Hi fishes,
Before joining the Industry, I graduated from Law School then I needed to find another path and worked in a regional boutique.
I joined a respectable business school to gain some knowledge.
My path in finance has led me from the back office to the middle office and finally a front office internship. I graduated 6 months ago after an internship at a BB.
Since the end of my internship I’ve applied to many offers but never got any answers. Can somebody enlighten me on how to break in?

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This is a tough time in general if you just graduated 6 months ago so don’t be too discouraged just yet. Was your FO internship unable to extend you an offer for budget reasons or was it something else? What kind of feedback are you getting from the places you’re currently applying to/interviewing with?

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Maybe reach out to the people you worked with previously and get some more info? Shouldn’t be an issue as long as you had a good relationship

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