told to "KEEP MY OPTIONS OPEN"
during an informational interview, as in "X bank needs to be your number 1 choice, and you need to believe we are the best, I'm going to refer you to X bank/HR but keep your options open too"
UGHHHHH how bad can this be and does this means I screwed up or what?
BTW, someone referred me to this bank, and I had to go through this "preliminary interview" before I get a first round I guess. I guess he was supposed to call last week but didn't, so after I followed up with HR, I got a call from him. We scheduled it for today at 3 but he was busy, got pushed to 5, but I guess he forgot so I had to track him down and call him... He asked me about my trades which I did and I slightly fumbled on one bc the trade was 2 years ago but later corrected myself, but other than that I don't think I messed up anything else.
There's a succinct and more elaborate way to answer this.
In short, you have nothing to worry about.
Unless you really killed it and the guy was in a very, very high position, he's not going to say "I'm going to pass your resume on to HR. Oh, before I forget, don't bother applying to other banks because you've got a job here." The rational thing to say is to tell you not to bank on a particular offer.
One place where you MAY have messed up is not effectively selling "Why Bank X," but it's not going to keep you from getting the first round, given that you clicked well with the interviewer and really sold yourself as a candidate.
I don't know if I really clicked with him though. he was literally firing questions at me like: why bank X what do u know about our program why this strategy? why did you use that if it was wrong? how is that even a hedge against your other trade? are you sure you bought a call (this was my mistake, I bought a put but the trade was a year ago)
these questions I answered say 7-8/10 rating bc he gave me like 5 sec to answer and I just felt rushed...but if it matters we both went to the same school, and we both are pretty much in the same major / and I would be going into his desk if selected.
---- good idea to send an email to let him know my interest in the bank? Should I even hint that I am interviewing elsewhere but this bank is my top choice?
BTW, would be nice to have someone say that to me.
Anyone else???
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