No Internship Offer... Again

I swear that pretty much every university careers service give **** feedback for CVs for banking. I remember getting mine checked earlier this recruitment cycle and the feedback was just total **** (things like to add in an about me section at the top of the CV and to write some of my modules below my degree - pointless as I study a course completely unrelated to banking and no one will give a crap about what individual modules I have studied). Even some of the HR from banks have given me rubbish advice; I feel as though sometimes they just give advice for the sake of sounding knowledgeable; as though to say my CV was perfect or that the only thing to make it better would be a BB internship would make them not sound knowledgeable. All it says to me is that you have to take what recruiters/careers advisers say with a truckload of salt; and failing that, find someone who you can trust to know what they're talking about to check your CV (ie: not a university careers adviser who will advise on everything from science internships to journalism masters to banking internships).

A few of you probably know me already but for all the newbies heres my situation... etc

I sort of feel for you, in this environment it's tough having ambition that you're struggling to realise, and in this regard I wish you the best.

But then I looked over at WSO and I see you trashing banks; "MS is ****", "Citi is dying", and then I fail to see why you deserve a job if that's the way you think about the firms that might (/are failing to) employ you.

Also interested in your CV.

I'm not being picky though - I applied everywhere - MM firms, no-name firms. I'm not getting anywhere. Idk why. I'm not saying I deserve GS - I'm just really stuck as its the same BS over and over again with no exit option.

I was p***ed about the way people were treating me - like an inferior/second class citizen - even at uni just because I'm struggling to land interviews/offers. It came out the wrong way yesterday as I had enough with all the lies. I'm human and can only take so much. 4 years in the process... each year giving 200% with a positive attitude and hope... please don't tell me you would act differently and not be hurt at all?

Happy to send over my CV - PM'd you.

I'm not saying I wouldn't be frustrated in your place (I certainly would be!), but that's no good reason to go on other forums and spout nonsense about firms, dragging down the level of conversation there. I also fail to see how these firms treat you specifically badly, they don't treat anybody especially well.

Fair enough. I'll watch what I post from now on.

Yo, you heard back from that ER firm?

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IBD. I applied for prop trading just to see if recruiters were maybe thinking I suited Trading more... I even got an interview at a prop trading firm abroad but was unsuccessful after the interview (long story what happened).
I did apply to loads of smaller places and consulting firms - no luck. (Infact some phoned and said I should apply to bigger firms. When i want to leave I should get in touch).

Nope. I emailed them after 1 week just to see what was happening (re-emphasising my passion to join them). She emailed back saying the CV I attached didn't open so I resent it. This was last week (mid-week). Still waiting. No rejection though...

Did they ask for your Alevel module scores when you applied or?

Ok. Did you change the cv a lil bit? Coz that was too Ibd-like for ER.

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I was p***ed about the way people were treating me - like an inferior/second class citizen - even at uni just because I'm struggling to land interviews/offers.

Jesus. I thought all that "LSE problem" stuff was satire.

Jesus. I thought all that "LSE problem" stuff was satire.

I think this is what happens at the finance/econ degrees at all targets. I remember in 1st year, you were pretty much defined by whether you had a spring week offer

Charles, I know you said that you have only been to 2 ACs with BB banks but approximately how many first round/telephone interviews have you been invited to? Was just wondering if you were mostly getting rejected because of these or just rejected pre-interview

Does anyone have any further advice please? My eyes are 'bleeding' having applied to tonnes of places and nothing is sticking idk why. I either must be a really $hit candidate and not realise it or soemthing else is going wrong. Please can someone suggest what I should do?