Strong profile but unable to get placed/off-campus offers. What should I do? Need advice.
I honestly dont know what to do anymore, so I thought I could ask here.
My Background:
- Im a 2026 post graduate from India, with a MBA in Finance and Business Intelligence and BTech in IT.
- My GPA is around 9.5/10.
- I have done Internships in Barclays and Tata.
- I have also been the Student Representative for 3 years.
- I have no non-internship work experience.
The problem is I couldn't secure a campus placement before hiring slowed down, and now off-campus applications feel impossible.
The reason I couldn't get any placement offers are due to some foolish decisions I made. I am mainly interested in Investment Banking. When investment banks came for placement, my college set a rule that only students with MBA in pure finance are eligible for these companies. So I lost my chance with these companies.
Second reason is my dad said that he has some friends in investment banks and commercial banks, and they would surely give me a job. In this false hope, I didnt take any of the low paying jobs through placements. Now all my dad friends have backed out and said its too difficult. I really had hope because all of them were in senior management level roles.
In these last 3 months, I havent even received one interview and its stressing me alot.
I have no clue what should I even do now. I keep studying and preparing for the jobs that I have applied which just gets rejected I think of applying for jobs that are not related to my field and pay way less than my college's average, but I feel defeated and as a loser. All my effort just seems useless.
Even my internships paid around Rs. 100,000/ month and now I cant even get a job that pays Rs. 600,000-700,000.
If you read this far, Im sorry if it feels like a rant but I need guidance now cuz im losing all hope.