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"You have perfect CV for bank/ investment bank with all your experiences and your great academic path...."

...Given this, I am really curious why you are applying for Grant Financial Assistant position, while you could have great career at top banks all over Europe. Why?

And the answer was:

The candidate said: "Life is not all about banking and getting to the most popular place. I just know what I really want to do and this is why I am here."

Additional information

He didn't get the job.

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    indiajack
    29 June 2010

    I think it may have been how the answer was phrased rather than the content that led to the result. Or the recruiter may not have believed the answer

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    phasme
    29 June 2010

    Well, in my opinion, the answer is not bad but seems to be without ambition.

    Sometimes we need to accept that recruiters are not really cartesian in their choices...

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