Word: horan
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...waiting room on the day of her first interview, Horan huddled around a small table along with a bevy of generic applicants—each wearing a black suit, holding a black portfolio and feigning a toothy smile. She remembers that the other applicants were discussing that day’s federal funds rate. “There was a certain sense of camaraderie, but in a very Harvard way,” she says. “It was a game of ‘I’ll tell you the rate, but only if I make...
After completing her six first-round interviews, only Morgan Stanley invited her to a second round interview. At that interview, Horan competed against 19 other Harvard students for three positions at the firm. One of her interviewers was an “obnoxious” graduate of Harvard College who pressed her on her course selection. One week later, she received an e-mail announcing her final rejection of recruiting season. She immediately removed it from her inbox...
...interview, Horan confesses the obvious: rejection hasn’t been easy. “I know this sounds cocky,” she says, “but whenever I had poured myself into something before I had good results. I thought I had done my best and that made failing even harder.” Although her fall from grace was bothersome, it hasn’t been enough to curb Horan’s plans. I ask her if she will participate in recruiting next fall and she responds à la Arnold...
Peter identifies with Horan: after applying to 20 companies during fall recruiting, he didn’t receive a single job offer. What makes Peter’s situation different (and arguably worse) is that he transferred to Harvard during his junior year from another Ivy League school to stave off future rejection. Now, with the fear of having to move back to Michigan to live with his family, he regrets the transfer. “I thought coming here would give me additional opportunities,” he says, “but ironically I feel like I have...
...Whereas Horan accepts that she isn’t good at “networking” and “self-promotion”—skills essential to landing a job—Peter more pointedly blames the “petty” and “competitive” student body whose talents make him less marketable. He feels that many of his supposed friends have buttressed their self-esteem through his failure...