I’m 45 and looking to move from traditional banking into a FinTech leadership role, and I feel like a dinosaur. Every person I’ve interviewed with is under 30 and seems baffled that I don’t use certain productivity apps. My experience with regulatory compliance and scaling operations should be an asset, but they only seem to care about hustle culture. How do you bridge the age gap?

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You’re not imagining it. A lot of experienced candidates go through the same pattern, strong interviews, good track record, then vague feedback that doesn’t fully stack up. Sometimes it’s age bias, sometimes salary assumptions, sometimes concerns about “fit” with younger teams.

What helped me was treating the search like a process rather than a personal judgement. I started tracking where I was getting interviews, where I was dropping off, what CV versions worked, and which companies responded well to experience. It gave me back some control and helped me adjust my approach.

Experience is still valuable, sometimes it just takes finding the right employer who recognises it. Keep going.

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I recently had a similar transition (starting new role soon). Didn’t interview with any 30 year olds but maybe go for older, more established fintechs rather than the start-ups.

Echoing what was said above. You’ll probably need to go to a more-mature startup.

I think it should go both ways tbh, they should see you as an asset but you should also see their skills as something to learn from too. I think if you approached it with an attitude of no but I am so willing to learn, it could be a great balance of both?!

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