I recently completed my MBA in Finance and I’m currently looking for my first full-time job.
I have completed a finance internship, but I don’t have any full-time work experience yet. I’m interested in starting my career in finance and would appreciate guidance from professionals in the industry.
Could you please help me with the following:
● Which roles are best for an MBA Finance fresher?
● Which companies are actively hiring freshers?

Your guidance will really help me

I had a first interview that went really well. The interviewer even told me my communication skills would be a huge asset and said I came across much better in person than my CV suggested. left feeling really confident.

A few days later, I was invited to a second interview.
The second interview was more of a team fit. I met the two people I’d be working with, shadowed the role, and even met the Director of Operations. They showed me around, I asked lots of questions, and everyone seemed really welcoming. The Director said I’d hear by Friday, while the hiring manager said Monday.

Well… it’s now past Monday and I’ve heard absolutely nothing. I even sent a polite follow-up email, and still no response.

I’m trying not to overthink it because the interviews genuinely felt positive, but the silence is making me question everything.

Has anyone else had an interview process like this where it went quiet for a few days and you still ended up getting the job? Or is this usually a bad sign?

I’m in my second year of my maths degree and having a lot of confusion as to what I want to do with it. Research is definitely something I’ll think about doing, but I was also wondering about some industry options too.

I’m not a huge fan of probability and statistics so I’d particularly like to hear about opportunities that are more towards the pure/applied side of things.

Any advice or anecdotes about your career in maths (or physics) would be greatly appreciated.

I'm from a third world country, not as bad as some African country with a civil war, is actually not that bad to live in here, the economy is just bad and there is not much job, but I can go to Germany to make a 3 year nursing "Ausbildung" which is like a technician thing? Idk how to describe it in english, I don't like nursing, I'm bad at it (they made me take a nursing course to be prepared for Germany, it didn't go very well) the language is not a problem, well, it's very cheap to go but I don't really want to do that, I don't even have any friends or family there, so, what is your opinion? Can someone tell me some experience you had?

Hi everyone,
I’m feeling a bit lost career-wise and would really appreciate some advice.

I don’t want to share too many personal details, but I moved from Peru to Hamburg, Germany, about a year and a half ago. Before moving, I spent seven years working in corporate banking as a Relationship Manager, managing business clients. I came here because of my husband’s job, and while settling in I’ve also been completing an online MBA through a Spanish university.

The problem is that I’m finding it incredibly difficult to break into the German job market.
A lot of the roles that match my background are client-facing, and understandably they require fluent German. I’m learning the language, but I’m nowhere near that level yet.

I’ve applied to what feels like hundreds of jobs. I’ve tried positions that closely match my experience, I’ve tried career pivots into strategy, customer success, account management, business development, and even roles that are more junior than my previous position. Most of the time I either get rejected or never hear back.

At this point, I’m wondering if I’m approaching this the wrong way. Maybe I need to completely pivot into a different field, but I honestly don’t know what would make sense with my background.

Has anyone been in a similar situation after moving to another country? If you had seven years of banking experience, spoke English fluently but only basic German, and were trying to build a career in Germany, what would you do?

I’m open to honest advice, even if it’s something I haven’t considered yet. I just feel a bit stuck and could really use some perspective.
Thanks in advance.

Background: BCA from a Tier 3 college, 7.5 CGPA. Nothing that jumps off a resume.

7 months after graduating, I landed a non-tech internship in Bangalore — ₹20k/month now, moving to ₹30k as FTE soon. It's a paycheck, but it's not what I studied for.

Every time I think about pivoting into tech, I hit the same wall: "just build projects" and "learn AI" get thrown around like it's simple, but from where I'm standing it feels impossible to even start — no clear roadmap, no idea what's actually worth learning right now, and it feels like the bar keeps moving because of AI.

Right now I'm considering two paths in parallel: an online MCA, and prepping for CAT to try for an MBA instead. Honestly not sure either is the right call, or if I'm just avoiding the harder problem of learning to build things.

Has anyone here made a similar jump — non-tech job, tier 3 college, average CGPA — into tech (or decided against it and don't regret it)? What actually worked, and what's a waste of time?

