Hello WSO,
I am planning on applying for the top 1-25 MBA programs. Also, I am in process of studying for my GMAT and will likely take it next year. My career goals are either to go into corp finance for a bio-tech firm, but my second interest is in Investment Banking. Of course, during the MBA interview I will only give one answer on what my career goal is.
This leads me to my question on IB Associate recruiting.
As I understand, the largest banks recruit from the top 25 MBA programs, with most of the recruitment occurring in the top 1-15 schools. But, I was wondering how important is the GMAT in MBA Investment Banking Associate recruiting. I know in consulting for MBB it is very difficult to get an interview without having a GMAT of 720+. So I was wondering if a similar practice occurs with large investment banks. Is it "a must" to provide your gmat score? If anyone has gone through the process for MBA IB Associate recruiting can you please explain if in the interview they asked for your GMAT or if you needed to provide it in your resume? If so, what would you say is a typical GMAT cutoff 670+, 700+, or 720+?
Thank you in advance WSO