GUEST COMMENT: The inadvisability of admitting infidelity in an investment banking interview

I was interviewing for a junior-level position at a US investment bank.

It was a third-round interview and the panel seemed to have exhausted their questions. But as the interview drew to a close, the head interviewer said: "As we have five minutes left, could you tell us something remarkable?"

My mind was blank, but before I could stop the words leaving my mouth I said: "Well, I will tell you something remarkable. I have been dating my girlfriend for three years at university and have never once been faithful, and she has never once found out. That is remarkable."

I sat back to a strange silence, then the head interviewer lifted his head and said: "I cannot put this simpler: banking involves trust and integrity. You have just blown this interview."

Stunned by my own stupidity, I stood up, shook hands and left.

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