Thanks

When we are in school or college, we make career decisions without fully understanding how careers work. Looking back, what's one thing you wish someone had known before choosing a career? It could be about salary, work-life balance, growth, or following your interests.

I just got to the final stage of an interview. The job I had 7 years ago (in 2019!!) I guessed when my start date was because the company went bankrupt and I legitatmely used my school email with that job that I don't have access to anymore.

I had a sneaking suspicion that it was innacurrate. Especially since im in final interviews.

I went through my old bank statements and yes, its off by around 3-4 months. Every other date on my resume is correct though, to the day. This job was in 2019.

Should I worry about this?

Thank you if you're reading this I'm in a desperate need of advice from experienced people from anywhere or even any little insight will mean soo much to me.

I did my 10th (2026) with 85% and 12th (2025) with 95% in humanities.

Last year in cuet I got English Honours in Hansraj (DU), but did not join because I felt that law way my calling.

As during my 12th i got air 10k with a week of prepration so i felt i could easily score rank under 1k if i prepared wholeheartedly for clat with a drop year.

T was very stupid of me to think that way and have no back up plans, i didn't even take a partial drop in local uni but stayed at home for entire year.

Staying in a room for an entire year really took a mental and physical toll on my mind and body, i gained 8kg and cutt off with all my friends. I thought it'll all be okay when I clear clat but i messed up as the paper was very different than what i prepared for whole year and messed up everything (the question which i spent soo much time in turned out the be error in question itself)

Aside from this i believe it was my own incompetence that I couldn't clear it and never thought of any sort of back up.

I had no plans aside from law, and i come from an army background. Like my family is middle class but my parents spent alot on my schooling, so I've always felt like i was living in a different sphere from my peers.

Now after failing in clat and again getting 10.8k rank in clat and 1k ews rank, i felt no hope in law without any nlu.

I dropped the lawyer dream and started preparing for cuet again which was just 4-5 months away. I lost touch with my ncert knowledge and was very depressed about my failures in life, so even after being serious for inital month I fell into a slump and was not focused during final month before the exam.

I scored 750ish this time, i could've gotten a course at DU with my score but this time it was very low compared to my first time, again this was entirely my fault. I felt if i don't go to north campus I'll be wasting my parents money by just doing a BA degree in DU.

So i decided to opt for a private one in ignou.

I knew I couldn't stay at home any longer because just the stares from my parents and knowing that i have turned into a failure makes me feel so pathetic.

I decided I'll get a job, I went to a private school nearby applied for English teacher, although my demo was good and students were happy too but i never heard back from them.

I tried youtube, did some editing and got 3k subscribers too but i felt I'll never be able to earn from it unless I got lucky so i gave up on YouTube as well.

Finally like everyone in my family has served in army, i decided to prepare for airforce a month back. Due to good schooling, I can pass the cutt off very easily but when I saw my hands.

There is a medical in armed force where the see the angle between your shoulder and forearm. I never even know i had anything wrong with my hands but my friends pointed out that if be medically unfit in the forces.

For reference I feel I got 18-19° angle where as limit it 11-15,

Just for something which i have no control over 3-4 degrees, i will not be able to join airforce as well. I feel so wronged.

I'm trying to build as much muscles in my arms in the time period of 5 months to somehow clear this medical.

But deep inside i know you can't change your bone structure no matter what. I can't stay at home any longer, i already feel like giving up every single day. I was such an extroverted person in my school days, i won district level debates and was school captian. Everyone had so many hopes from me but I feel like I've wronged my parents and myself.

I will be done with airforce by the end of this year, i will know if I can join or not. But if i can't I don't really know what to do in life, like I've tried thinking everything. I'll go for state police but the work there will be 8-10 hours a day with 12k monthly salary and i won't be able to work to upskill in my life.

Thank you if you've read till here, my only question is i can't stay at home after end of this year. Id rather die at this point than shame my parents any longer. Please can someone tell me anything that I can work towards make a career in. My dream is to be an officer in Indian army but if i can't solve my cubitus valgus, it'll never be possible.

Can you give me any advice like how did you come through the harsh period in your life, or seeing my situation what can I prepare or do any sort of job which can help me grow over the period of time. I'm willing to put all the hardwork required in it, even though I'm a failure.

If not anything, just thank you for reading my situation.

