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.
Capital Markets
Before: 0 offers in 5 months, 150+ applications
"I'm extremely demoralised... it feels very hopeless."
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
"I started applying as everyone else through LinkedIn. I got into first round, second round, 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
"I just didn't really want to mass apply knowing that I wouldn't really hear anything back from them."
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
"They were just treating me like a statistic. It didn't make me feel good."
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.
Software Development and Quant Finance
Before: 0 offers in months, 50 applications
"It feels like you're applying and then most of them you never hear anything back. I guess it's quite demoralising."
After: 3 offers in 2 weeks
Consulting and Venture Capital
Before: 0 offers in 5 months, 80 applications
"I was stuttering, I was struggling on every question they were asking."
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
"Interviews weren't converting, and 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.