Headhunters are emailing first-years who haven't finished training. On-cycle has officially detached from the gravity of the actual job. Use this thread for process intel, timelines, which funds are out, and emotional support. Keep it anonymous and keep it real.
VP here. We hate on-cycle as much as you do. Nobody wins, and we're interviewing people who can't yet build the thing we're hiring them to build.
Got a headhunter email before I'd finished my first model in training. We've fully lost the plot.
Megafunds went first this year, the UMMs scrambled to keep up within 48 hours. Prep your story NOW, not when the email comes.
"Prep your story before you've done any actual banking" is exactly the absurdity OP is pointing at and yet here we all are doing it.
The deal experience you're "recruiting on" is two weeks of staffing and a vibe. Everyone knows. The process demands the theater anyway.
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