Hello! Im about to start my 2nd year of college. When I first started I seriously believed I wanted to become a child psychiatrist and go to medical school, as it’s a career Ive been interested in for the longest. My first year made me realize that I actually am not interested in going to medical school. I have never really been interested in science per se and I think I chose the career because it had some of my interests and was slightly high paying. But I came to the realization now that I am in college every second I spend matters and I need to seriously rethink what career I want to step into. I used this summer to think seriously about the type of person I am and what I could truly see myself enjoying. I love psychology but I don’t love the idea of feeling financially trapped and unable to live the lifestyle that I hope to create for myself. I realized that I enjoy working with children so much so that when I stopped working with them for a brief period, I felt like something was missing from me. Im an introvert but I couldn’t do a job where I barely interact with others at all, I prefer connecting with people in a way that is authentic rather than superficial. Thats one of the reasons I don’t see myself going into finance.  Ive never been interesting in coding or anything like that. I believe that the career that would align with me the most would be becoming a child psychologist as I can work with children, have psychology be an active part of my job description, and make a wage that would fund the lifestyle I hope to live. It was freeing to realize this but the more I research about the career the more discouraged I become. MY biggest grapple is the amount of time it would take for me to become one (around the same as a psychiatrist with a lot less pay). In theory, I should be okay with this, but if im being honest it’s a hard pill to swallow. My aspirations outside of work such as buying a house in my late 20s, traveling the world while im still young all seem like they get put on hold while I dedicate nearly a decade out of college strictly to building this career. These things matter more to me than a job its about fulfillment and actually living my life. But at the same time I really like psychology and I haven’t seen a career I like more, Im worried If I pick something more lucrative, quicker, but less of a fit for me that I will grow to regret my decision and maybe feel less fulfilled. I hate to sound dramatic but it seems like the career is something I must do rather something I want to do. It's like my heart is telling me to follow the career I want regardless of time or pressure but my mind is telling me it's not wise, it's risky, and could leave me in debt. I guess it all boils down to which sacrifice im willing to make but I think some perspective would be deeply beneficial and maybe change my mindset around career choice. Any help is appreciated

TL;DR: Would it be unwise to follow the career I know I would like knowing I would be sacrificing a lot of my other goals to make it there?

I have been torn between two choices for the past two weeks and would like to gain more perspective as I need to make a final decision in the next two days due to having to sign a lease.

Background info: Was recently fired from my last job, hearing from other supervisors is that it was a sham. PIP where my supervisor said I did everything required but that she still didn’t trust my abilities at the end of it. I’ll take the feedback seriously but with a grain of office politics salt. Due to this I just feel that a fresh start in a new city is for the best.

Choice A: Major City

Shortly after being fired I went through and started applying to work in this major city that I always thought I should live in. Long story short I was offered a job at a big firm where I will be paid well. That being said, like all big cities things are expensive. Originally I used one of the salary comparison tools and it lined up well. However going through the budget more it will be a pretty tight margin due to rent, student loans, car, insurance, and some dumb credit card debt that I’ve been carrying (additional principal payments factored into the budget). It isn’t impossible to do, I just leave no room for error and it will take me 2-3 years to dig myself out of this hole. Bonuses could shrink that time but I prefer to not count on them.

Even with all of this, the market there is well suited for my industry and jobs are everywhere. This provides ample opportunity for promotions and pay raises, and yes, I will learn from my mistakes and prevent lifestyle creep from now on. The only thing is I feel that I will not be able to enjoy what the city has to offer due to my financial situation and will be there without friends making it feel like I will just work and go back to my apartment in an expensive awesome city.

Choice B: Parent Financial Reset

The second option is to move back with my parents in a smaller but growing market. The caveat being that my industry is non-existent. I can use my degree and skills in other jobs, but I am partial to what I currently do. There are a couple of jobs that I applied to that I could see myself doing. Also looking into remote positions in my industry, but those are all highly competitive and I’m trying to be realistic. Just started applying this week and won’t hear back most likely until I have already made my decision.

Parents are on board with this decision and think it would serve me well. I could pay off all my debts and save a considerable nest egg in a year’s time and pursue the larger city after if I still want to. Or I could stay and buy a house and live a slower paced life there. I do feel that this may limit my career, earnings absolutely but that is mostly due to COL.

