. created and presented 20 deliverables
  5. I don't think it is advisable to include an activity and not describe it. Even if the accounting internship seems irrelevant, consider saying you did quantitative analysis or reviewed/viewed financial statements if you did actually. Find some tie between banking and that internship and run with it.
  6. Try maximizing your bullet points; i.e. "Created sustainable business solutions to help develop a community in Panama". In my opinion, that sounds more interesting and active than "assisting".
  7. If you did nothing but get wasted with your frat, just make it a bullet point with your education. In that case, you would bullet the GPA as well. Otherwise, try describe the volunteering efforts and teamwork involved.
  8. Consulted start-ups and F500 companies about what?
  9. I personally find it skeptical when you say you managed grad and PhD students. Others might call you out too. Either way, if it is true, why not start the bullet with "managed" as it causes more impact?
 

Thanks for the tips. OCR just started for me, and I can't seem to get any interviews. I don't understand. I got rejected by a few boutique/MM banks in the chicago area, but still waiting on a few. One of my friends received an email from Lazard, but I haven't heard anything(he is interning at a Big 4 accounting firm, so not on campus). Why do companies call/email people before interviews on campus even start? I even got rejected by a BB commercial banking internship which I thought I would for sure get. I don't understand it, is my GPA my weak spot? I feel like I have good leadership/extracurriculars, but maybe not enough finance-related activities.

 

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