Hey there,

You want to differentiate yourself in a pool of candidates with similar backgrounds, successes, grades, work experience, etc.

Most people from your school have a similar profile. To stand out, networking will help you to get your foot in the door more easily. Ian's chart (love it btw - first time I am seeing data on that) brings the point home.

Network with intention!

The outcome of your networking should be one or several referrals, the more senior the better.

All the best!

Cheers,

Florian

Hi,

Great question! In general yes you do not need to network as hard at a target school because the process is very standardized. However, going to events, showing up at discussions and generally building a relationship with the on campus ambassadors will give you a great shot at being invited to interview. Being at a target school does not guarantee an interview, so you want to show enthusiasm and desire to be at the firm and that will help tremendously with scoring an invite. It will also help with getting many insider tips on how to prepare for the various rounds. In short networking will only help you with the interview process if done right.

Best,

Udayan

Here's research I did while at my FT MBA (all data points are from MBAers at a target school).

Source: NYU Stern (and SpencerTom)

Conclusion: The data speaks for itself. Network. It improves your odds of getting invited to interview.

(editiert)

Hello!

And indeed they have a great point, so measure your efforts: networking can be one of the most tiring and time consuming things to do. 

If you have people coming to campus, I would wait and see how that plays out and what the follow up is, first of all, and take it form there. 

Hope it helps!

Cheers, 

Clara

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