If someone I know is an international student, in a Masters program, on a visa, and are applying to Goldman and Goldman only, their uncle works there, right?

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Why do you think their uncle works there and not their aunt???

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It’s a connection or they’re just confident. Have seen friends go to Blackrock and Apollo for no reason other than the fact daddy was already a big name MD on Wall Street despite being just adequate. Have also seen some people go “X or bust”, including one who only applied to Google SWE with no referral and got it with no issue.

Life isn’t a meritocracy. The sooner you accept that the better. Also, who gives af. Let this person live their life and focus on your own recruiting.

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Ngl you seem a touch obsessed

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Hey OP - maybe spend this energy focusing on yourself instead?

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Why does it make you uncomfortable? Referrals happen ALL the time in banks/finance.

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Ok..?

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I was initially teasing this salty post and now I actually feel sorry for op

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Problem is that this is not meritocratic. It makes me uncomfortable.

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C1 making assumptions

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Not a lot of Indian women in leadership roles at GS.

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Woah OP - sounds like major jelly there, and a hint of disrespect for internal students.

I was an internal student before too! Let me tell you - life as an international student is much more DIFFICULT than you imagined, not to mention this person came from India. And if their uncles work at GS so what? You undermined that person’s intelligence and determination.

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Someone sounds jealous

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Why does this bother you?

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Yeah referrals happen all the time and I think it would be very hard to get through to the last round with no merit lol

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Definitely something fishy. This person is from my school and it’s very hard to get into GS. It just bothers me the system is not meritocratic. Lots of other smart kids in the class.

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Well said EY1 👏🏻 agreed

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OP: I WaNt To WOrk aT ThE GoLDmAn SAChs

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No joke. Person is in last rounds, but has submitted only one other app to EY, is from a non-target school, and supremely confident. They didn’t even do their undergrad here. Their undergrad is from a no-name college in India. Very suspicious.

P4 - And no matter how much they sucked, that offer always happened!

No. I advised them to apply to at least a couple of other places. I have a feeling someone from Goldman in India is pushing their resume. This person is not well-connected in the US. She has only been here for 1.5 years, and does not have a network.

If her education/experience meets the job description, what’s it to you?

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Maybe just confident

Or they just don't know any better, that it's smart to have backups

OP, when has life ever been a meritocracy

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