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Trader by chance.

My interview experience. It was the beginning of summer in 2015 and the suits which were earlier a delight to wear felt like a big pain in the ass with every guest lecture being organised and every pre placement talk being held, even for companies where I did not even qualify to apply. One fine day we get a mail from the placement team about a certain trading firm coming on campus for a routine guest lecture followed by a possibility of them recruiting some candidates if they deemed good. If there's one thing I have ever been proud of about myself it has been my love for numbers and ability to observe patterns and make sense out of them, and this was exactly what is needed to be a part of this industry! Easier to say now that all this is in the home sight, but I had a strong gut feel about being able to crack the interview and was more concerned if I really wanted the job. Since the lecture was being postponed time after time after initially being scheduled during the...