🌟 How I got an interview with Credit Suisse in an elevator?

In the previous articles I shared about my failures.

🏆 Allow me to celebrate a small win this time 🤣 

This event happened 10 years ago:

📈 I was invited to the final round interview with Deutsche Bank – Summer Analyst Program at their Asset & Wealth Management department.

After I finished my interview, I was waiting for the lift to leave the DB office.

⏰ When I got inside the lift and was about to close the door

A guy rushed into the lift and I opened the door for him

He thanked me

I said you are welcome and I told him I was not in a rush because I just finished my final round interview with DB

(As I assumed that he also worked at DB and could be my future colleague if I got an offer!)

⏰ Then he asked me how did the interview go and we chatted briefly inside the lift.

When the lift arrived the ground floor, he passed me his name card.

💡 Turns out – He worked at Credit Suisse Private Bank as a Director and he was at the DB office for a meeting with them!!

I was shocked as I assumed he was from DB all along.

Then he asked if I applied to Credit Suisse or not.

⚡ I answered no because there wasn’t a summer analyst program for private banking for undergraduates.

⚡ Back in 2014, CS would only hire MBA Summer Analysts instead.

Then he mentioned that his Hong Kong team was planning to hire a contract analyst and asked me if I was interested.

Luckily – I had my CV with me and passed to him immediately - assuming my interview with DB failed in the end.

☕ 2 Weeks later, I met with him and his team member.

The rest is history.

Lesson of the story:

✅ Always have your CV readily available – on your phone or on your bag

✅ Always be nice to others as you don’t know whom you will run into a lift

✅ Never make assumptions!!!

⌛ When was the last time you ran into an opportunity?

⌛ What kind of opportunity was it?

⌛ What was your latest success story?

⌛ Feel free to comment below to share your success story!

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