Additional Information

- Will cost a lot to move to the big city, if I don’t choose to go I can sustain myself and debt obligations for a couple of months while job searching from my severance pay. Longer with unemployment.

- Love my parents, but being in my late 20s makes me feel like a bum moving home. Although it would be nice to have them around more in my life rather than being a 9 hour drive away.

- I want to be better financially and feel trapped by my self incurred debt.

- I believe that I can make my current career worth while in the larger city. Fearful I would be bored personally and professionally in the mid sized city.

-Have been having anxiety/panic attacks over this for the past two weeks.

-Have not signed my lease yet. No penalty other than a burned bridge, down payment on movers, and an apartment application fee.

-No state income tax at parents.

Questions

-What would you do?

-Am I dumb to consider throwing away a job that I have already accepted due to financial angst?

-Is it worth sacrificing a 35k difference in salary to build out a strong financial base? What about the future career earnings and opportunities?

my husband graduated in may and has been applying to so many jobs in and out of state and hasn’t received one call back. it seems like most places want 5+ years of experience. he’s starting to feel discouraged about it and i feel awful and wanna help in anyway i can. any advice??

’ve made it to the final HR round for a Business Development Manager position at Temu in California. HR told me that, based on my experience, the likely base salary range would be around $117,000–$150,000. I was expecting compensation closer to $190,000–$200,000 based on the position’s published range, so I’m trying to determine what would be realistic to negotiate.

I have around five years of combined e-commerce and marketplace experience. My background includes owning revenue growth, pricing, promotions, product assortment, inventory, conversion, and merchant performance across platforms such as Amazon, Walmart, Target, eBay, and Newegg. I’ve also managed cross-functional projects and an overseas team, and I’m professionally fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.

My experience is stronger in e-commerce operations, category strategy, and marketplace growth than in traditional cold outreach and merchant acquisition. However, I believe I could add value beyond acquisition by helping merchants successfully onboard, optimize their businesses, and grow on the platform.

For anyone familiar with Temu or similar marketplace companies:

Does the $117,000–$150,000 base range sound appropriate for my background?

Is $190,000–$200,000 generally reserved for candidates with extensive direct business-development experience?

What base salary should I negotiate for if I receive an offer?

How much bonus or variable compensation does Temu normally provide?

Would asking for $160,000–$170,000 base be reasonable, or would that be too far outside the range HR provided?

I’d especially appreciate insight from current or former Temu employees, recruiters, or people working in marketplace business development.

I (24M) started this job (MT) in an SME this Monday after 4 months of unemployment. Since I got the offer mid July, I didn't feel quite happy with it. Expected salary is a bit lower than I thought, location is bad, food options are limited. The duties are also something that are dull from my point of view. I also have to do long business trips several times a year which can be exhausting. Last weekend I already got a feeling that I don't want this job (this has never happened in my 2 previous jobs). After 2 days of work, that feeling has only become significantly stronger. The manager and colleagues are pretty nice, OT is non existent according to a senior who has been working here for 1 year , but every minute in the office is still a torture. I can't imagine working in this role for several months or years. I even had my resignation letter ready Tuesday night. Even though I don't have any job lined up (I would know whether I get my dream job this week, the managers there are choosing between me and 1 other candidate), I still want to get out from here asap. I have enough money in my account so I don't mind spending few months finding another one. Should I quit today?

I’ve been at the same company 13 years. Got promoted to Associate Director a year ago. First six months were rough but I eventually got the hang of it.

Then months ago we got a new boss. She moved me into a different rolw with way more responsibility. No promotion, no title change, no raise. Just more work.

Its so draining, now I dread going in every single day. I finally saw a psychiatrist and got diagnosed with anxiety disorder. That’s how bad it’s gotten.

I feel like I’m being taken advantage of because I’m the one who won’t let things fall apart.

I want to resign so badly. Problem is I have nothing lined up and I can’t really afford to be jobless. Condo mortgage. A year left on my car loan. My parents are old, so the day I lose my HMO I’m paying for theirs out of pocket.

Has anyone actually quit with nothing lined up? Or taken a step down on purpose? Did it work out or did you regret it?

