pl help with interview - Equity Research

CFA Level III
#1

Hi: Have been offered a chance to interview for a sellside ER associate position in Tech. in Canada. Have a buyside ER background, in Hedge funds for the past 3 years. This came thro’ a friend who works there, but looks like the analyst is looking for MAINLY sell side ER folks only. So I was surprised when I got an email from the analyst for an interview offer. My questions are 1. Why do you think the analyst insists on sell side experience and how can I overcome his inhibitions? 2. Given my background in hedgefunds/buy sde, how do I go about this interview - i.e how can I convince him that I am akin to any sellside ER associate? 3 Is there a gender/otherwise bias with tech. associate selectio? I am a female and have been unemployed for the past 4 months. 4.Honestly what are my chances? Do you think this is just a courtesy call because it was an internal referral? Any advise to excel at this interview is greatly appreciated. thanks

#2

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#3
    1. Why do you think the analyst insists on sell side experience and how can I overcome his inhibitions? A common career path is to go from sell-side to buy-side. He probably wants to talk to only sell-side people because it decreases chances of his associate jumping ship once job market improves. Also, sell-siders generally can’t pick a stock if their lives depended upon it, but they have the best industry knowledge. This is what they sell to their clients, so he wants his associate to have solid industry knowledge. 2. Given my background in hedgefunds/buy sde, how do I go about this interview - i.e how can I convince him that I am akin to any sellside ER associate? Make sure you promote your modeling and writing skills. Talk about your rolodex of folks in the industry that you can leverage to do channel checks. Make sure he knows you can pitch buy/sell ideas with conviction to clients. Also, promote your rolodex of folks on the buy side who you can go to to II votes and commission dollar votes. 3 Is there a gender/otherwise bias with tech. associate selectio? I am a female and have been unemployed for the past 4 months. There are more guys in sell-side tech, which works to your advantage. 4.Honestly what are my chances? Do you think this is just a courtesy call because it was an internal referral? You have a real chance at the job. Go for it.
#4

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