YFG Podcast
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S1 Ep5 | Redirection Not Rejection Series #1 - I Went From Not Converting Two Internships To Landing A Front Office Investment Banking Role
Welcome to YFG podcast! In this episode YFG kickstarts the redirection not rejection series by sharing her own redirection not rejection story when it comes to her career. She shares how she navigated the feeling of rejection when she didn’t convert her internship at a FTSE100 company and a bulge bracket bank. From comparison, manoeuvring dissapointment and feeling like her “world had ended” 😂 she shares how she used this closed door as a motivation to landing her front office investment banking role. Going through a season of rejection, dissapointment, closed doors? This episode is for you.
00:00 - Intro
03:37 - Getting my placement offer and realising the role wasn’t for me
08:41 - Getting my summer internship offer and not converting
13:47 - Dealing with rejection and how it affected me mentally
19:14 - The turnaround
20:00 - Getting redirected into front office investment banking
21:31 - Lessons learnt and embracing closed doors
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