Typical steps to becoming an investment banker?
What are the general steps to becoming a full time investment banker at a BB firm?
View ArticleGetting ANY Finance Internship Without Any Relevant Experience?
I am a freshman Economics concentrator at an Ivy, just finished up my 1st semester. My problem is not only that I'm a freshman, but also that most of my "experience" has been primarily in the arts and...
View ArticleHow to Get into Investment Banking from Engineering
I graduated school in May 2016. I have two investment banking internships during the fall of my junior year and the summer of 2015. They were really small boutiques, nothing big. I wasn't able to land...
View Article2017 CCS Sophomore Women's Program
Hi! Did anyone get any updates to UBS Sophomore Summer Program? I got an email that says they are currently reviewing first round video interviews. Does anyone know when we should know? Also after this...
View Article2 internships No Offer
I was just wondering what you guys thought. I have held 2 internships thus far. One was at a very small investment bank that I knew would not turn into a full time position. Next I was able to connect...
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Is Investment Banking a Rat Race?
I hear investment banking is competitive. I don't think it is smart to mix ambitious people together, who also want to prove themselves. Are friends made between co-workers?
View ArticleI Feel Bad
I'm Throwing Chapel Hill away for Kelly. I feel good about the 99% placement, but everyone else is saying that IU is poor overall academically. Why would this matter at al? I'm definitely gonna go into...
View ArticleCenterview Partners - Sample Pitchbook
hello monkeys!Has anyone seen a Centerview Partners pitchbook in the wild? Seems like a top secret mission to find one. I would really like to see how they sell themselves to clients.
View ArticleDeregulation effects
Currently, a Sophomore at a semi target. Curious to see what people's thoughts are on the role deregulation will play on perspective monkeys pursuing a career in finance. For example, with possible...
View ArticleSeries 62
I recently finished taking my Series 62, i.e. the abridged 7, and wanted to post on hear my recommendations for future test takers as when I was preparing there was not a lot of information available...
View ArticleWhat should you know by the end of your first year as an analyst?
I'm approaching my 6 month mark in the next few weeks as the only analyst at a no name boutique. In addition, I was a non finance major (accounting) with no IB internship experience.I feel like most of...
View ArticleLondon Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Business Graduate Programme Telephone...
Hi,I have a telephone interview for the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Business Graduate Programme 2017 on Monday the 6th of February next week.I would like to ask anyone who has had their...
View ArticleResume - how do you list transactions that haven't closed or didn't close?
Lot of good experience from processes that either are still ongoing, or died after a month or more. Since there's no closed transaction to refer to, and companies need to remain anonymous, maybe its...
View ArticleResume - margins and font size at experienced analyst, associate or VP level?
Curious what others use for top, bottom, R & L margin widths, and for font size. At experienced levels, it seems possible to use too many words, but maybe equally possible to distill one's...
View ArticleBB Summer Analyst Pay/ Hour ?
This is for me to compare what the market is like with respect to pay. I just signed my offer for a junior year summer analyst position in New York- How much do NYC BBs pay their SAs per hour? Curious...
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Why do so many engineers want to get into IB?
A bit redundant, but why are so many engineers (especially people with masters) still trying to get into finance, specifically IBD? I could understand the allure of getting into a trading/quant type...
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Higher salary in Private Equity than Investment Banking. Myth?
You often hear on here that there is more money to be made in Private Equity over Invesment Banking. I was looking at the 2016 employment report from London Business School. Looking at the mean salary,...
View ArticleLateral - HK/Shanghai/Beijing/Singapore
sup guys,Hope to get some input on how laterals work for banks in HK/SH/BJ/SG. As far as I know, the recruiting efforts are completely done by HR (not 100% sure). So I spent quite amount of time...
View ArticleAP goes up by 10
Was asked this question in 3 of my most recent interviews. What happens when accounts payable does up by 10? I'm not really sure about the correct answer for this one. Thank you so much!
View ArticleEMBA recruiting
Can anyone shed some light on recruiting for Associate positions while being in an EMBA program?I currently work in corporate finance as a Sr Financial Analyst, and do not want to stop working to...
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