Everyone on this page was applying through job boards like everyone else. Here's what happened when they stopped competing in the same queue and went direct to the people who hire in finance instead.
Hedge Funds, Private Equity, M&A and Venture Capital
Before: 0 offers in 5 months, 150+ applications
"I couldn't even get a reply."
After: 6 offers in 4 weeks
"It's changed my life, literally. I'm not even kidding."
Investment Banking
Before: 0 offers in 4 months, 50+ applications
"First, second round interviews, but never till the end."
After: 1 offer in 3 weeks (investment banking)
"When I told my friends, they were shocked."
Corporate Finance
Before: 0 offers in 6 months, 50+ applications
"It drained a lot of my time and energy."
After: 1 offer in 2 weeks
"Literally all the offers just start coming to you on autopilot."
Software Engineering
Before: 0 offers in 6 months, 300+ applications
"Everyone I spoke to said they liked me."
After: 2 offers in 3 weeks
"It was less of drawing sticks and more of playing chess."
The ones who didn't have time for an interview.
International M&A, Corporate Finance and Financial Data
Before: 0 full-time offers in 2 years, 600+ applications
"You apply and you're not hearing anything back at all."
After: 4 offers in 4 weeks
"Now that I've worked in smaller teams, I think I would prefer that."
Software Development and Quant Finance
Before: 0 offers in months, 50 applications
"Most of them you never hear anything back."
After: 3 offers in 2 weeks
Consulting and Venture Capital
Before: 0 offers in 5 months, 80 applications
"An automated email saying, just try again next year."
After: 2 offers in 2 weeks
"I wasn't nervous whatsoever. I was just like, let's get it done."
Private Equity
Before: 0 offers in 3 months, 75 applications
"Most apps, I never heard back from at all."
After: 2 offers in 2 months
"When people I had zero connection to started replying. No warm intro, no mutual contact, just a cold email."
See how the approach works and whether it's right for you.
I want thisWondering whether these results are typical, whether this would work for someone like you, or whether you can speak to any of the people above? Straight answers are on the FAQ page.