Sg Cowen: New Recruits

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The recruiting committee of SG Cowen is facing an important decision regarding which two candidates to select and give out job offers to, out of four candidates, who had strong supporters among the interviewers but had also raised some questions. As members of the committee, we would select Natalya Godlewska, as she appears to be the most suitable for the job. Natalya has an impressive finance background, having achieved the highest GPA in the finance department as an undergraduate and having worked as a graduate teaching assistant in the finance program of the core business school Cornell, where she was an MBA student. She worked for four years for a firm which produces M&A modeling software broadly used in Wall Street, potentially developing her modelling technical skills and contributing to her understanding of the financial markets. She called the bankers she had met to have informational interviews to be prepared for the first-round interviews, which shows she is serious, enthusiastic and highly committed to the firm. Natalya showed initiative by displaying a “can-do attitude” and a positive energy, which might be an asset in the exposure to clients. She also showed other positive characteristics such as determination, ambition and promptness to work. She was highly recommended by her referee, her previous supervisor, which positively distinguished her skills. However, regarding interpersonal skills such as impact or presence, she appeared to be rigid and uncomfortable during small talk in more than one situation, according to one interviewer, who expressed concerns regarding her culture fit with the firm. Moreover, other interviewer alerted for her less than perfect English which could affect her ability to work with her managers. As Godlewska spoke fluent Russian, Polish, German and partially French, one may infer that she has some facility in learning
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