<p>Hey guys, the first round deadlines are coming up very soon. I was wondering if anyone here has already applied and done their phone interview? I'm a bit nervous and trying to catch up on my financial news :/</p>
<p>I looked at the requirements and it didn't say anything about having to be brown, although its their mission to promote brown supremacy.</p>
<p>What will happen if I am white and apply?</p>
<p>Hey epiper,
I haven't applied yet, but I actually had my phone interview today. It was pretty laid back, but I was asked a question about recent financial news so yeah.. you might want to catch up; however, I'd say it's more pertinent closer to your interview date... goodluck preparing!</p>
<p>Hey taffy,
From my understanding it's an eligibility requirement. If you read the FAQs on the seo website there's specific information about that...</p>
<p>thanks for the reply saltsprings. may I ask if your question related to a specific event or just discuss anything recent?</p>
<p>on the application theres a box to check for white. i just looked through the FAQs and didn't see anything about race.</p>
<p>I think its pretty stupid that they include asians in their push for "opportunity"... lets look at new hire info:</p>
<p>Deloitte: 31% Asian
Goldman Sachs: 32% Asian
and the other big places are at like 20+</p>
<p>According to the Census Bureau's 2005 American Community Survey the US population is as follows:</p>
<pre><code>* White alone, 74.7%, or about 215.3 million
* Black American 12.1% or 34.9 million
* Asian American (Includes people from the subcontinent and southeast Asia) 4.3% or 12.5 million,
</code></pre>
<p>oh, the poor underrepresented Asians. good thing we have SEO...</p>
<p>Well, if they only promote "brown supremacy" in reality, then I guess you don't have to worry about Asians being placed, now will you?</p>
<p>Well first she asked if I follow business/ financial news, what exactly I read, and then asked for a couple stories in the recent news...</p>
<p>taffy, here's what it says:
"The SEO Career Program internships are for undergraduate students of color and SEO Alumni only"</p>
<p>Wall Street is color blind. Just like the Bush Administration is color blind on the realities of the Iraq War. They don't even know who the enemy is.</p>
<p>are you really gonna take this there?</p>
<p>And considering how high of a proportion of these SEO interns get job offers and even just the existence of the program, I'm pretty sure they aren't color blind.</p>
<p>for those who got in--why do you think you got accepted? did you have prior education/experience in the field?</p>
<p>This is my opinion of SEO Career Program: It's a very good program for those who are prepared for a career in any business profession and beyond. It does expose the students to a wide array of business fields, which would otherwise be very tough to obtain as a summer intern. It gives a person a chance to test their interest, regardless if they are offered a job or not. </p>
<p>If you have the desire to learn new ideas and are prepared to take on greater responsibility early on, the SEO Career Program is the best option around. Don't expect them to spoon feed you. That's not going to happen.</p>
<p>redlinekid, i remember you posted an article in the SEO last year from a guy who got a job from Citigroup. Hes full of --it and was advertising for ibankinginterviews.com, whcih is a spam. i, and several of my friends ordered from the site and ended up getting some Ebay guide.</p>
<p>just giving you a heads up, please dont do it this year. thank you.</p>
<p>Thanks Harvardman,
The same guy also suggested that I enroll in the Swiss Finance Academy as well for $10K. Not going to happen. The best approach that works is networking with those who are in the field. </p>
<p>Anything that is overly popular with helping you to break into the Investment Banking industry I tend to avoid.</p>
<p>Do any of you guys know which IB program is the hardest to get? I'm having a hard time deciding between Corporate Finance & Sales and Trading as my first choice. Also, is anyone else putting that they're interested in working in Hong Kong as well?</p>
<p>Hi Bulldog09,
Take Corp. Finance if you plan to transfer those skills to another business industry after the 2-3 year Analyst experience. However, if you want to go into Hedge Funds or any finance related field, go for the Sales and Trading position. It all boils down towards your long term interests.</p>
<p>Sales and Trading is definitely the hardest program. Think about, everyone wants those jobs because of the prestige associated with it. When people say investment bankers, they usually mean sales and trading even though they are different.</p>
<p>From my personal experience, any career field that is the most talked about area of finance will be very hard to get. In contrast, a different area of finance that's talked about the least will not be as difficult to obtain. Always go into a field that is not overcrowded. </p>
<p>The same can also be applied to college majors as well. The programs that has the largest enrollment such as Engineering, Business/Economics, Political Science/Law, and Biological Sciences/Pre-Med, will be extremely competitive in terms of grading and flexibility. Personally, I would rather avoid those areas and focus on a related major, like Economic Sociology at a top tier college that has fewer students enrolled as a major, in comparison to the biggest majors that I had mentioned.</p>
<p>Has anyone done the phone interview yet??? Any invitations for the second round yet?</p>
<p>Yea I got a phone interview!! They emailed me yesterday (22 hours after submitting my application).</p>
<p>No email to schedule a phone interview yet, but I'm fairly confident that is easy to get. Getting to the second round interview and doing well there is ridiculously tough.</p>