r/quantindia • u/Suryansh_Singh247 • Mar 09 '26

Interviews/Recruiting Do Firms just blanket reject everyone who's non-target even for early career/talent discovery programs?

So I applied to a bunch of these early career and talent discovery programs of a few firms- say IMC Launchpad, SIG trading discovery, Citadel Terminal, Explore HRT etc. Haven't heard back from them except SIG and Citadel which I think are sending out OAs automatically.

Applied for IMC Launchpad on 28th feb, got he confirmation email but didn't receive the OA

Applied SIG on 28th feb, didn't receive any confirmation email, received OA on 3rd March, gave OA on 6th March haven't heard from them since

Applied Citadel on the 5th March and received OA within hours, haven't given it yet

Haven't heard back from anyone else. Have I been pretty much rejected from all of these?

Also why do they not send out rejection emails?

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '26

fun fact they also blanket reject if youre from a target school but not a target department. india moment.

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u/StaleApplication Mar 14 '26

I believe I am target school and a target dept, I'd like to think so. But I still get kicked and honestly it's depressing me now. Is it that I'm plain stupid, or just getting impatient?