Hello all,
I recently received and declined an offer for a MM bank, where I truly did enjoy the people and culture of the firm, more so than the other banks I interviewed at. However, the offer was for a location I really couldn't see myself enjoying and exploded essentially by the end of the day. Now, during the call where I declined, I mentioned that I really did enjoy the people and the bank itself but wanted to start a career elsewhere, and the call ended shortly after with the director saying he could pass my resume on to their branch in my desired location.
A couple weeks later I received an email from my desired location's HR and was told they heard I might be interested in IB SA positions within my desired location, at which I was ecstatic to even have another opportunity with the bank. I scheduled my super day for almost two weeks from now and am preparing myself in every way possible.
However, I'm not really sure how to navigate the almost definite expected question as to why I turned down an offer from their firm. How should I go about navigating these upcoming interviews? Additionally, I don't want to come off as cocky, entitled, or desperate and am unsure about how much I should reference/ leverage my networking/ offer/ experience with the other location (which was pretty much why I became so interested in the that particular bank.) Any advice/ help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.