Shout out to Goldman Sachs for inventing the "VP-ssociate" role. Absolute geniuses.
Top tier investment banking logic at its absolute finest, lads.
Applied for an Associate Change Management role a few weeks back. Did the recruiter dance, talked numbers, got an internal referral, and crushed a massive interview with a Vice President. Literally got told my case study framework was impressive. Excellent stuff.
Then, silence for two weeks. Complete radio silence.
Log onto the portal today to find the inevitable "Application Turndown." Fair play, thought I just didn't make the cut or they froze the headcount. It happens.
But curiosity got the better of me, so I check the live job board. Lo and behold, the exact same role has been reposted today. Same Associate title. Same location.
The twist? They’ve copy-pasted the exact requirements from the heavy-hitting, Change Management Vice President job description they had listed last month.
Absolute masterclass in corporate budgeting.
Can’t wait to apply again with "Delusions of Grandeur" added to my CV.