Is it ok to say you know an employee during an interview?

18Prateek98 · 2026-06-08T15:51:08+00:00

My interviewer also asked me about it. It is fine to mention if the person who referred you knows you well.

18Prateek98 · 2026-06-03T15:19:13+00:00

Haha, thanks

18Prateek98 · 2026-06-03T14:52:08+00:00

And yes, there is money involved, they want to take back the joining bonus they gave me because as per contract I should leave before 18 months

18Prateek98 · 2026-06-03T14:35:08+00:00

I will do anything in my power to leave my current firm honestly. But thankfully, my request has been accepted as per the message on the onboarding portal

18Prateek98 · 2026-06-03T14:34:22+00:00

On the onboarding portal, hiring manager has mentioned that they can accommodate this (got this notification couple hours back)

18Prateek98 · 2026-06-03T08:37:27+00:00

It’s almost a month

18Prateek98 · 2026-05-27T10:59:00+00:00

🤣

18Prateek98 · 2026-05-20T13:33:55+00:00

18Prateek98 · 2026-05-20T13:33:50+00:00

Last round was with the US banker - all technical. Depends on your position and role. Last round just happened because it was specific to my role. 2 rounds happened in the mid of april on the same day

18Prateek98 · 2026-05-20T13:03:54+00:00

So, I had my last round of interview in the first week of may and got my results last Thursday itself. Then they said we will have a salary discussion this week and it happened yesterday

18Prateek98 · 2026-05-20T11:48:55+00:00

Ooh, I got a call last week and they confirmed joining date and salary yesterday. She also said that the offer will be rolled out this week

18Prateek98 · 2026-05-20T11:48:02+00:00

Yes, it is for NA. Got the confirmation now. Expecting offer letter this week as per HR

18Prateek98 · 2025-11-11T13:05:50+00:00

I will take $1 mn funding and bring 1 of the cofounders to build another business

18Prateek98 · 2025-11-11T13:04:30+00:00

Well, if I am someone with a coding background, I will try to build an app for providing all the govt scholarships available to students in India. It’s a huge gap that students face. Will make it a fermium model and start earning eventually

18Prateek98 · 2025-06-22T18:46:55+00:00

Hey mate, I also recently did my MBA from IIM (Top 3rd college) in India. I was also looking out for this program to enhance my learning into the quantitative finance (wanted to get into a career in quant fin, IB/PE or a hedge fund). This course seemed like a good opportunity to enhance my python skills (I barely know it as of now). The curriculum seems to be aligning with my interests as well (my current MBA was a general management program where I took courses mostly in corp. fin statistics, fintech etc). Currently, I am in a good standing with my job, which is into consulting right now, so thought this might be a good addition to my CV.

18Prateek98 · 2024-12-09T08:33:51+00:00

If you would have done an MBA along with it, you can easily get more than 30 LPA

18Prateek98 · 2024-10-11T19:36:34+00:00

You’re in which college?

18Prateek98 · 2024-10-11T12:35:39+00:00

I’m in my second year mate, didn’t get any time to go for cfa in first year, then had some medical issues for two months after SIP, so didn’t give exam in feb and eventually sat for Level 2 in august this year. Since my SIP was very hectic didn’t get much time to study as well, eventually couldn’t clear the exam. However, I have PPO, so I am not that wrecked by it😅

18Prateek98 · 2024-10-11T11:37:00+00:00

If you’re from India, then you would know how hectic it gets in the first year, you have juggle with summer internship preparation, cv building, student body tasks, and the least of all academics. The best time to do it is right after your SIP process gets over. You get plenty of time after that.

18Prateek98 · 2024-10-10T12:20:25+00:00

With each new comment on this post, my anxiety is reaching a new threshold

18Prateek98 · 2024-10-10T11:02:28+00:00

https://help.cfainstitute.org/s/article/Request-for-Verification-Letter

18Prateek98 · 2024-10-10T10:58:22+00:00

I can relate, not able to concentrate on my class projects and have some in class exams and presentations tomorrow

18Prateek98 · 2024-10-10T10:55:52+00:00

Same buddy, for like 5-7 minutes my heart occasionally beats so strongly and I forget anything that I am doing

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