Saturday, 27 July 2013

Wall Street Oasis - Investment Banking & Finance Community: Why I Wouldn't Have Hired Me When I Was An Intern

Wall Street Oasis - Investment Banking & Finance Community
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Why I Wouldn't Have Hired Me When I Was An Intern
Jul 28th 2013, 00:00, by Hayek

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The hot summer weather bring me back to a few years ago, shortly before the high tide of finance jobs went back out to sea. I fell backward into a pretty damn good boutique summer analyst stint in midtown Manhattan, which I somehow managed to nail down long past the formal recruiting deadlines at other places had passed.

I didn't get an offer that summer, and I can't blame my employers. Frankly, I doubt that I would have given myself an offer had I been in there shoes.

The truth is, I'm not sure if I could have gotten an offer no matter what, as they hadn't had too many interns before. However, I want to use this post and the benefit of hindsight to talk about what I could have improved upon back then.

Perhaps the following reflections will help some of you nascent monkeys eek out an offer from your ongoing internships:

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