Interview with a financial firm and with high probability you will hear “We’re not a financial company, we’re a tech company that does finance”
They will tell you that all the bank is doing is simply putting right people in right places an managing them wisely.
Is this a real saying? Or a typo?
Well...yes if you're interviewing with Silicon Valley Bank or Monzo. I'd be surprised if this is how Citi or Credit Suisse see themselves :-)
(No seriously).
I was recently in a loop with Goldman Sachs, Citi, cap1 and some others, and they all said this. And granted, some really were.
Some were not.