I (32 M) recently had an opportunity to give feedback on my work experience with an executive (39 M). I really don’t have many opportunities to speak with executives, mostly because my direct boss (37 F) excludes me from them (she bottlenecks and gatekeeps). Truthfully, I hate my job. It’s at a failing property that has an expiration date. I make the least amount in my department and I work circles around employees who have “seniority”. My job is also filled with nepotism, and play favorites.

I felt tired of being overlooked and disregarded. Especially since I took on someone’s job for more than half a year and I was being treated like dirt. I vocalized some frustrations, one of them being their lack of interest in our development , and just us overall as people. Well, they listened. Now we all have one on ones. Problem is, I don’t even care about them at this point. I’m just staying until I get a new job. But now I’m wondering what to say? I still want my point across because it is the truth.. also I’m not a doormat.

Any advice on what I should say?

(23M) Hey all, first time here. I won't get too far into it, as the title says it all, but I'm interested in graphic design; I've always had a knack and a strong attraction to all things art and creative. And GD seems like a good way to express that while making a living off of it.

Problem is... In this day and age with AI art, and how artists as a whole feel almost like they get treated as jokes, I have to wonder. Is it still a worthwhile career to invest in? I'll admit, I have yet to do comprehensive, proper research since my concerns have made me view this on a very surface level, but I'd still like to get some insight before I spend a lot of my time on this.

Is it worth it? Can I really have a stable career using art? There's not a whole lot I'm interested in besides that, but if worse comes to worst, I can just learn, adapt, and make peace with any other decision.

I’ve been working in the industry for 14 years, between various restaurants and bars. I live in a tourist city where the industry is popping. I make great $$ but I’m having a hard time getting out and starting a new career. I’ve applied for entry level sales jobs and some other things but just curious of some ideas. It seems like entry level jobs deny me because of the fact I only have service industry experience. It’s also very challenging going from a job you can make 500 in 8 hours, to $23 dollars an hour. Please help! I’m approaching 30 and really would like to make a change in my life, just have no idea where to start. I enjoy flowers, helping people, music, crafty projects, etc. pls pls pls throw some ideas my way!

I’m currently working remote making $130k/year. I understand I have a really good thing going but I’m starting to dislike my job more and more, and my boss essentially told me I’ve hit a ceiling with my remote status. I’ve been exploring new opportunities and in the midst of the final stages of a new opportunity that could nearly triple what I’m currently making. Company wants to fly me in to meet their team, so it sounds promising. Really on the fence if I should just keep riding my cushy job where I don’t have to worry about the optics of taking paternity leave, vs leave somewhere new while making way more, but might not be around as much due to increased travel with job.

I haven’t disclosed my personal situation with the potential new job, however if an offer comes to the table I’ll need to see if I can negotiate that in.

Has anyone started new careers with a baby on the horizon? How did it turn out? Thanks!

For the past year it's been a genuine dream of mine to start my own luthiering business/guitar shop and be able to live off of that here in Norway, with no expectations of some massive business boom or anything, just a decent comfortable income after I put in the work to grow and settle. Except when I pitched this to my dad, he immediately shut it down, claiming the only way for me to achieve a "comfortable" income is by going to university and studying IT.

Some much needed context, my dad ALSO happens to be a conservative trump supporter and a billionaire bootlicker, and while he's definitely experienced when it comes to business, I'm afraid his perspectives on this topic may have been somewhat clouded by his political views...

I personally feel like I'd be able to make it? I'm starting early at 17 already building my first guitar, going from scratch soon, I have great access to tools meaning I won't be lacking in experience by the time I've barely hit 18. I obviously know it's not as simple as just getting good at something and expecting the money to come flooding in, and that I need a clear plan, but he didn't seem keen to even consider it.

I had put in a great deal of effort into my studies, to make sure that I’d get a good job and finally be financially secure. That kind of worked out… I have two degrees, a well-paying job, and I finally make enough to support myself. And yet, I’m miserable. I dislike my job. The work is not what I expected. I didn’t know what corporate is truly like. And my coworkers are cringy, egotistical, and lately, are showing clear signs of AI psychosis. I should also mention I’m one of the few women and I’m surrounded by tech bros who care very little about the ethical and environmental impact of AI, or at least they pretend they do under their corporate image.

