和几家PE FUND的老板联系后，被打击了！！！！！

It seems that those so-called international PE funds are generally very narrow-minded..I contacted them (some VPs, some associate directors) via my relatives and close friends...they expressly told me they only wanna recruit students from top B-schools, because those f*cking stupid LPs are very concerned about the team's investment experience and academic background. Regarding summer interns, a fund specializing in TMT confirmed with me they will only consider Wharton/HBS graduates....I am just curious how many Chinese students are studing in M7 mba programs....

I already had master degree in top IVY league schools and am doing MBA in a Top 30 schools in the US...anyway, will push for more networking opportunities to get an offer!

It's difficult to get into mega funds without pre-MBA buy side experience even you are from HBS/Wharton or any other schools. Plus most of them came from those few schools so it's reasonable to assume that they don't want to be diluted. They don't need to take the risk of hiring someone from a top 30 school and neither do they care about whether you are the no.1 or no.400 student from your school, unless you can bring sth else to the table. It's just the way how it works.

So don't be too disappointed and try to think what you can do with your background. Pick a game that you are allowed to play.

actually I do not think there are LOTS OF Chinese students in top MBA programs.Lots of them may only consider opportunities in the US. To be honest, I do not think all those M7 graduates are that excellent. I used to co-handle a PE project with the principal investments team of a leading investment bank. A wharton MBA worked there as associate,but I cannot smell any smartness from that guy. very "just so so", to be honest...

Moreover, I do not think there are much differences between other Top 30 MBA programs excluding M7. Anyway, it is useless to complain...there are lots of things out of our control...

clarification: my point is not all the M7 graduates have better qualities than graduates from other schools...it all depends...screening candidates by schools is so arbitrary....

楼主，心平气和一点

如果你是recruiter，你会怎么筛选？

如果两个人条件差不多，一般公司都会选择名校出身的吧？名校MBA的录取，就是帮用人单位做了非常好的第一轮筛选

反过来，既然学校排名一般，你和M7的竞争者比，有什么超过他们的优势呢？

如果有人和你说拒了你是因为LP对团队成员有很高的要求，这绝对是托辞，或者说是委婉的接口。感觉你尽管和他们联系上了，但他们对你的了解肯定很有限，你还没能展示出真正打动他们的业绩和能力。

每年去M7的中国学生是很大的一个群体——相对PE行业每年招的人数来说。别的不谈，看看HBS每年大陆入学人数就知道了。PE本来就不是一个用人大户，招的很少；为了节约招聘时间，内部人推荐就成为一个非常有效的首选途径；如果不行，再做一般招聘，但这时候，名校当然容易脱颖而出——诚然，不是每个M7的学生都比非M7的学生优秀，但总的优秀比例要大得多吧，从M7招人成功的概率要大不少吧——请换位思考，你是recuiter会怎么选

进入这个行业要靠机遇，祝好运！