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I hope some genuine people are their in Fishbowl
Just now finished my MBA, So I'm looking for a role in Finance domain and I would appreciate your support.
My focused area is Investment banking, Financial markets, Financial analysis and reporting
I know you people will help me and I'm very grateful for you guys.
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I don’t know that you reapply. I’d say move on. I had a similar scenario where I applied to an in-house litigation role. They want someone with 8 years experience. I have the exact type of substantive knowledge and experience they are asking for except I have 6.5 years, not 8. I got rejected. Followed up with someone and they said I was rejected because I don’t have the 8 years, despite having second chaired several trials and run matters from start to finish on my own. There’s no major knowledge I would acquire in the next year and a half that I don’t have now. Tells me they have no nuance in their search and probably don’t have any nuance in running their legal department. Don’t want to work somewhere like that anyhow.
That just literally happened to me this past week. I have the exact experience the firm was seeking, yet I received a message stating that they've decided not to move forward with my application.
The HR person had stated during the initial interview that there would be an extensive interview process and knowledge testing. I responded that I looked forward to the opportunity, only to receive a thanks but no thanks message without true feedback.
Needless to say, I was upset and frustrated.
Best of luck to everyone seeking employment!
This happened to me once and I ended up getting the job. I reached out to HR and said something like, "This looks similar to a role I was not selected for. Can you confirm if this is the same role or a new one? I am still interested in the company and would like to reply."
There are some large companies I have applied for in-house counsel roles. I have been rejected on a Sunday at midnight after applying Saturday evening.
I have 20 years experience in the same type of law field...
I even reapplied immediately and tweaked my resume to be almost copy and paste of the posting. I got another rejection about a week later...
I can certainly empathize with your experience. It's a common sentiment when navigating application processes, and I've encountered similar situations myself. It can indeed be perplexing, particularly when the rationale provided is that another candidate was a 'better fit' for the role.
Sometimes it does mean a better fit, usually with the partner who runs the section and what they demand.
I got along well with my GC, but the company got acquired and the acquiring company's GC didn't want anyone competing for his job, so the GC of the acquired company was dismissed shortly after the transaction closed. But I kept in touch with my former boss, even though I was still employed by the company that cut him loose.
At one point he called me and said a friend of his was GC of a small conglomerate, and they were looking to hire someone to run the legal needs of one of their subsidiaries; the existing division GC was 7 months pregnant and would be stepping away for an extended leave when the baby arrived. Timing was pretty critical because the pregnancy was getting close to term. In order for the successful candidate to give reasonable notice of resignation to a current employer, then have some training from the woman about to go on maternity leave, the company was prepared to move quickly. I juggled my schedule to meet the team the next day. My old boss said his friend had told him that it was important to hire someone who was "the right fit". My boss said he understood, but when I asked if he could elaborate to me, he had no clue what his friend had in mind.
I had four meetings; one segment was with the GC of each of the three subsidiaries, with a fourth segment for the overall GC. I thought everything went well. At the end of each segment with a subsidiary GC, I used the standby "how do you think I did?" question, and everything sounded like I was the right candidate. The overall GC wouldn't give me a direct answer, because he wanted to confer with his team first.
The next morning, the GC called me to tell me that he makes decisions very quickly, and had determined that I wasn't the right fit. I still have no idea what that means. It might have been easier to understand if everyone else in the office was Mormon (I'm not) or went to a rival school or had elite-level bowling averages, but I'm still clueless regarding the missing common denominator.
Were you auto rejected by ATS? I would revisit your resume to make sure you are hitting the right keywords and then apply again. They could also be intentionally posting a ghost job for any number of reasons, but hopefully that's not the case.