Would YOU Give Me An INTERVIEW? (SA 2021)
In your opinion, would my resume pass the SA screening process?
Would you give me an interview if my resume was dropped on your desk? If not, why?
What should I change in order to improve it?
I landed something for the spring and hopefully even an internship for the coming summer, volunteering and founded a student association. Literally don't know what else I could do, I'm ready to start a company if that's needed to impress a recruiter. Any advice is appreciated.
Particularly curious to hear opinions from people in BBs.
Btw I'm in Europe so the recruiting process will start in a few months.
Have a good evening!
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I would not.
America > Europe
I smell maple syrup from across the ocean man
Lol this is obviously Bocconi. Anyway, just my two cents: I think you should use stronger language instead of just "used" and "wrote."
Also, I would not say "perfect knowledge of Microsoft Excel..." as, and no offense, you probably do not have a "perfect" mastery of them.
Yeah you got me on Bocconi. Thanks for the precious input!
Can I ask how come Bocconi students apply to intern in London? Wouldn’t you need sponsorship to work here?
I would hire you in an instant
Yes your CV is good, but it’s always relative to the competition. There are better CVs out there, does that mean you won’t get interviews - no, you will get interviews but you’ll realize that there are factors that you cannot control.
Thanks, I am trying to understand if I have a chance at London SA or if I should apply again for spring weeks (saying I'll do a one-year master so to graduate in 2023), and trying the conversion route SW>SA>FT
Go for summers mate. Spring weeks are a shit show - especially if you are a straight white male... you can always re-apply for SA2022 if you’d do a master.
I got 3 spring weeks, did get a return offer but seems like most return offers goes to women and minorities. So not getting a spring week isn’t a disadvantage.
"perfect knowledge of excel"
ugh Amateur. INDEX MATCH all the way :)
still haven't popped that F1 key
I see some formatting errors but overall is good.
Performance track of one month is not a good indicator, less than 3-6 months does not prove anything
I see too much "trash talk" (something usual at this level) try to get some boutique experience, even a no name boutique would help if you can have 1-2 months. That would really set you apart from others applying for summers at BBs, having that transferrable experience
Merci for the input, couldn't start earlier because of the virus, in July I'll have two months of performance track. I've been trying with boutiques but I believe hiring is frozen until everything is back to normal
There are some boutiques that may be open for summers if things go to normal, nevertheless your profile should work in order to get some intereviews.
Remember that once you land your foot on a AC you have to show genuine interest and be yourself n order to succeed.
Hey French Hardo, I'm myself a "french hardo" studying my BSc in London, I'd love to know your experience and maybe receive some good advice from you ;)
Hi Charls, its a pleasure to meet more french people interested in IB.
Feel free to ask any question and will answer you with total sincerite.
Nice CV overall! I will be "competing" against you for SA 2021 in London (studying in London). I just don't understand why you list Excel functions in your CV, I'm sure it would make laugh some analysts.
Take care,
Thanks! Yeah I definitely need to rephrase some of my bullet points, I just wanted to try and get some feedback on how I would stand against competition for SA overall, very few people post their CVs on LinkedIn so I have no idea how good a candidate I could be. Just out of curiosity, did your Uni suspend exams? (or made them P/F)?
I think you'll definitely have some interviews! My exams are mainly online and they have been transformed into essays/MCQ etc.. and you?
Please don’t even mention Excel, let alone listing specific functions you know how to use.
Would you say “perfect knowledge of addition, multiplication and decimals”? Because that’s the mathematical equivalent of saying you know how to use a vlookup.
I'll edit, it was a bit stupid and pretentious to say it
"Advanced proficiency" is good.
No. You haven’t networked with me so I do not know if I like you as a person.
useless
i'd suggest "outperform" instead of "overperform".
My first question would be - what's the benchmark? remember the benchmark has to track your region and has to be similar risk profile. hard to explain briefly but if your portfolio invests in US market, you can't have the FTSE 100 or Italian inflation as benchmark.
Other than that seems ok but the strongest point is that probably you're in a target. you'll be fine as long as you are good in interviews but it doesn't strike me as a super strong CV (i'm a final year student)
EDIT: Be prepared to answer questions about the "wrote a technical consultancy, providing the judge in charge with a technical analysis on which to base his decisions". I have no idea what that means and it sounds like BS.
"startup's CEOs" doesn't make sense. Startup's (single start up) CEOs (plural)
languages section can be cleaned up like: Italian (Native), English (Business Proficient), German (Advanced), Spanish (Basic or Conversational? - don't lie). No one cares about your English certificate and I've never heard CAE ever before. And if you say that your English is Business Proficient and your German is Advanced - I get the idea that your German is better than English, is that correct? If not, change your use of words.
and yeah don't say "perfect knowledge"
EDIT 2:
Use the grid function, zoom in, and carefully check your spacing between rows and whether everything aligns well.
Damn that's in-depth, very helpful, I'll implement your suggestions immediately. Even though the judge stuff is not BS I'll try to make it seem less like it, I'll also try to include the benchmark, but it has a long name and it'll be hard to remain in one line.
Never heard about those word functions but I'll definitely work on that, thanks again!
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