{"id":1831,"date":"2019-12-06T12:08:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T06:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewallstreetschool.com\/blog\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2023-10-04T12:24:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T06:54:51","slug":"from-a-2-year-profile-gap-to-becoming-an-investment-banker-my-success-story-harsh-wadhwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewallstreetschool.com\/blog\/from-a-2-year-profile-gap-to-becoming-an-investment-banker-my-success-story-harsh-wadhwa\/","title":{"rendered":"From a 2 year Profile gap to becoming an Investment Banker \u2013 My Success Story | Harsh Wadhwa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harsh completed his graduation in commerce from University of Delhi, in 2012 and completed his MBA from SMU (Correspondence) in 2014.<\/p>\n

Along with his MBA, he was working with Royal Bank of Scotland, as a retail banker in Redemption team. He finally decided to leave the Job in a hunt for better work profiles.<\/p>\n

Here is a transcript of our interview with Harsh.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

What Motivated you to take the plunge of leaving your Job?<\/h3>\n

During the days of my work at RBS, one of my senior manager switched his profile to Business analytics, which made me assume that switching is not at all a difficult task. I was getting was really mundane work and my growth was crawling.
\nSo I left my Job started putting all of my focus and efforts in a Business Analytics course in which I enrolled online.<\/p>\n

Did you Encounter any failure in searching for a better profile?<\/h3>\n

Till August 2017, I kept on searching for relevant jobs in Business Analytics, but couldn\u2019t get any.<\/p>\n

Thus, I started a business of spare parts of E-vehicles, which I used to import from China and sell it in the Indian market. But soon it got shut because of increased trade restrictions between India and China.<\/p>\n

I was now left with Zero funds and hopelessness. So I got back to the Job hunt again.<\/p>\n

This time, I wanted to get into Core Finance, since the subjects such as Valuations & Equity research lured my attention towards Investment Banking.<\/p>\n

While surfing on Linkedin, I came across Himanshu Jain\u2019s profile, Co-founder of The Wallstreet School, an Institute which provides training and facilitates placement in such profiles.<\/p>\n

When I connected with him, he was very clear with his words and honestly told me that they cannot guarantee anything.<\/p>\n

What did you do next?<\/h3>\n

I had nothing left to loose. All that I had in my plate were call center Jobs.<\/p>\n

I wanted to do something in my life, so I took the plunge and joined the 6 Weeks Investment Banking Program at Wall Street school. I was not able to get Delhi batch, so they shifted me to Gurgaon\u2019s batch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of my batchmates were people from Finance backgrounds. They were grasping things very easily but I was a little bit weak in Finance. Honestly, I was never a topper. So I had to put in \u201cExtra\u201d effort.<\/p>\n

But I literally want to thank the faculty of the Wall Street for explaining everything with ease to their weak students.<\/p>\n

How did you get the job in Investment Banking?<\/h3>\n

After the completion of the Program, I got 2 interview calls through their placement cell, and I was rejected at both of them because of my profile. And my 3rd interview call was from Genpact.<\/p>\n

They asked me about the gap in my profile.<\/p>\n

My answer was honest, \u201d I literally want to do something big in my life, and working at a call center was not an option for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many more questions related to financial modeling and Valuations were asked. I was very hopeless after giving the interview because somewhere in my heart I knew I would not make it.<\/p>\n

2 days later I got a call from Himanshu Sir (Co-Founder, The Wallstreet Sschool) that I have been selected at Genpact for the position of Investment banking Analyst. I was head over heels that day.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cHave passion and faith. And start taking chances, Opportunities will come to you and one more important thing, don\u2019t take gap as a snag in your profile, now the industries are becoming empathetic about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harsh Wadhwa<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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