I've been recently approached by interesting companies in different industries for M&A roles and always go as far as the VP/Partners for interviews. I always end up loosing to someone with 5-7 years of experience....
Any tips on how to rock that last step for the next shot? Truly a bummer to put so much energy every time for the same result

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Had the exact same problem and I know the feeling. If you think about it logically it does make sense from their perspective to hire someone with experience. In situations like this, 90% of the time you can’t really do anything - you probably crushed the interviews and meshed really well with the team and have an impressive background but from a risk perspective it’s safer to go with the other candidate.

You need to think of the positives too - there’s a reason you’re being approached and sought out from multiple recruiters (impressive background etc.) and there’s a reason you’re making it far in the interviews. But if it truly is coming down to experience I would try to not sweat it (i know, it’s hard) and wait for the next opp! Good luck my friend

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