It was in the middle of a busy afternoon last November when I had back-to-back calls on a live transaction. After I just hung up on a colleague, my dealer board rung of an internal number from Paris. “It’s Mai speaking. May I ask who’s calling?” I picked up the call...
The title, albeit painful, is obvious. HR has just called/emailed you with some kind words wishing you the best as you did not get that job offer you yearned for after the internship. As soon as you heard they murmured the word “Unfortunately…”, the months ahead for...
*All of my articles are of my own individual opinions and is by no means representative of any institution’s views. When I was an IBD intern in 2013, we listened to a talk from Lloyd Blankfein who shared several bits of advice for summer interns. (YouTube Link) One of...
The below post was originally written and published in April. I have done some editorial work to improve it as well as obtaining the consent of the people mentioned below so hope you’d enjoy this re-published version. ****** Having put my email address on the...
Over my three years at LSE, I have done so many internships and work experiences that I now deleted many of them from my LinkedIn profile because it has become too long. The workplace became a severe obsession. Some of my friends called me the “Internship Queen”, an...
