Wall Street Mentors - How to Perfect your Personal Pitch

Given that we're in the middle of interviews, I thought it may be helpful to re-post this Q&A. If there is one thing for certain you're going to need to perfect for an upcoming interview, it's your personal pitch. Wall Street Mentor Jewell breaks down how to develop your personal pitch, as well as how to make it concise and compelling. Jewell has 10 years of experience working on Wall Street, including 4 years at Goldman Sachs managing relationships with 30 NYSE listed company clients in technology, media, and telecom.

If you need some last minute practice and a candid critique from a Wall Street professional, Wall Street Mentors is for you. Please email us to get matched with a mentor.

We also offer personalized consultations, in which a Wall Street Mentor can provide you with interview prep and a strategy for best marketing yourself.

Good luck!

 
Best Response

Thanks for posting this, Chris. I think this is an excellent resource for all students who are trying to land jobs on the street, but particularly for those seeking SA positions or those who are looking to break into an FT role who did not do a summer in banking/trading. The "personal pitch" or "telling your story" question is the most important question in an interview and is really what will set the tone and leave an impression with the interviewer. I think this should be stickied and should be one of the first things any new users on the site reference prior to asking questions. Thanks again to you for putting this up, and thanks to Jewell for being so gracious with her time!

+1

 

Some good pointers in that video, thanks for going through the trouble of putting this interview together.

" A recession is when other people lose their job, a depression is when you lose your job. "
 
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This interview was really informative.

Out of curiosity, where did she complete her undergrad?

She went to Hofstra University. I would appreciate a silver banana mucho gusto

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Great interview, Chris!

"You stop being an asshole when it sucks to be you." -IlliniProgrammer "Your grammar made me wish I'd been aborted." -happypantsmcgee
 

There is nothing more frustrating than when people give you safe "avoiding" answers to difficult situations. You provided not only the situation, but a solution, and I respect that. Thank you for the interview and the best of luck.

 

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