Set up a first round zoom interview only for it to get rescheduled 3 or 4 times in a matter of 24 hours. Super unprofessional but I did not think anything of it initially. Then, as soon as I got on the call with one of the current interns and the CEO, alarm bells started to ring in my head. Felt like they were trying to sell me something rather than them trying to determine if I was a decent fit for the role. Told me it was full time, unpaid, from 8am-8pm, 5-7 days a week for 6 full months. Unreal to me that anyone has willingly signed up for that. Next, they tried to sell me on the idea that what I was going to learn from working there was so much more valuable than any monetary compensation. Don’t get me wrong, they were both super nice people but I felt like I was getting hustled into a free labor chop shop internship that had no formal structure and absolutely zero opportunity for advancement. That in mind, I obviously pulled my name from further consideration after the first call even though they offered for me to advance. If you’re someone who goes to a non target like me and are just trying to land something with investment banking in the title to slap on your resume in hopes of leveraging it to a more notable firm (like I was at the time),I promise you this place is not your best option. Don’t sell yourself short, just study up, network like hell and recruit during the next years cycle or try and get on with a more legit firm even if it’s in a different but relative LOB. (AM/ER/S&T)Will bode much better for you come full time recruitment.