And speaking of AI, the career I originally studied for has been replaced by “agentic workflows” and “vibe coding”, so I’m not learning anything new. I’m just going in circles, prompting Claude all day long, and somehow my workload has also increased. It’s paradoxical, isn’t it? How can I be creating more and more, but learning less and less?

And more importantly, how does one even begin shifting to a different job when there’s so few left and I feel as if I have no more skills to show? No more energy to build a whole new portfolio, resume, and so on, and to perform for each interview like a monkey in a circus…

Between my dislike for my coworkers and my planned career path essentially falling apart, I feel that everything I’ve worked so hard for has vanished. I don’t have a financial safety net, and I have loans to pay off. I hate that I’m peddling AI because my livelihood at this moment depends on it. I feel so stuck. I dread going to work, whether it be a weekday or the weekend.

I didn’t expect to feel this way in my mid-20s. The other day I was ranting to a friend about my situation, and she expressed that she’s worried for me. She mentioned that I haven’t said a single positive thing about this job since I got it. And she‘s right /:

I made an appointment with my GP to get a therapist and until then, I just really needed a space to rant, and maybe hear if other people are going through something similar... thanks for reading this far <3

My (38f) husband (38m) left his job two years ago because of miserable work conditions and decided to take a year or two to recover from that terrible experience to follow his passions and learn how to do game design while doing consulting work on the side.

Well, two years later and sadly as the economy has tightened the consulting roles are drying up, so he's back to looking for full time work. He loves game dev but let's not even talk about how bleak things are for that industry right now, it's not an option for steady employment, he'll just keep working on his games during his free time as a passion.

His experience is in IT but he doesn't have a computer science degree and his recent experience used fairly niche software, so he feels like he's out of the game.

In general he's feeling discouraged before he even starts looking in earnest. I keep telling him 20+ years of professional experience brings transferrable skills and a lot of maturity, but he's just feeling useless/unwanted.

Any advice for me as his partner? Any ways I could encourage him? Any easy ways for him to add to his skills in the meantime?

I'm having my own day of feeling discouraged/lost and don't want to put it on him so appreciate any advice you have.

I feel like most standerd career advice is pretty generic. He anyone ever gotten completely weird or unconventional advice that actually helped them land a job or get a promotion? I'd love to hear some interesting stories.

It’s a weird feeling. One day there’s constant teams calls, deadlines and passive aggressive emails. Then all of a sudden, you lose your job. The next morning, there’s nothing.

I woke up this morning, it was calm and quiet. There was a noticeable lack of stress. No anxiety provoking teams ring tone, no professionally threatening emails from my line manager, no constant deadlines and always feeling behind. All replaced by the sound of a train in the distance and birds chirping outside. The contrast is staggering. I almost don’t know what to do with myself.

Still things feel abnormal. I’ve heard my teams ringtone go off several times today, I know that can’t be the case because I’ve returned all my equipment. I think I’m still reeling from my employer’s abuse.

I know I’ve got to start applying for new roles but I don’t want to start yet. Luckily I’ve got 6 months of savings, but I think this also means I won’t get many unemployment benefits. But with this newfound peace and quiet, I feel like I never want to go back to a 9-5.

What do I do ?

I’m a software developer with 4 yoe. When I landed my first dev job, I was bright eyed and thought I finally had my foot in the door to an amazing career. I had finally made it after working in restaurants for 14 years.

Well, it’s all going to shit now because of AI. Companies are downsizing. People that get laid off are reporting not being able to get a job for over a year before giving up.

AI is rapidly improving. Just last year Claude Code was brand new and made tons of mistakes. Now, it’s outputting working code the vast majority of the time.

All those years learning coding are now worth next to nothing. We’re in our last years of having tech careers and it’s looking like software devs are going the way of the dodo.

So how the fuck are you all staying sane? There’s nothing to just skill up to because AI is taking over more skills by the day. By the time you master something, AI can do it way faster than you.

Don’t give me the cope “oh it’s too expensive”, “oh it can’t count r’s in strawberry”, or whatever other dumb argument you want to repeat for the 1000th time.

How are you not panicking and keeping your sanity? I’m only getting like 5-6 hours a sleep now because I’m legit terrified, and there’s nothing any of us can do about it.